I just got mine too!! Happy days!

I've had an R3 and an R5 in the past. I struggled with the R3's small screen, but the R5 was excellent, I loved it. Then I went down the phone + dongle route. I've used a Hiby FD3 as my daily portable for quite some time, and with no complaints. As well as a Hiby W3 Saber for bluetoothing. But...

The wait for audio gear is like one of the 12 labours of Hercules! Who else is checking their order status multiple times per day? Is it just me? Let's see a show of hands... 👐

Thanks for that @Joe Bloggs Looks like I might be preordering after all.....

Of course I'm not going to return a unit on that basis, I was merely being facetious in order to make a point, the nuance of which was a little lost on you. My fault, so apologies for that. I'll just buy the appropriate coloured strap. And then get involved with the official Head Fi strap on...

Head Fi strap on swap shop..... Sounds fun.

You think? So why did Hiby go to the trouble of producing different coloured devices, with matching coloured themes, and matching coloured straps, only to then send non matching coloured straps to people who preorder? I'd say that's an issue. The logical choice for a customer would be not to...

One irritating thing.... During the preorder period, Hiby will chuck in a free strap, which is great. But it will be a randomised colour. So if I buy an orange R4, it might come with a green strap.... In that scenario, I'd be sorely tempted to send mine back for a refund. Why can't they...

I ditched DAPs a while back and went down the phone and (various) dongle(s) route...... But this R4 is incredibly tempting at that price.

I love the idea of this but living in the UK (and it's probably the same in the US and the other 5 eyes nations) there are potential issues with buying a communications device from a China based company. One simply cannot be certain about how international relations will pan out in the future...

Please be clear..... My comments regarding the Meze 99 Noirs and the Sundaras related to the Hiby FD3 and NOT the Hiby FD1. But I would think the FD1 would be ok with your Meze 109s. I'm sure you will love them.

I just checked. The Hiby FD1 is currently 42€ on Amazo.de. Not the Hiby FD3.

Are you sure that's the FD3 for 42€? Or the FD1?

The FD3's single ended 3.5mm output easily powers my Meze 99 Noirs and can also just about cope with my Sundaras. So one would imagine it would cope with the headphones you mention. Incidentally, it's no longer in stock on Hiby's website or their official Aliexpress store.

Thank you for being so helpful with this purchase. My first dip into the Head-Fi classifieds couldn't have been any easier.