I didn't say anything before because I only had it for 3 days or so. I knew the AMP3 was bulls**t when I read the various nonsense claims in the advertisement texts and from some users, but who am I to judge something I haven't heard?
In the end, this product needed a fist-in-the-face review, in my opinion. That's why I wrote it. With politeness one doesn't get any further at dealing with a piece of crap like the AMP3. I have zero respect for con artists releasing something shabby like that, just to make a quick buck. It hurts the whole industry, the consumers, and general credibility of places like Head-Fi. I had my say, and I made quite a few enemies. That's ok. One even stalked me over to Anythingbutipod and posted something under my real name, via a proxy server, that's how low some people stoop.
Is a shabby, sub-par MP3 player worth all that drama? Is pride more important than improvement? A few times I tricked myself into buying crappy stuff too, that's what hype does to a person. It's nothing to be ashamed of, live and learn... and if HiSound might see this thread as something to actually start working on a decent player and not just undermining forums with shills and writing up bulls**t claims with made up words and facts, then the audio-world would be a bit of a better place already.
In the end, this product needed a fist-in-the-face review, in my opinion. That's why I wrote it. With politeness one doesn't get any further at dealing with a piece of crap like the AMP3. I have zero respect for con artists releasing something shabby like that, just to make a quick buck. It hurts the whole industry, the consumers, and general credibility of places like Head-Fi. I had my say, and I made quite a few enemies. That's ok. One even stalked me over to Anythingbutipod and posted something under my real name, via a proxy server, that's how low some people stoop.
Is a shabby, sub-par MP3 player worth all that drama? Is pride more important than improvement? A few times I tricked myself into buying crappy stuff too, that's what hype does to a person. It's nothing to be ashamed of, live and learn... and if HiSound might see this thread as something to actually start working on a decent player and not just undermining forums with shills and writing up bulls**t claims with made up words and facts, then the audio-world would be a bit of a better place already.
