This gave me a laugh; it describes me perfectly! Thanks
I was actually referring to myself!
Most of my gear, including the audio stuff, is overkill considering what I actually do with it. As for test equipment... sigh. I find myself lurking around that TEA thread, and them's dangerous waters. I've made a lot of efforts to strip down and streamline when it comes to my own test bench, with admittedly mixed results, but this meter would be a wasteful expenditure for me. I don't jump out of planes very often anymore.
I see this as a makeover of the already-presumed-tough 87V into the MAX pre-Buster-Douglas Mike Tyson of the multimeter circuit (awful simile, I know). They're aware of Brymen and others offering meters with advanced specs at a lower price point, so it makes sense that they would take their product in the direction of improved safety/reliability assurances rather than in the direction of feature additions/programmability.