I ordered the DX90 the moment it was launched.
It was only sent out by iBasso on Saturday (more than the promised 2 days) and to my horror, they are still using Fardar for shipment to Singapore (instead of DHL or UPS).
Now, I have had an extremely bad experience with Fardar previously when I purchased the DX50. Not only was the shipment slow (took over a week to reach Singapore after it was sent out by iBasso), their customer service is
bad horrendous.
Nobody at their office picks up their phone or reply their emails. After a failed delivery (no one was at home when it was first delivered), I find no ways to request for a redelivery because they simply do not communicate until I escalated the matter to iBasso.
Now, I am seeing stranger things on the tracker for my DX90:
It was picked up twice from Bao An. So it basically went from Bao An to Shen Zhen Center then back to Bao An for them to pick it up again.
Then, after shipment in transit for two days in Hong Kong, it went back to Hong Kong for 'Other Reasons'.
Morale of the story, if you stay in Singapore, buying directly from a local retailer will be a much better bet than getting direct from iBasso. We pay similar shipping fees as customers from other countries located much further away from China and while they get to enjoy premium shipping service from DHL and UPS, we get Fardar.
Unless they get rid of Fardar, the end is far.
travelling... much more enjoyable. HM901 in fact doesnt differ much but its without that "space", its a fact, and I test it with BALANCED card and BALANCED JH16. Still both are superb, just different. Dont be fooled with double es9018, single will do same job, its up to amplifier and filter implementation how they sound. Maybe ill order Dx90, just for curiosity...
(never seen AD797 in portables, those have heavy amperage to cover).
