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Message: <blockquote data-quote="croak" data-source="post: 605580" data-attributes="member: 361">I think it has more to do with when these were designed and by whom. I think the amp designs may pre date the digital designs and are basically rehashed previous models. The digital designs are a little fresher by a different guy. In fact John Westlake had been working on the design before audiolab contracted him. The best implementation of many dac chips is often in a dual balanced mode. If you have gone so far as to have two chip sets it does not take that much more to add 2 sets of op amps and zlr connectors and create balanced option. I guess what It really boils down to is that they have various designers and even legacy designs that are not done in unison with a "system" or uniform engineering "philosophy" or mind set. They are individual building blocks with the same brand name. </blockquote>