I have some issues with Schiit&#x27;s accounting.<p>First, that much DC is simply unacceptable, even when removing power from an amp. Amps don&#x27;t just lose power because they&#x27;re deliberately turned off. Sometimes people trip over a cord. Sometimes, a circuit breaker trips. Sometimes, the power goes out. Sometimes, batteries die. None of this circumstances should endanger downstream equipment.<p>Second, the fix is <i>extremely</i> simple. As Schiit admitted, it took less than a day to develop and ship boards without this issue. There is only one reason why a company would sell a device with this problem: incompetence. If they&#x27;d cop to screwing up, I&#x27;d respect them. Instead, they dissemble and equivocate.<p>Third, so <i>what</i> if their own experiment didn&#x27;t manage to <i>destroy</i> a pair of expensive headphones? &quot;I can&#x27;t reproduce this failure.&quot; doesn&#x27;t mean, &quot;This failure can never happen.&quot; The headphones only survived because they were designed with extremely robust safety factors. Even then, it&#x27;s quite likely that Schiit&#x27;s amp damaged the headphones. 1-2V of DC is <i>way</i> out of spec and has –in some cases– damaged and destroyed equipment. There is video of Schiit&#x27;s amp distorting headphone drivers. That&#x27;s crazy. No equipment should be doing that.<p>Fourth, &quot;other audiophile gear also does it&quot; is not a valid excuse. As NwAvGuy has shown, Sturgeon&#x27;s law[1] applies to this stuff. Just because there&#x27;s lots of terrible gear out there, that doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s OK to produce more terrible gear.<p>After reading Schiit&#x27;s accounting, I&#x27;m certain they lack the engineering knowledge to build safe, effective audio equipment. I think their intentions are good, but there&#x27;s simply no excusing such a glaring oversight. In my book, Schiit is an anti-brand.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sturgeon%27s_law" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sturgeon%27s_law</a>