There's no need to be sorry, Mike. I'm sorry that you appear to have become rather bitter & negative about everything. The OEM unit is not the same, being 8 Ohm, rather than 16. Check with the factory.

The issue isn't whether most studios are using ATCs, it's what the people who do use them think of them, Mike. No-one else seems to hear the distortion which you & BBV are claiming is present.