I had never heard of Masonic before his appearance on the Pot Cast, and Masonic's description of his "breeding" techniques (I feel like techniques should also be in quotes) and his "testing" told me all I needed to know. No thonx. That said, if you've got his gear and you like it, more power to you.
TBH I hear way too many interviews where breeders talk about their testing methodology and it seems to all come down to them test running a few of their creations themselves... which IMHO tells them very little about how the gear will turn out when anybody else runs it.