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The whole fiasco is summarized on NWAvGuy's blog.[1] Of course NWAvGuy isn't the most tactful person, but Head-Fi's reaction seems quite overzealous.

These plus a good USB-DAC (like those based around NwAvGuy's ObjectiveAmp) will make your listening experience much nicer.

NWAvGuy wasn't actually banned for his interactions with Schiit, but due to the very strict advertising rules at Head-Fi.

NWAvGuy tried to get answers from Jason Stoddard and ended up being banned from the Head-Fi forums.

An example to look at is the writeup nwavguy did on his O2 headphone amp.

NwAvGuy is the truly interesting story, NwAvGuy was some anonymous person who went to audio forums and warred on Schiit pointing out technical problems with their products and the way they do their marketing.

As a side note, this kind of thing very much reminds of me 'nwavguy'.

If you read NwAvGuy's blog, the modifications necessary to run it off DC are pretty much exactly what he wouldn't want people to do.

For context, the NwAvGuy O2 amp[0] design is pretty famous now.

For me NwAvGuy is most famous for his Headphone & Amp Impedance article where he coined the 1/8th rule so many audiophiles refer to all the time.

From what I've seen, NwAvGuy and other objective-audio types generally tend to have a better understanding of the subjective parts of audio though.

Beware of Newsweek if this story becomes too popular they'll start a thorough and extensive work of research and finally claim NwAvGuy is no other than Dorian S.

"NWAvGuy wasn't actually banned for his interactions with Schiit, but due to the very strict advertising rules at Head-Fi." And Al Capone was nabbed for tax invasion.

"NwAvGuy boasted that his minimalist amplifier—which can be purchased for as little as $129 — “proves you don’t need exotic parts or esoteric circuit designs for best-in-class sound, accuracy, and performance.”"