Music isn't the most congenial on the open forums but he was one of the first and most vocal to attack hype, cost and shilling in the IEM threads.  If he reads something he doesn't agree with and doesn't know where you are coming from, he will think the worst about your intentions.  If you want to get into it he'll dance all night long till it becomes personal and Amos shoots him a PM.  That's just how he is.  It's not incompetence, it's prejudice and bias which we all have to some degree.

We don't agree on everything at all but I know his intentions and he tries to come from a good place.  I used to despise him actually but eventually I came to realize he was one person who I could count on to express an honest opinion based on his criteria and preferences.  You just have to learn where he's coming from.  That's what I did.  He's just a T-Rex in a China shop sometimes whereas I'm like a Rhino.   

• I don't go off and attack people on HF in an indirect, veiled, or passive aggressive way.
• I don't attack people personally (unless they are making up stuff or have no idea what they are talking about), just their gear and how it sounds. Professional reviewers who claim Ultrasones are the ultimate in neutrality are excepted.
• I don't go bonkers:

Oh, that's just his ectoplasm.  You find it everywhere.