I know this. In that case, still, the post-processing would be done with care. Personally, I believe it is great stuff. It is just overengineered.

Simple: It should not have been recorded in the first place! If that frequency is there, it was a mistake during recording. If you transfer an analog tape to digital, and you have a 44.1 Khz ADC, you show low pass first.

Can you expand on your "to produce trash" with at least a shred of an argument?

Well, it's a benchmark, full stop. Not just a budget benchmark. It is stunningly transparent, and unless you need a LOT of power or you buy in the balanced can hype, a definitive headamp.

Which board was it?

Also very interested!

This sounds very strange. Indeed, you may have a defective K812 (but is the effect on BOTH left and right channels?) Roberto

He indeed speaks very highly of many of its sound aspects. He has one problem with the response in the treble, which derives from an issue that the K812 indeed have (a response peak) and the fact that he does not like bright cans, he prefers warm ones. So they do not get his wall of fame award...

Completely understandable. You should know that inverting the cable's direction makes the DAC try to send bit toward the source, making it much more difficult for the music to flow effortlessly!!! ;-) Happy new year! Roberto

This is however really weird to me. I tend to say I prefer warm and soft sound. And then I end up choosing linear-to-bright components. Whatever...

Isn't confusion an integral part of our hobby?

Ha! Don't tell me. I joined arm's Architecture Team and we have the responsibility of defining and maintaining an ubiquitous architecture that is in almost every phone and tablet. And no matter how carefully we define something, some partner will tell us it makes no sense. Yup, I know them. He...

I did not know this one...

Argh! Why did I check? Now they are in stock at Thomann...

Yea, I wanted to, but could not find them! Roberto