But Julian Krause neither tested the ES4 (he tested the ES2), nor the SSL 12 (he tested the SSL2, both MK1 and MK2) nor the FocusRite Scarlet 1616 4th generation (he tested the 414 4th).
By the way, I find the " Argument from authority" statement quite funny, as you have used it (“Appeal to Authority Fallacy”) in exactly the opposite fashion when we discussed pickups: Should I shoot my new bass? (Modding the Harley Benton MV-4MSB) - #860 by howard
The issue with using “Argument from authority” in reasoning is, that you just need to apply an authority to a statement you don’t agree with to make it work. In the pickup discussion you doubted the Gitarre&Bass article by Joris Henke (engineer). But in this case you prefer Julian Krause (photographer), who arguably does the same as Joris.
It is a good technique in discussions though, and I might use it in a professional context 
So, I have rewatched the video and made screenshots of the tables, so others here can use it for their quest for audio interfaces:
True, the ES4 does not win anything head&shoulders with those measurements. In this way it supports what you say!
Maybe this is also due to Julian’s issue with RF interference and older firmwares?
I usually need to work hard to remove RFI, but had no issue, neither with my power supply (which had some RFI issues before, cause of the wireless charging option), nor the (digital) Class D amp the DAI is standing on.
Also I discussed it with my friend, and he says you are partially right. There are quantitative measures … and qualitative.
While some measures might be great, they also might not be as relevant in the ANALOG components, that usually can change the character of the audio significantly. Analog components will always have their own “personality”…
Also, measurements can change with firmware updates (DSP) and the ES2 and ES4 might have diffenent tonal properties cause of mainboard layout. The SSL 12 can neither be compared to a SSL2 Mk1 (cause it’s 32 bit) , nor the SSL2 MK2 (cause this has newer hardware).
You can see the qualitative arguments are highly subjective from our discussion, which interface is better for instr in. Here we had different opinions.
Bottom line - and here we agree - this is a great interface (for now)!
As soon as PreSonus has solved the bug AND I have not found any ASIO issues (probably due to my f#cking expenisive notebook), I will decide.
But it’s looking good, especially cause of the option to control the DAI via my tablet wirelessly, somit sits next to my notebook, running the DAW.
My friend will get his HD2 (of course it had to be better than mine ) tomorrow …