Ha!Well, but how do you know what a amp/DAC sounds like if you don't have an audibly transparent amp/DAC to compare it to? You still need an amp/DAC to be neutral to do such comparisons.
Maybe you have a point there I don't know
I believe my statement still stands and I can compare things and hear differences which is interesting but if my reasoning doesn't hold up, then I shall bow to your and others expertise.