I’m debating about upgrading to the R8 from R6 pro. Anyone else thinking of doing that?
I haven’t thought about upgrading yet, but here’s what my wish list would be starting from the perspective of the R6 Pro stainless steel.
- Size is nice. Keep it around the same dimensions. Or a bit thinner and slightly longer. Just take full advantage of the lower bezel with an edge to edge screen. (Watching Tiny Desk performances on YouTube with better sound is solid!)
- As a pocketable device, move the 3.5mm and 4.4mm to the bottom next to the USB-C. Keep the line out/coax on top. This keeps the wires out of your way when you hold it.
- upgrade charging to Power Delivery. Lots of Mac users could take advantage of the quick charging.
- RF interference needs to be eliminated just like it is on the R5. We want a black background!
- Keep the power as much as possible! single ended and balanced offer great power in this product tier!
- fix the WiFi stability issues. This is a drag. Trying to get your playlist downloaded before you rush out the door and the WiFi keeps crapping out. This needs to be rock solid.
- keep full android. It’s great to have UAPP. Just make sure that Google Services are not sucking the life out of the battery
- Keep the neutral styling. It looks and feels great.
nice to have features, but not deal breakers
- lower THD
- better battery life with Balanced headphones
- change priority of our put connections. Coax should have priority over USB. I can’t use coax out put with USB power connected (on second thought that may be a UAPP thing? I may need to check.)