Altered or not, it feels suspect without the rest of the conversation. Or the third party coming forward with the rest of that convo. If the third party is guilt free, why not be completely open about the whole thing?
I see your point, but it doesn't hold water, once the mounting evidence is totalled up, just from here alone.
There's more evidence of Mike's character etc, on at least one lightsaber hobby page, where he is caught giving completely inaccurate info such as telling someone to use a 7.4v charger for a soundboard that only handles 4.2v chargers at most. Then after being called out on it, resorts to personal attacks.