@Jason Stoddard have you folks considered doing your own DSP chips? (on an "affordable" technology node of course, not 7nm).

@Jason Stoddard minor nitpicking regarding the FAQ for Bifrost 2, but think it should be "epiphosity", not "ephiphosity". The Greek epi- prefix means "above/beyond/upon/at".

Respectfully (I love Schiit, I'm totally a schiitophile), but you're not getting much from a 3-way comparison of things that are super close. The phenomenon is well known to the point that Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" talks about it in the context of...

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@Jason Stoddard sorry to bother you again with this question, could you tell us what your home listening setup is? I'm guessing Jotunheim 2 + multibit card + Aeon 2 (though Bifrost 2 or another Aeon are also possibilities).

@Jason Stoddard Does your home setup include a multibit DAC card, or a discrete DAC (such as the Bifrost 2)? Also, do you use Aeon headphones?

Great, thanks! No, that's probably class SM (SchiitMad (tm))

@Jason Stoddard - what class is the output stage?

@gikigill - sorry, but did you read the whole of the wiki page, including: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlensky_v._Wrigley ?

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I appreciate your comparison! Could you explain the difference between "leaner tonality" and "smoother"?

For obvious reasons, Jason et al. don't want to go down the rabbit hole of discussing how it sounds. But, if anyone who gets it, could compare this to the sound of some Schiit Multibit implementation ...

you should be well within your return window ...