Very interesting product indeed.
I will chime in as well in regards to gapless support. With the larger storage capabilities available these days, manufacturers should expect customers to keep entire CDs on their DAPs and not just selected songs. There are many CDs across many genres that contain tracks that are meant to be gapless. I listen to a lot of electronic and alternative music and many CDs contain tracks that flow from one to another. In fact, gapless support is a deal breaker for me. I refuse to own a DAP that does not support it. It is the only reason I never owned any of Iaudio's DAPs even though I like how they sound.
Regardless, I do applaud HifiMAN for giving a distinctive nod to those of us who demand audio quality in a DAP. It will be interesting to see how this unit develops and if there will be ensuing generations.
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