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1. You write english better than most natives I've witnessed. 2. We already know the JH13s are good. 3. Are you familiar with the expression 'kill your darlings'?

Please do not worry too much about my remark, I was just trying to convey the view that genuinely altruistic actions do not exist. We always act in our own self-interest some way or an-other. I do admire and greatly apprecieate you work.

The clipping occurs in the DAC SoC, but at the analog output section of it, so not in the digital domain. The output gain of the ES9023 chip used in the uDAC can be decided by the implementer by changing a feed-back resistor. What appears to have happened in the case of the uDAC is that the gain have been set so high that it makes the DAC output section clip at input levels above -1dBFS.

It is higly dependent on what you are using. Conventional headphones and IEMs with a high and/or even impedance across the frequency spectrum won't be much affected. IEMs with a low and/or un-even impedance across the frequency spectrum, as his UEs and all multi driver multi cross-over IEMs, will be affected.

I'm sure even Tyll's great initiative is powered by self-glorification on some level, but I do not see how that makes his efforts less honorable. In what way is nwavguy different, except that we know less about him?

Oh, I agree, and sufficed with reading the figures and accompanying captions. But if it was a more sound focused review I wouldn't even have that. If the objective, quantitative and repeatable measurements show that despite glaring technical shortcomings a component sounds completely fine, whats the point in rewieving such components at all?

Please tell me how that is a bad thing. 8000 words about how something 'sounds' is what is truly pointless. So you approve of the apparent NuForce philosophy of "when something is bad, make it worse"? I am not nwavguy and do not know the fellow, but I appreciate his efforts of trying to apply some sense to this hobby through objective, quantitative and repeatable measurements.

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Sorry for butting in like this, but while admiring the work I couldn't help but pity anyone with less than stellar internet speed trying to download those monstrous board layout images. Here's a 4000x3400 512kb GIF And a yellow one, just because.

Rosin free solder and Kester water-soluble flux in pen form. Makes for easy assembly and cleaning.