My gut feeling on the SM is Xin has made so many minor tweaks to it that by now it's a significantly different amp than it was a few months ago. Maybe the one Romanee has been using isn't defective, just far removed from current.
At this point with both moving to a triple op-amp topology, could the Black Gate caps make the difference? How important are top caps anyway, as significant as opamp selection? It seems Cesar decided to make the switch virtually at the last moment, not getting the sound he was after. Maybe he got wind of Xin's next move, lol.
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