[BillA]

Whinewood
your diatribe reveals only your relative ignorance on this topic
if you wear long trousers, I suggest you edit your carping

and here I was going to refer you to a 3yr old thread on the hard forum - but alack, it is no more
be that as it may, I have been helping those with an interest for a long time
- at this moment I am 'assisting' a tester in New York, and another in Calif
these are individuals who contacted me and, in the context of their budget and acumen,
I'm helping to get the best bang for their buck

so you are unhappy that the bar has been 'set too high' ?
wake up, I did not set it there; have you heard of ASTM, ASME, etc. etc.
the scientific community sets these standards, NOT yours truly

pakman
make a list of the US mgfrs, now put a check next to all those that have - in any fashion - revealed performance data on their products

some have, some have not - why ?
for starters, who wants to be 3ed ? or 5th ?
and the test setup, who has a 'technically acceptable' one ?
(yes Winewood, here I have done some substantial damage - and will do more !)
and apart from the intrinsic capabilities of the test bench, the more real difficulty is the time
it takes me 20hrs to test a wb,
for while a single point may provide a basis for comparison, such says little about the wb's actual characteristics

the $s have been discussed repeatedly, do a search
or perhaps someone bookmarked them
the 'high roller' approach can be seen in the equipment list on my old site (sig)