Members parrot opinions of others. Most members have never seen or heard the products they discuss. Other members ask the same questions year end, year out but never buy anything. Guys are obsessed with calibration. They will mull over calibration settings for small, incremental gains. Mods will ban members with no explanantion. Members will bait other members into debates. Then run to mods to have said member banned once a debate gets heated.
AVS is terrible. The only people who like it are easily impressionable guys who are new to the audio video home theater market.