DBB1
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I highly doubt it. When he voices DACs to be neutral, that means they measure flat. It could be the other way around and the Neko doesn't have the same degree of bass or treble extension that the NFB-7 does. You'd have to run both through RMAA to find out for sure. I'd take a bet though that it's the discreet output stage of the NFB-7 + separate power supplies vs. the transformer output of the Neko.
Short of having a tech measure the response curve we cannot know which for sure is more accurate. They both sound great. I only know what I hear. Somebody else may hear it differently. But opinions and reviews need to be based on experience with actually hearing both dacs back to back. Thinking about circuit differences only gets you so far. I was hoping to beat the Neko and gain an improvement. I wanted the NFB-7 to sound better than it did. It is a fine dac, but not as good as the Neko according to my musical taste. I think a rock aficionado would see it the opposite way. I am just calling it the way I hear it.