[Facta]

There’s a banner on top that says there’d Be a sale up to 25% from the 17th-25th. I’m hoping the R8 gets at least 10% off lol.

R8 seems to be excluded from the anniversary sale as per a reseller.

 

[Liberatus]

R8 seems to be excluded from the anniversary sale as per a reseller.

Lol. Of course it is..

 

[Lu88]

Could someone share links to reviews anywhere for R8? Hard to find. Wondering what the general feedback from the early China buyers might have been.

HiBy R8 review by Headfonia
https://www.headfonia.com/hiby-r8-review/

 

[Doctortre2481]

Zeppelin&co is doing 200 sgd dollars off presale.

 

[Ultrainferno]

HiBy R8 review by Headfonia
https://www.headfonia.com/hiby-r8-review/

Thank you for sharing the link. A lot of time went in to this review, I hope you liked it.
Anyway, great player, my fav in the segment.

 

[DarginMahkum]

Thank you for sharing the link. A lot of time went in to this review, I hope you liked it.
Anyway, great player, my fav in the segment.

Thanks for the review. Good to know that the USB DAC functionality is on the way. I was surprised not to see it in the 1.1 firmware.

 

[Ultrainferno]

Thanks for the review. Good to know that the USB DAC functionality is on the way. I was surprised not to see it in the 1.1 firmware.

Yeah, I have the 1.11 here with me if anyone needs it

 

[Doctortre2481]

Thanks for the nice detail review. Glad to see its almost reaching the highs of sp2000 sq but for way less and full android . (also the packaging looks amazing )

 

[jmills8]

Thanks for the nice detail review. Glad to see its almost reaching the highs of sp2000 sq but for way less and full android . (also the packaging looks amazing )

Mmm I wasnt impressed by the SP2000 at all.

 

[Doctortre2481]

Same here but I think it couldn't been i was just turned off by the slow UI on a 5,000 (aud ) player.Hoping I enjoy the hiby R8 way more .Coming from dx208 I really enjoy the sound but I found the ui unusable.

 

[Facta]

HiBy R8 review by Headfonia
https://www.headfonia.com/hiby-r8-review/

80% of review is just physical description and specs from HiBy. 20% generic wordings on sound. Not a real review from days of specific and conscious listening.

 

[Ultrainferno]

I'm not going to argue with you, everyone is entitled to his opinion. But there's 3 pages on sound, 2 on the rest.
Why don't you share your review here?

 

[Nayparm]

Same here but I think it couldn't been i was just turned off by the slow UI on a 5,000 (aud ) player.Hoping I enjoy the hiby R8 way more .Coming from dx208 I really enjoy the sound but I found the ui unusable.

It will be like going from an abacus to a calculator in speed

Its mad seeing people only just getting to put pre-orders in several months after my stock arrived

 

[Doctortre2481]

" The Dignis leather case is for the first batch of purchase only."
Anyone know what exactly is considered the first batch ?

 

[TheNameIsGerald]

Thank you for sharing the link. A lot of time went in to this review, I hope you liked it.

thank you very much for the great, rounded review! It's a shame you didn't receive a DX220MAX to compare with, because this is in many ways the obvious competition (price and release date wise).

I'm concerned that sound settings are done in the HiBy app: do you think this mean that other apps (such as Tidal) do not have access to the same audio rendering features as the HiBy app, because these features are not exposed at the system level but rather baked into the HiBy app?

and it stills feels to me that the AK4497s call out for an R8Pro with AK4499s...