Gee's ....that's just disappointing ....... its not even what he said, but rather the subtlety dismissive tone and context.
Whatever the technical differences between the 2 units - I have no idea - they are both astoundingly great sounding units .... period.
My only real take-away from his comments are ....... how utterly ironic and self-defeating ........ to para-phrase ...... even though the KPA is such a non-sophisticated, simple unit, it still sounds just as good as the super-complicated and technologically-intense Axe ..... sadly he doesn't even realize that such comments actually reflect poorly back on to his own [ objectively excellent ] product.
Ben