Hehehe..
Rob, I was just being silly before for the fun of getting in the usual heated tone of EP arguments. I know that many people prefer XWs over anything else. Mike's preference for the Nagler in no way discredits other people's preference for the XW (or God forbid something else). Also, Mike is still a relative newbie, and I myself did not know a plossl from a fossil 12 months ago. I personally don't trust reviews, in large part because personal preferences play such an important role with these top end EPs. Not many people buy shoes on the basis of written reviews...
Unfortunately, I find that a quick look through other people's EPs is not enough (other than with the obvious duds). I really need to spend a number of hours, over several nights, getting to know an EP before I get a fair idea of what I like and what I dislike about it. Generally speaking, I find that good EPs get better with time as I learn how to use them, while bad EPs just get worse as the flaws become more obvious and annoying.