Joe Bloggs
Sponsor: HiByMember of the Trade: EFO Technologies Co, YanYin TechnologyHis Porta Corda walked the Green Mile
This is your chance to experience HiBy's latest flagship player first hand!
We are touring the latest flagship from HiBy, the R8 II, which comes with the all-new in-house developed Darwin-MPA (multiphase PWM array) all-new modulator-based DAC architecture with 16 output channels for a unique sound never heard before as well as exemplary objective performance!
Credit to Zeppelin & Co for making the most comprehensive write-up about the R8 II's internal architecture to date--simply go to https://zeppelinandco.com/products/hiby-r8ii and open their Product Description.
We are now soliciting tour participants from all over the world to enroll in this tour! Anyone may apply as long as they agree to the review regulations at the end of this post, and as long as they intend to write about their experience and share it with us!
Simply post at least the following in reply to this thread to apply for the tour:
1. Your main spoken / written languages
2. A summary of your existing audio gear, including any players, earphones, amps, etc. whether HiBy branded or otherwise (but don't be shy if you don't have much, it's not necessary to have a stack of existing equipment to get selected
3. Point to any existing review experience you have--where your existing reviews are posted, if any. (but don't be shy if you don't have any, this is your chance to start
4. Your geographical region (e.g. the city and country you live in): this is very important as after looking at the list of applicants we will decide on how to group them by geographical region.
Review regulations:
•Reviewers should promptly indicate when they have received the tour package from e.g. the post office. Once the package is in hand, they have up to 10 days for forming impressions before shipping to the next reviewer.
•Reviewers should ship the tour package to the next reviewer by registered post in the original product packaging provided, and keep records and receipts for reimbursement purposes
•By applying for this tour, you indicate that you are fine with your real name and address being privately provided to us for shipping purposes, and HiBy is allowed to share excerpts of what you write about our products and/or link to your full review on their product and store pages.
•Reviewers will not be held responsible for any damage to the tour package sustained during shipping or normal usage, however, they should not open, modify or perform any DIY work on the products.
•Reviewers should do the review fairly and objectively, and related product photos are required.
•Reviewers need not overstate the advantages of the products.
•Reviewers should indicate that the review tour packages are free loan units, in order to avoid any misunderstandings.
•Reviewers are prohibited from using or disseminating pirated music on the tour package.
•Reviewers are reminded to listen responsibly and safely to the tour package, to not use it when operating machinery or driving, and not to drive headphones to excessive volume with the tour package.
•Reviewers may send the review content to us for examination prior to publishing—for basic fact-checking purposes only. We will only request corrections of factual mistakes regarding the tour package. Reviewers may post the corrections alongside their original content for reference.
•Reviewers agree to be nagged by Joe Bloggs for a review if it hasn't come out yet for quite a while
Happy listening to all!
<--yes, you're welcome to bring your own amplifier into the mix 
