I am sharing my experience with you all.
My unit was not defective. It worked fine but as stated I noticed reduced dynamics Yes the noise floor was reduced. But it’s a cost I wasn’t willing to pay.
The icing on the cake / final nail in the puritan coffin, was when the 156 couldn’t handle the pass labs mono blocks that are way under the claimed current handling specs while in idle. It was tested without the amps in it, photographed and listed.
I understand I’m some random guy and I get it that you have more trust in the manufacturer than you do in my experience.
I’m happy to hear it works for you.

