I stumbled across this vid of couple of days ago, it was too long so I had to scroll through it.
Very disturbing.
I remember Cliff referring to him as a 'chucklehead' during the Axe-Fx II days and I thought to myself there must really be a reason for this, because I find Cliff to be very tolerant, even to questions that seem a bit dumb. He doesn't go around calling us names.
Yeah, he never even bothered to do a sonic head-to-head with the units, just this weird opening up and picking through the components. I think the first thing for the vast majority is "how does it sound?" rather than just looking at the innards. Would he do this when comparing two guitars?
It's too complicated? No, pick something with a non-MV, such as one of the Fenders, pick a matching cab from the Legacy bank, adjust Dr/B/M/T and that's it. If you like, go back later and find the similar cabs from one of larger IR banks and really 'home-in' on the sound with the different mics, etc..
And now he's critical of Suhr, I didn't know that and I can't believe it!! I think John Suhr makes great gear and he's similar to Cliff in that he's always trying to improve things and build them very well with quality components..
I just don't think it's a fair way to treat a couple of decent companies and I hope people looking at that vid make their own minds up.
I'm not sure exactly what his game is, but it's not nice, especially when both companies have brought so much musical happiness into their customers' lives.,
Cliff and John Suhr have dedicated their lives to their companies, put in a ton of work, and it's disappointing to see a nobody trying to smear them, whilst not bothering to give them a proper right to reply or discussion. I'm afraid it's a sign of the times.
I just wish there was more justice in this world.