For someone who is more impressed by documentation than credentials, should you be knocking a little harder on the "company in question"' door to provide their own test reults for their product?
There is a fine line between a poor design and a design compromise. Either one can be justified by the designer, who seems to be in no mood to get involved in such explanation.
Yet you believe it's fair to ask.
Go ahead, no one here is holding you back Worse thing that can happen is you'll end up banned from HF as well.
If it makes you feel more comfortable to know I have asked questions of Schiit and other manufactures in the past. I ask Amir questions here because I thought it to be the most likely place he would respond. I will add that Emotiva has been the most responsive company so far to the kinds of questions I tend to ask.