I have not heard the BHSE so I cannot compare the two. But I have some observations that might help. I have had my maxed out WES for about 6 weeks now (with O2mkii) and I can say a few things about the WES. There is a long break-in time. I have about 75-80 hours on it and I can tell it is still...

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The fact that you can not find the ding does not surprise me a bit. When you look inside the amps and see the care that is taken routing the wires etc you know that these folks are focused on quality. These are area that 'normal' customers will never see. (None of us are normal though, I'm sure...

My WA6SE arrived on schedule (to the day actually). My WES actually came a bit early (5 weeks vs. quoted 6). That happened because I get my amps in black and Jack had a black chassis available and had to wait for silver. Note my WES is the one that Jack used for the photos of the black WES...