Lol, this all sounds strangely familiar to me. I can say with certitude that AVS forum is very protective of their advertisers, regardless of demonstrable facts or even their advertiser's behavior.
From what I am told, David Bott who originally ran AVS forum was a pretty decent guy, but he sold it to Vertical Scope, and it has changed for the worse. I visit the DIY section at AVSforum once in awhile, and the salacious thumbnail ads, and autoplay videos, and bloated adware make it tough to visit. I won't even visit it on my laptop computer because the CPU temperatures skyrocket so badly, and I wouldn't dare try to view the site on my phone, I only look at it from my desktop PC system. Vertical Scope is squeezing it for all the advertising revenue they can get, and it is an obnoxious forum to browse. Vertical Scope also bought Home Theater Shack at the same time as AVS forum, and now look at HTS, squeezed dry and then completely abandoned. I am told that HTS had comparable traffic to AVSforum at one point, but it is hard to believe that now.
Btw, to the OP, you are probably going to be permanently banned from AVS now, after your post here. I am sure a brand loyalist will see your post and snitch on you to an AVS mod, and that will be that. Welcome to Audioholics!
