As I said, reviewers have to earn credibility. Whether or not you like them, will in the long run, depend upon whether you agree with what they have to say and mirror one's audio experience. That said, the biggest quality a reviewer can bring to the table, like a baseball umpire, is consistency (though we know consistency isn't a virtue when losing 30 games in a row
). After all, even a broken clock is right twice a day and see a lot of that out there too. But returning to the umpire example (or pretty much refereeing/judging in any sport), it's not that umpire calls every pitch in the strike zone a strike; that would be nice, but every umpire has a different strike zone. But the umpire must be consistent in calling every low inside pitch a strike. That allows the batter to adjust to the pitcher. But if the umpire calls it a strike one pitch and a ball another pitch, then the batter just shakes their head
Same goes for audio.