digicidal
Major Contributor
Yeah... when you have to "settle" for only -95dB instead of around -100dB without the hump... I think you can write that off. If we're going to worry about that, then we should probably complain about the channel differences nearing full output... despite both channels being well below -100dB at that point.The hump is really very minimal. It's perhaps as good as I've seen it on any DAC with the hump stuff.
What I will complain about (academically at least) is the dramatic increase in price over the SU-9 with no appreciable increase in performance, features, etc... but that's the world we live in now. That's definitely not the manufacturer's fault, but it still makes it a bit less appealing than paying half that much a year ago for essentially the same thing.
Maybe we could have a section in the forums for some of the most popular models and/or manufacturers with owner surveys. I know I would happily spend a few minutes doing one for the gear I've purchased subsequent to reading a review. At least much more happily than I am when political parties harass me for "just 5 minutes of my time" - which seems to be an hourly occurrence these days.I did not mean that you should be doing reliability testing. I did say it would be valuable to know reliability. If the OEM would share real data that would be helpful. Otherwise, we rely on user reports - which usually only happen when something goes wrong.
Regarding my first point about ratings.
Would it be possible to establish the audibility point.