NwAvGuy was a true beacon of light in the sea of bullshit that the audiophile community can sometimes be. It's sad he's not around anymore. I had a lot of fun building his Objective2 amplifier.
I bought the assembled O2/ODAC from JDS labs, and then the black edition a few years later. It's essentially a perfect product and I fully believe that any claims of superior transparency in audio reproduction over it from any other manufacturer are 'outside the realm of human perception' (i.e. snake oil).
There might be a few nice utility bells and whistles on other products but that's it.
Probably someone in the industry made him a hush money deal he couldn't refuse and that was that. Good for him.
It's true. One of the few blogs I've read from end to end. In fact I've even scraped it and keep it saved just to make sure that nothing ever happens to it. I own his DAC design, which is great as well.
It’s true that audiophiles can be some of the worst pseudoscientists around. But still, without the input of some good journalists (like NwAvGuy) I honestly wouldn‘t have found the bliss that is a good-quality and nicely set-up stereo system. I find that this topic is gettig far too little attention compared to visual media (4k, 8k, etc)
