For clarity this is what he e-mailed me intially:The new design is better but you did not get to hear it. That's odd.
If you look closely and compare the current production of our DACs you will see that there is quite a difference.
Amongst many other things, not only the logo & circuit boards are of a different design there are also different components inside.
So, just FYI newer DACs are even more dramatic and organic sounding, which quite a step up on terms of musicality to the current DAC.