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@elizabeth - You make a very good point. 
I sometimes wonder when reviewers develop a clear auditory bias if it's their hearing, or if they have been paid.

But for an audiophile who is having a cultural, not a technical, exposure to gear, who is to say what neutral really means?
I think the solution to this is to always have comparisons ready.

I don’t have a problem with that.  Some of the best amps I ever heard were CJ Premiere 8s. Neutral?  hahahahah, no.


It is your money, buy what you like to hear.

My bigger pet peeve are speaker and equipment reviewers who call very colored pieces of gear "neutral" when they are so clearly not.