My problem with gearslutz and the like is probably my attitude, which can be reasonably summarised as "if you can't measure it, it ain't there"... :-)
I know for sure that I know very little about serious audio. But I know a fair amount about electronics. For that reason, a lot of the high-end-audio willy-waving gets right up my nose. A classic example - the "high-end" forum of gearslutz has a thread devoted to "how do particular cables sound?" Well unless said cable is incredibly poor quality, or is damaged in some way, or is very long, then as an electronic engineer I'm in a good position to say that at 20kHz it doesn't make a blind bit of difference.
That's why I'd actually rather ask here. Less people, sure, but more chance of getting an opinion from people who aren't using "placebo" opinions to reinforce their bad judgement in blowing thousands on something that doesn't make a difference. Or in other words, people whose opinions I value.