f Amir agrees, maybe he should suspend this thread until there is verification that his tests were or were not done correctly. If not, it's possible that a bunch of libelous stuff was stated/posted here, and damaged the reputation of an audio legend over the last year because of 'vanity'.
Unlike the technical, testing methods, etc. that others on here are very well versed in, I am not. However, I'm very, very well-versed in defamation law. Nothing in the review, or the responses to the review, even remotely approaches the level of being libelous. It might be in China, probably is, but they don't have free debate and exchanges of ideas so there is that. It's not defamatory over here, this is just mere opinions.
What more, is that Bob can come in, and has, and can correct the record any time he wants, point out how tests were "wrong," inaccurate, misleading, whatever. Unfortunately for Bob, your first post killed him on that. Low end doesn't matter because assumed to be used with a sub, "mildly exaggerated" specs (like "kind of pregnant) and multiple other things you all acknowledge. He probably needs to come in one more time just to clarify you don't speak for him, that the powers specs could have been clearer, the offer for a refund still stands, and he will ground it for you, but he doesn't think it is necessary. Who knows, maybe he is working on a solid-state amp and he is going to send to Amir to review.
Bob did offer a full refund of the amp, a very stand-up thing to do, I think it said a lot about him. He offered to ground the 3rd prong, again, a very stand-up thing to do. If you are going to put your name on something, like McIntosh, Klipsch, Fisher, Marantz, Bozak, Lansing, and a hundred more, the buck stops with you. Wasn't this thing being made partially out of California, marketed by a guy in Chicago, with one audio dealer really driving the thing (who closed his audio store to take over sales/marketing after this debacle)?
But you are drowning yourself in a teacup. Tube amp people don't congregate here in droves. This is an objectivists Forum, the vast majority of whom feel that solid state is far superior to antiquated valve equipment which is noisy and high in distortion. I doubt very seriously that this Forum damaged his reputation in the slightest.