Let me show you what *is* ironic. OP is a subjectivist and puts his sighted unreliable listening way ahead of any measurements. Just check out this review of
Schiit Magnius which he did in February of this year. I gave it a glowing review and this is his take on it. The title is, ready for it? "
Schiit Magnius Review - Measurements don't tell the whole story.....
"the dynamic range feels quite compressed...it doesn't come across in measurements"
"... this is a fatiguing amp to me..."
"there is slight graininess and lack of separation...."
"there is not a lot of texture [in bass]..."
"timbre is not great in this amp..."
"mid texture and detail is not good..."
And this is in the first 7 minutes of this video!
It ends with some nonsense about how Schiit was "forced" into designing Magnius to please people who look for good measurements. And that this can't be their fault, i.e. it is our fault!
Now he says measurements matter with MQA? If measurements are not important, why didn't he do a listening test of MQA instead? Let's see if it has or has not any bass texture and speed. What it is timbre doing. Does it have texture? Or does it not? We need to know!
My suggestion: be very careful who you are holding up as your expert witness. And making snide remarks. When the truth is not on your side, it can backfire big time!