You're making my point, Grannyring. No, I don't approve more of the Audiophile reviewer's ears. Just as I hope nobody on this forum decides to buy, or not buy, an item because you know three guys with "good ears". I'm sure you'll agree that as hearsay goes, that takes the cake.
The irony is you pointing out that you know people who've sold their Schiit DAC. Meanwhile, you bought your Luxman DAC here on Audiogon used - which means someone didn't like it and sold it to you, just like people have sold the Schiit. See where I'm going with this?
15 days = 360 hours. If that's not enough for proper burn-in, I'm selling all of my possessions and going to live in the woods with the wolves.
Your post just seemed like a mild case of thread-crapping, just my opinion. Maybe others feel differently.