"...just me, my Cher cd, and their equipment."
Definitely satire. I for one sent in a protest and encourage others to do the same. I thought it was pretty darn amusing as satire, but it shouldn't come at the expense of audioreview.com's integrity as a non-commercial forum for reviews.
The piece is so flagrantly provocative/juvenile/satirical, it makes you wonder if the reviewer isn't trying to get a Bose-favorable post pulled from the site, perhaps to lay the groundwork for some of that company's infamous legal shenanigans. (Bose to Audioreview.com: "See, you won't even allow positive-Bose posts to remain on your site.") Pure speculation on my part, but one has to imagine Bose's lawyers are as aggressive as their marketing staff.
Birdman