Yeah but as a matter of fact the amp section clearly also had some "issues".. But just as clearly, Amir liked the sound a lot and the power of the beast, which just illustrates how much emphasis we should have on such measurements as a "reference" SQ indicator
BTW I have never seen Amir himself claiming that they reflect subjective SQ (and that makes me happy) even if some readers seem to interpret it that way. I still like to see those numbers and really appreciate all that effort he spends on these detailed reviews, and of course it has *some* correlation with sound quality, but the main deal is as an indicator of
design quality IMO, and to feed my curiosity.