Here's a thought...instead of all this wailing and gnashing of teeth over comparing measurements, why not establish guidelines for what measurement levels are acceptable (i.e. the threshold of auditability) for the measurements being posted along with what can be expected sonically when gear doesn't 'measure up'...apologies if it's been done and in another thread.
Doing this would add value to a DAC purchaser's decision process...if they care about such things; some will, some won't.
Don't get me wrong, I see value in publishing measurements. However, I find myself looking at these charts and saying..."OK, but what does it mean to me? What should I expect the actual sound (i.e. listening) difference to be when the THD+N is so different between the Yggy (-61
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For instance, "shown the door as compared to the Topping DX7 and Exasound E32" is a great turn of phrase but something that describes the sonic character differences of the bass/midrange/treble of the Yggy, DX7 & E32 through some reference level headphones or speakers would be much more useful...imo.