Well just read the article, he seems to be coming at it from a should you buy one today perspective, particularly given the other choices available. I don't agree with allot of what he says, and no we are not IMHO deluded. The MP1 sounds heaps better than my 73 Marshall, I compared a while ago and was blown away how much better the MP1 is. I gigged with my first MP1 for over 15 years, it was just fantastic for what I wanted/needed. It never missed a beat. I bought the MP2 as soon as they came out, I loved the extra stuff it came with and still do. I also have a Quadverb, IIRC it was the first multi Fx rack unit that could do 4 things at once (as opposed to one thing at a time eg SPX90 (which was current live PA reverb at the time).
I do agree about the MC1 pedal, the later 2 row format is much better. The noise thing, as we know, is a product of age, caps don't care what they are in, the earlier caps just went off over time regardless of use, and, can be fixed. As Kim says, nothing is perfect. Also for me, I wasn't trying to sound like anyone else, the MP1 and now MP2 have let me develop my own sound. Prior to getting the MP1, I had quite a complicated rig just to get the sounds I wanted. I never want to go back to the pedal dance and needing power at your feet.