Discrete R2R Ladder dac from Soekris, Absolute Sounds review.

Well Nelson pass is primarily an analog guy, ditto Curl, and so what w.r.t. his family business. It's a silly statement. He is likely no better (or worse) that 100's of thousands if not millions of engineers.  DIY Audio is a good site, but not the panacea of leading edge. 

Wow!!! well don’t buy one then, what’s your beef with the Danes, are you Swedish or Norwegian they don’t like them, suppose you don’t care for Gryphon amps either?

Like I said

Very affordable highly regarded discrete R2R dac from the Dutch

Find something else around $1k that competes sonically with discrete R2R ladder design, with all the features it has.

Soren Kristensen is held in very high regard as a digital designer.

This is essentially false advertising. You seem to take offence to anything related to snake oil, well this is a snake oil statement.  It is at best your personal opinion. If this was a delta-sigma, you would probably say he was no good. Try to keep your bias out.

 If this was a delta-sigma, you would probably say he was no good.

And there it is!

Well in my system, I have not had a delta sigma that has sounded good.

Just too bright and thin.

More noise, less music.

YMMV.