There is some of that everywhere, but they got my Plexi dialed in very well. All the tweaks done were from that board. Yes they are non master tube dudes, but there is some extremely solid info and some extremely nice folks. I wouldn't have the Traynor or the Carlsbro if I wasn't yacking with them to tell me what is what. Lots of older guys there so you may get more ingrained opinions but it ain't that bad. They can be teachers if you let them.... If your looking to get a 45 sounding good I can't imagine a better place to learn from.