Sounds like something thebland over at AVS would buy.
He'd probably knock it for not having platinum covered outputs or its lack of diamond studded buttonsNo, thebland would buy it and complain that at 17k it is too accessible to the unwashed masses. He would probably complain about its build quality, too.
Is that thing even profile 2.0 compliant?
I callem as I sees emYou love to stir things up don't you??
Last I checked, there has always been Golmund like companies and Stereophile to review their stuff.
Expensive, Yes...But if you have the dough, why not?