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Originally Posted by
SoundDreamer 
Excuse me, but a few of those people that missed out on the first batch and did pre-order, particularly with mp4nation, received nothing but a sorry ass notification that their order did not ship out and had been moved to maybe the next release date. Personally, this is the reason why I finally cancelled my order with them in the first place. Though, in hindsight, I'm glad I did so I could eventually purchase locally. Initially, I felt MiccaStore was wrong in not having pre-ordering available but after awhile, I started thinking that they had the best method. Simply, if we don't have it, we don't ship it. Plus, first come, first serve. I really feel sorry for all the other people that had to suffer through a longer promised waiting pre-order period, only to find that they get nothing.
Again, read what I wrote - I said Fiio owes you nothing. They've been extremely co-operative by participating in this thread, but in no way can they be held responsible for the availability of their products through their dealers. mp4nation and other dealers are to blame for taking pre-orders without notifying users of the expected delivery issues. Fiio did what any company does with a new product: manufactures an initial batch to determine if the product is marketable and desired. They don't sell direct and instead rely on a dealer network. It's unfortunate that users got hooked by dealer(s) with somewhat annoying business practices, but again, that's not Fiio's fault.
One other thing that has been stated but apparently still misunderstood: Fiio made two shipments with the first batch - the first shipment before Chinese New Year and the second shipment after enough staff were back at work to complete the rest of batch #1. Some dealers continued to take pre-orders even though they hadn't filled their pre-orders from batch #1. Those dealers did this without Fiio's knowledge, purely to take advantage of the reputation that the E17 gained from those of us that did order well before the 1st batch shipped. Fiio has since notified us that a second batch is underway with delivery and expected sales to resume in mid-March. If we assume Jan. 24th as the start of sales for the 1st batch, it won't even be two months by mid-March for the second batch. As I mentioned in my other message, people need to learn a little patience and place the blame where it lies - with the dealers that acted poorly.
Be assured that when you do get your E17, you'll listen to it and with any luck, you too will be as satisfied as other early adopters. If not, and I'm certain that the E17 won't appeal to everyone, you will most likely be able to sell your E17, possibly even with a monetary gain.
Lastly, for those still waiting for answers to their questions of 'how will the E17 sound with headphone xxx?' or 'how does the E17 compare to amp/DAC yyy?' - please realize that we are very early in the product cycle of the E17. Not enough of them are out there at this point for people to have tested the enormous number of headphone/IEM models. Yes, the more common models have been tested and impressions shared, but that's the other really big thing to remember: what you read on this and other forums are impressions from users that have had the opportunity to use the E17. These impressions were formed by their ears and brains, not yours. Read all the comments and impressions you like, but only you can be the judge of whether the product is crap, simply meets your needs or finally provides the ear-gasm that you've been longing for.
you need to lighten up slick. Some of your Posts on this Thread seem way to confrontational. 
