After reading most of the posts in this thread, I thought I would share my experience. I ended up ordering the NFB-11.28 for a bedroom setup, primarily for TV listening on headphones, and some music listening. Currently I have an old Audio-GD Sparrow > HD598se headphones that I use, but I'm giving it to my GF, hence the new purchase. I thought that since it was more for TV and Movies, that the crisper NFB would be the better choice.
Well I received it a couple of days ago, hooked it up to the TV's optical output that i have been using to the Sparrow, and it worked great, and provided a much more 3D/layered sound, which was terrific. But, sadly the next day, it started to cut out every 2 seconds. Tried restarting everything, different cable, moving it closer to the TV using a shorter cable to see if the long cable was the issue, but no luck. It would work perfect with a CD player optical out, and coax worked great from both the CD player, and the Schiit Eitr from my laptop.
So after trying everything I could think of, and all Kingwa could recommend, I'm sending it back, and exchanging it for the R2R 11. Apparantly the ESS chip can be sensitive to optical signals. Not sure exactly how or why, but we're hoping the R2R will function fine with my TV's optical out. /crossing fingers.
So, even though I had already joined to team of this thread title, I'll actually be getting the version everyone seems to prefer, and I'll share my opinions of it after some break in time. I'll be able to compare it to my Office desktop setup, which is a Schiit Eiter > Bifrost Multibit > Valhalla 2 > Senn HD600 & Hd650's.
If for some reason the R2R 11 dislikes optical, look for it to be listed for sale here, at a discount.

Though I truly hope it works great!!
I apologize if I rambled a bit.
Shel
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