Does it annoy you when companies don't show the internals of electronics ?

I know nothing about electronics, but when I first went about acquiring some higher end equipment, I read a lot of reviews.  What settled me on the Parasound A21, besides the price and the good reviews, was when I saw the top off and saw the inside. I thought it looked so nice, so well made, that I had to have it.  I would like to get a Plexiglas top to show it off.

Generally, it doesn't bother me to not see inside, unless I might want to buy it. I like to see neat layouts, as it suggests the thing was carefully made. 

Oldhvymec 

You obviously have no fing clue as to what your looking at.  I assume you are referring to the Volume Control ? Which is a fully balanced relay based attenuator.  Perhaps put on your spectacles and give it a closer look.

Good Listening
Peter 

I love the question. I personally want to see what's under the "hood." I'm into audio restoration from a home studio so gear has to be good quality but at a good value. The craze in my other hobby is tempered glass PC cases which shows internals and lights. Window shopping had always been a thing. 

If the manufacturer doesn't show internal photos or enough angles, I check YouTube, Google, forums ect. It's all part of extensive ocd research that takes a lot of hours. It's kinda like marriage, a pretty face shows no credit history. I may not know exactly what I'm looking at but to me well laid out means well thought out. A British audiophile is a YouTube channel I follow because the inside and tech are explained.

Everyone is different but when I get into a hobby, I like to know the nuts and bolts. I would hate to be sold an off the shelf solution at a ridiculous markup.

Like I said, take my opinion with a grain of salt since I'm new to this but I'm not new to audio. I also don't like to have what many others have 😁. Long form descriptive writing I love but a photos talk where words fail. I'm also someone who likes virtual factory tours.

Good topic, I'm done rambling

Lots of failure points ..

I think you are right even if i am interested by this product...

My actual NOS dac is minimalistic.... I chose it for this reason and the price...Correct me if i am wrong but the noise level of a minimalistic design  may help or compensate in some measure for the lack of sophistication.... I am very satisfied by my actual dac anyway.... But the denafrips has glowing reviews indeed...

I am pretty sure that you know more than me about dac by the way..... 😁

Both my amps (one tube, one solid state) are point to point and handmade.  The artisans who made them enjoy showing off the guts.

Both adhere to Einstein's "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler" philosophy.

There are proprietary tricks in both to enable them to sound like nothing you can buy off the shelf, so showing them presents some risk to reverse engineering.

However it would take someone with an intimate knowledge of electrical engineering to figure out exactly what the tricks actually are (and then they would say "well that's not what the books tell me how it should be done").