Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing

I have been a member here for ten years and I have just had my first post ever removed by the mods.

I had a short quote from a S'Phile interview with Charles Hansen which I duly attributed by author and source so that could not be the reason. 

I had a photo of the inside of the amp that is the subject of this thread and commented that the parts could not justify the price. That could not be the reason. Oh, yes, I think it was. 

I was never remotely involved in the ugliness of a certain poster. I bring that up only because of this- Tinear123 has a very nice system and I would be most interested to hear his long term assessment of this amp. He says he won't be posting because of the aforementioned ugliness. That's a shame. I hope you, Tinear123, should you see this, will reconsider. 

@rajugsw 

Nice pic of your Class D amp. I noticed that you're using a toroid instead of the Hypex power supply you used in your earlier version of the amp. The Atma-Sphere Class D amp uses a toroid as well. What difference in sound do you notice when comparing the toroid to the Hypex?

I had a photo of the inside of the amp that is the subject of this thread and commented that the parts could not justify the price. 

@fsonicsmith, how many other audiophile products (that many folks purchase and enjoy their sound) would this statement be true for?  Plus, how do you factor in the cost of custom designed and manufactured circuits/technology?   Do you know how much Atmasphere (or other manufacturers with custom tech) spend to develop such tech?  Unless you have listened to the amp in question and compared it to many other similarly priced products, your statement seems off-target from my perspective.

Here is a photo of the inside of my DAC, which after owning various models from SimAudio, Berkeley, Bricasti, RME, and Mojo Audio is my favorite so far, it also costs way more than I ever thought I would spend on a digital front end and it has next to nothing under its cover.   Does its lack of parts justify its MSRP? 

So far I find the Atmasphere Monos to be in line performance wise with my slightly more expensive Pass XA30.8; I have not popped the cover off my Pass to compare them as in the end it doesn't really matter to me since I'm using my ears to decide which amp I prefer.

@ddafoe Is your DAC a Meitner? If not will you reveal it?

@klh007, As you posted above, @ddafoe's System details says he owns the Meitner MA3 DAC.