I’ll do (or rather have already done) the same type of, precision level-matched (to 0.1dB), blind comparison as I do for any component (DAC or amp) I review. No more, nor less, rigorous than that.
I just have to do the actual review write-up itself - all the listening tests etc. are already done.
For those in need of “assurance”, I recommend they either:
-
Take Schiit up on their offer to buy both a Magni 3+ and a Magni Heresy, compare them for 30 days, and return the one they don’t want without a restocking fee.
-
Borrow both units from the Community Preview Program* here, and do the same comparisons themselves. Since @schiit have been kind enough to donate these units to that program.
-
Get a group of friends, and the amplifiers in question, together themselves and do their own such blind testing and write up their own results.
-
Visit the “Schittr” when they inevitably host one of their blind-comparison sessions for these two amplifiers.
-
Take the time at my upcoming local mini-meet to do the comparison themselves.
*Both Magni 3+ and Heresy will join this program after these units have participated in the above-mentioned mini-meet, on December 19th.