Isn't this the guy that flat out lied about sacking old systems for the chips, claiming they'd use only new components? I don't deal with flaming pants.
No but he did dance around it for two months before confirming on the Neo-geo forums that was wxactly what he was going to do.
This lead to a very funny famicom holocost of 2014 meme IMO.
I an blanking on his forum name but there is one member on the Neo-geo forums who is very knowledgable on the engine rings side of what makes a NES tick and he basically tore Analoug NT a new one calling out all the bosting that was misleading PR on what was being achived.
Things like steep being impossible and at best it is a mix stereo mono that was being created and not true stereo sound as the five channels that sound is broken up into that the NES chip can creat limits the ability to creat true steep audio. That and none of the NES games where made to use stereo but instead the five channel sounds.
He was also VERY vocal on the sacking of CPUs and PPUS from old systems as a detramint to keeping old systems alive as it makes the rest of the system a pile of trash taking out the brain.
Which is why yes the best option would be to make your own POU and CPU and possibly enhance or shrink it all down. But that simply isn't happaning.