Just to play devils advocate here. Your statements are true. But you can’t measure confirmation bias with rew. I’ve seen more than a few sweeps illustrating “bias confirmation” though, so to speak. I’m also pretty sure Toms design work at svs is still in some of their last generation subs. I don’t have proof of that, but seem to remember that from other threads. It’s easy to get down on the guy for not sending out his subs for review. I for one would love to see some cea2010 numbers, and I do believe it would benefit the AV community overall.
BUT, at the end of the day his business model works for him, and he’s absolutely satisfied.