I think this is a legitimate criticism but there was a lot of thought that went into this. We only use one phase of the balanced output so there is no cancellation of distortion between phases. We could have made the SE measure the same but to be honest it adds parts which adds cost, we didn't like how it sounded when tested and frankly we have an awesome SE amp in Hersey. We made an extraordinary balanced amp at a very competitive price. If you want SE performance, save yourself a hundred bucks and buy Heresy.
Whole heartedly agree with this choice. You still provide a balanced amp that performs to well and in great enclosure. For $200 this thing is killer. Really nice to see how serious and how fast yoy guys took up the challenge and competition thats fostered lately and came out with your new line of products that perform so good.
This amp i think can serve two purposes. Be the technical beast that it is (for this price and this overall package, thats what makes it beast as a balanced amp). And also serve as reason for those people who like a dose of harmonic distortion, to also buy it. Come to think of it, shouldve made SE a distortion ridden nightmare just for those folks
In all seriousness. Great job guys.
Edit: you said something in other comments about how the designer took tbis design as sometbing easy or almost uninteresting from a design perspective. Tell him hes doing great if this is easy and I cant wait to see this continuation in other products now that its not too tough for him to create designs like this *cough* power amps and AMPDAC combos