[cooperpwc]

^^ Interesting comparison but - aside from my excitement about the potential of M:use - what really matters is how they sound. I only have half of that comparison so far. The X5 sounds very good but I have high hopes that the M will take it to the next level.

 

[tm.chen]

cant wait for its international release.

 

[AmberOzL]

+1, can't wait for international release as well as the pre order discount: come on Calyx, don't rip off audiophiles that are not in South Korea. We also deserve 650 USD

 

[Dook0]

 Pre-order of the calyx is at 650$, interesting

 
For Koreans in their domestic market, right? Unless you know something that I don't know...

Sorry yeah only domestic for Korea..

 

[Gintaras]

  +1, can't wait for international release as well as the pre order discount: come on Calyx, don't rip off audiophiles that are not in South Korea. We also deserve 650 USD

 
yes, seems the only way to get M would be to ask for Korean citizenship???

 

[AmberOzL]

   
yes, seems the only way to get M would be to ask for Korean citizenship???

Only if I wasn't quite happy in Belgium

 Belgian beer ftw mate

 

[musicheaven]

Can't say how much the promotion's going to be but won't be as good as the Korean one partly because of embedded shipping and more expensive warranty costs baked in.

 

[Andykong]

I'm in no hurry to buy a DAP that stupidly and unnecessarily puts my hearing at risk, and whose control buttons are difficult to reliably identify by touch, in my pocket.

Maybe that makes me strange, but I don't think so

If this is really that stupid, wonder why you are still interested in this DAP after contributing several hundreds respond in this thread.

 

[JonathanCandel]

 
a better reason ... You are in head-fi for Pete's sake. You will never be satisfied with only one.

 

  Why funny you may ask.
 
....

Haha, I think I will wait and see what they will do with the international promotion... If its the same as the Korean with just some added shipping costs, I will order the Calyx as well!
Then, I might just get both and try them to see which one I'd prefer.

 

[JonathanCandel]

 
Only if I wasn't quite happy in Belgium

 Belgian beer ftw mate

I love Pauwel Kwak beer... I think it's from Belgium ( don't hate me if I am wrong  )

 

[Mython]

If this is really that stupid, wonder why you are still interested in this DAP after contributing several hundreds respond in this thread.

 
Because I still hold out some hope that 'certain people' who read this thread will take heed and see some sense. The recent changes are a backwards step.
 
It's an extremely easy thing to improve the current buttons, and would not delay the DAP release. They're just pieces of plastic that can be moulded in a different form very rapidly.
 
So please pass that along to the team

 

[cooperpwc]

   
Because I still hold out some hope that 'certain people' who read this thread will take heed and see some sense. The recent changes are a backwards step.
 
It's an extremely easy thing to improve the current buttons, and would not delay the DAP release. They're just pieces of plastic that can be moulded in a different form very rapidly.
 
So please pass that along to the team

 
Neither here nor there in relation to your crusade, but I do not assume that the buttons will be plastic; metal seems at least as likely.
 
I am staying away from your button fight because, while I suspect there may be some confusion of personal preference with universal laws of egonomics, I really do not mind if you win.

 

[OK-Guy]

I love buttons on DAP's... I had to find away of subbing to the thread, buttons are important to me.

 

[BaldrO]

I may be mistaken, for which I hope not, but the buttons do seem to stick out from the body as much as the power button and volume slider. I just think those two renderings are from a bad angle. We won't know for sure till Caylx posts some new photo's or some that has held the profit on design chimes in here.

 

[musicheaven]

They are not sticking out, I enlarged the picture enough to see that they're flush with the case, the volume control sticks out though.