Jack of all trades, master of none.  No pun intended of course.   

Completely agree with this.

Does the Invicta use op-amps or a discrete design for the analog outs?

How do you drive it balanced from an Invicta?  You want me to run alligator clips and wires between the line out and my headphone jack in some hope it will beat my Super7?  I would consider any product setup like that a  product.

Not hoping for anything special(let alone beat the Super7) but pretty curious on whether it actually works out properly(or well) 

That being said, I was expecting more of a device coming out of the designers of the 9018. If LFF likes his tricked out Buffalo 3 so much, this is actually showing that the diy community has even the designers beat in their home ground.

oping for anything special(let alone beat the Super7) but pretty curious on whether it actually works out properly(or well) 

No worries, I honestly didn't think about the possibility.  The manual gave me a hard time since it was written in Canadian with blinding fonts.

^I have the Balancing Act Power Suppy and Amp stacked on top of the PWD...no hum and seems okay.  An iMac might put the screen a bit high though.