If Schiit existed a few years earlier and NwAvguy reviewed the Modi and Magni instead of the E7 and E9 then I doubt he would have bothered designing the O2+ODAC.

Sorry, having been on the receiving end of his overgeneralized assumptions, snipes, and put-downs, I have to disagree with this. He is pretty much singlehandedly responsible for the still-lingering impression that we are a bunch of test-equipment-challenged, audio-god-praying, crystal-cable-worshipping mouthbreathers.

From the start (long before the Asgard Incident, where from the first post he wasted no time in trying to cast us as doddering incompetents) he made broadly negative public statements about our products based on nothing more than photographs and descriptive copy. Also, he took pretty much every chance he could to mention us in a negative light on his blog (in his list of snake-oil companies he included in virtually every screed.) He even went so far as to cast aspersions on our choice of USB interface, based on limited experience with a C-Media chip that was so far down the product line it had nothing to do with what we used.

Nope, sorry, he went out of his way to hate on us. Although I have acknowledged his positive effect on the industry in the Schiit Happened book, I have no doubt that he would have eviscerated the Magni and Modi--even if only because they came from a company that also had the audacity to make more expensive gear.

What makes me confident in the fact those differences are real and not only a product of my imagination/bias/psychology is when I realize that me and some friends here or there ( RL, CS, Head-fi , Tellementnomade.org ) can identify exactly the same points/flaws in a Dac or an amp even if we didn't share any impressions before the try and even if we have different tastes.

Exactly! There is no answer for this by the hard core fanatics except some psychic phenomenon. Consistent independent verification to specific details. But of course, the prolific amount of data available to support that is 'useless' to them.

If you recall the blog comment system of nwavguy, it is based off moderator/site admin approval before the comments will show up. It's a kind of selective censorship by nwavguy. (Which is worse than headfi)

Or act like he was the first person on Earth who figured out how to make a headphone amplifier with low distortion.

HE ISN'T? MY LIFE IS A LIE.