Well, I have not seen these "lots of members". We had such an asking thread not long ago, two people replied and one of them is still happily moving speakers ...
As far as I see Stirling and Jim have very different approaches. I got the Jim book and DVDs and learned a lot from them, unhappily we are still waiting for his promised new book.
Please note that I am not addressing Stirling or Jim expertise, mainly the audiophile need to change things in this hobby and his permanent desire to carry experiments, looking for differences.
I can’t address audiophiles that continuously want to play with gear and constantly move their speakers as that to me means they aren’t satisfied or happy. i guess if that is their goal they would not hire someone to set their system up. I know as I said a bunch of people that have used their services and when i talked with Stirling at MOC he was staying overseas for quite a while traveling to preform service all over Europe.
If one is happy with their results or likes changing all the time then do that however many are not and truly don’t know how to get the most out of their purchases and room.
My point is not to argue only to point out how one could get the most out of that type of investment.
As a dealer and a distributor I have visited many homes, seen and heard many systems and sadly most need a lot of work however one has to realize that before they do anything. I personally believe many of these issues are created by the purchaser who may be enthusiastic but lacks experience and expertise.
There are those that may be able to accomplish this by themselves but in my experience not many.
BTW there are quite a few manufacturers that use Stirling as well.
We can all learn and no one knows everything about every possible combination