Hmm indeed

WM owned a 500, tweaked the sh-t out of it, and roundly critisized mine as being the cause of (no groove).

I took the Audio Research round to Robbo (I was unaware that WM had mentioned it to Robbo, although I had tipped off WM on the subject)

I bought a lot of Shunyata kit. I believe I took my cables over to WM to let him hear them. He remains convinced the OA product is better (or should I say more to his taste)

Give WM the choice of Meridian or Teac and guess what he'll choose

Give WM the choice of Audio Research or Bel Canto and guess what he'll choose

Give WM the choice of Shunyata or Omiga Audio and guess what he will choose.

Nothing at all wrong with that,, there are many ways to find happiness. But the term naturalness is generally used to describe the products WM would discard in the interests of speed and Thwack.