Julian,

If someone tells you that a Yugo is a better car than a Lexus and berates you for not agreeing with him, suggesting you are misguided, would you still listen to his opinions with respect, and not find any reason to disagree?

I'm all for enthusiasm - your speaker build diary was excellent. What we have here is not enthusiasm, but absolutism without sufficient foundation to not cause offence.

We have an amplifier that impressed both Michael and BD and also performed well in TD's test procedure. We then have BD applying a similar test procedure to any amp lying around and declaring the best technical performer. a world beater because of a loose correlation with the results acheived by Tube God.

It's not far off the logic applied by Monty Python's own witchfinder. Would you consider his opinions of great worth?