Interesting article.
But remember that if you cannot replace a high end amplifier impactfull qualities and working parameters by a high end controlled speakers/room, you cannot replace the qualitative impact of even a low cost well controlled speakers/room by an amplifier at any price... All parameters matter, not only electrical one but acoustical one also even to evaluate the system/room...
The choice of amplifier is just one piece of knowledge and not the most important so important it was...
Then the most underestimated factor is not the amplifier it is acoustics parameters and knowledge...
«We can see the amplifier, but we dont see the sound waves interpretative results by our brain, only felt them, it is why an amplifier choice and price matter most for most people than acoustics concepts»--- Anonymus acoustician