[Azirius]

Hello Zachik,

Are you clairvoyant?

We have decided to hold off shipping any R6's for this week, because of a perceived design flaw:
The light from the LCD screen backlight leaks, not onto the screen, but out from the headphone ports, USB port and such.
We thought it'd be a "call it a feature thing"--hey look! I can use my R6 as a laser pointer too! (exaggerating)
But we have had several returns in the Chinese market with this cited as the reason and we can't take this risk internationally.

In other news, I will be attending NAMM and related activities from now until the end of this month so replies here may be sporadic. But I'll let you guys know when we get the leak fixed and the units start shipping!

This is totally the correct decision! Glad that you put quality over getting the product in to your customers hands and letting them down with poor standards!

 

[BetterLate]

This is totally the correct decision! Glad that you put quality over getting the product in to your customers hands and letting them down with poor standards!

Yes! And get the bugs out of the firmware- that seems to be the source of most complaints on other Android DAPs

 

[superuser1]

I ask myself a question and those who have the review unit.. Is the light leak not that obvious or is it.. You guys are observant enough to notice this if it was a problem?

 

[Yuurei]

I ask myself a question and those who have the review unit. Is the light leak not that obvious or is it. You guys are observant enough to notice this if it was a problem?

Review units may not have this issue. Maybe it's the result of mass production and quality assurance. It's easier to made few units and inspect them than few hundreds
Anyway good move from HiBy. I've had enough of beta version products

 

[hernandoco]

It's also not even close to March yet so no rush. Even if it passes the projected deadline, a delay due to addressing QC issues is more than welcome rather than a delay due to poor planning.

 

[ycbl74]

Firmware and software can be repaired at any time, but the device itself in the manufacture, you can not)))

 

[Detectit]

My finger is almost on the trigger to order this awesome piece of craftmanship....

The only thing i am worried about is the power output. 120mw @ 32 ohm. Must I??

Even the Cayin N3 (though it's only 10mw)has more power than this unit.

 

[noknok23]

120mw @32ohm + 10phm output impedance makes it rather limited in terms of headphones matching. It's not for everyone.

 

[Detectit]

120mw @32ohm + 10phm output impedance makes it rather limited in terms of headphones matching. It's not for everyone.

What do you think??

Audeze Sine?? Which is hard to calculate... No sensitivity mentioned... They say 500mw??at?...

Sine specs:

Maximum power handling 6W
Maximum SPL >120dB
Frequency response 10Hz – 50kHz
Total harmonic distortion <1% full spectrum @ 100dB
Impedance 20 ohms
Optimal power requirement 500mW – 1W
Weight 300g

For me strange specifications because they sell these as mobile headphones.

Further more

Takstar pro82
KZ ZS5, ZS3, ZSE?

Most "worried" about the Sine.

And what about DTS encoding?

 

[loplop]

My finger is almost on the trigger to order this awesome piece of craftmanship....

The only thing i am worried about is the power output. 120mw @ 32 ohm. Must I??

Even the Cayin N3 (though it's only 10mw)has more power than this unit.

Go balanced. 300mw at 32 ohms should be decent for many ‘phones.

 

[Detectit]

I have read the thread... About the output "worries" Better have done it first... Sorry.

Still undecided though...

 

[Mezzi]

Odd that none of the reviewers mentioned any kind of light leak coming out the R6...not one.

 

[marcusd]

Odd that none of the reviewers mentioned any kind of light leak coming out the R6...not one.

Probably because none of the reviewing units have any light leaks. They are not part of that production batch, they are sample units done on small scale before.

 

[Mezzi]

Probably because none of the reviewing units have any light leaks. They are not part of that production batch, they are sample units done on small scale before.

So review units have better QC than the final production version? Kinda backwards.
Seems like checking for light leaks is part of a basic quality control check.

No matter, glad it's being dealt with.

 

[Detectit]

Does it eat DTS files?