@carlsbad2 The whole audio hobby consists of two parts, IME. One is made up of folks who are there simply to try and make a buck ( most if not all reviewers and others). For example, on one of the many forums I am banned from, one of the owners without totally realizing his mistake, disclosed that they do take advertising as a means of being profitable. When pushed, the forum ’geniuses’ revoked the membership of a manufacturer who had started several posts simply to expose his gear more fully, and who saw an opportunity to do so at no cost to himself.
Then we have the other type of hobbyist, that is the one who usually comes here, and is more interested in bettering his system and his musical experience. Personally, I am only interested in the latter.