It looks like a FPGA to me, see the chip cooling fins. Looks like a lot of open space for extra boards? External power supply so layout in your photo because of that.
Interesting. They have gone the Chord DAVE route? More info would be good....
The two layers of black plates have a specific purpose both the position and the material.
The alloy is different (in total there are 3 different alloys in the chassis).
Mission is triple: balance between conduction of vibrations, controlled internal damping, manage the currents of the chassis towards the earth. Everything has to be a synergy.
Atlantis Dac has a separate power supply so there is no need to use this solution.
So how was the sound as compared to the D-02X?
It would be amazing to read your comparison of the two.
Are the two close in sound quality?
What aspects were improved and any aspects not improved?
thank you