my question is why does the op read reviews if his mind is already all made up that class d as a category is sub par... reading reviews till cows come home won’t change that mindset... seems to me he is just venting and trolling...
my sense is that reviewers (or their publications) can have some subtle or not so subtle biases or commercial conflicts of interest -- but for their own reputation and durability as reviewers over spans of time, they need to be more or less accurate and call it as they see it (or hear it...) - negative reviews can be suppressed, or negatives can be stated in their choice of words with softer language than the strengths, so one does need to read between the lines sometimes
the most useful reviews are ones where the reviewer compares the review subject with popular or obvious competing products and highlights differences - this happens too infrequently... for the reasons mentioned above
my sense is that reviewers (or their publications) can have some subtle or not so subtle biases or commercial conflicts of interest -- but for their own reputation and durability as reviewers over spans of time, they need to be more or less accurate and call it as they see it (or hear it...) - negative reviews can be suppressed, or negatives can be stated in their choice of words with softer language than the strengths, so one does need to read between the lines sometimes
the most useful reviews are ones where the reviewer compares the review subject with popular or obvious competing products and highlights differences - this happens too infrequently... for the reasons mentioned above