I believe all preorders RS8 will be given the CR08, at least that is the current offer I have seen in HK and Mainland China. Good on MT for offering the same deal for the western market.
Just to put it into perspective.. This seems to be a Musicteck initiative, not a Hiby one. Which will predominantly be aimed at drawing additional customers to Musicteck, not necessarily to Hiby
Official dealers can generally only do what the manufacturer allows/says so I would say it's a Hiby thing. Apart from that isn't MT the only place to buy it in the US so I doubt MT will be paying for these expensive docks just to give them away for free so as to get a monopoly on the RS8 sales when they already have it
I believe all preorders RS8 will be given the CR08, at least that is the current offer I have seen in HK and Mainland China. Good on MT for offering the same deal for the western market.
Official dealers can generally only do what the manufacturer allows/says so I would say it's a Hiby thing. Apart from that isn't MT the only place to buy it in the US so I doubt MT will be paying for these expensive docks just to give them away for free so as to get a monopoly on the RS8 sales when they already have it
The docks are not for free. Not even for dealers. And they are apparently not included in pre-orders. However, the dealer can offer it like Musicteck do and btw. I do as well in Switzerland.
The docks are not for free. Not even for dealers. And they are apparently not included in pre-orders. However, the dealer can offer it like Musicteck do and btw. I do as well in Switzerland.
Yep indeed and honestly I think it's sound for Hiby to make sure it does sell at MSRP.
Few brands are keeping it real these days. RS8 given how it's spec'ed is fairly priced and that's a rarity in this hobby.
I'd say N8ii also falls in that category.
One "detail" that I know makes a big difference and it's not SQ wise : don't discount this 256GB onboard is amazing, I had this once with Shanling M9 and it really was the only time I had a smartphone like experience with a DAP. No SD card no matter how good will be as fast for syncing or playing : no lag, no wait just speed and never a stutter. Might not sound like much but it's a bottleneck for other DAP that don't feature this and we're now quite used to having responsive devices with modern smartphones.
Now the rest of the package we already enjoyed with R8 (ELNA SIMLIC, POSCAPs and top quality components, plus titanium body and copper for heat dissipation... ), is definitely something worth pining for... there sure is bound to be quite a burn in phase to really enjoy RS8 to its full capacity (definitely why @gLer is making us wait) but no doubt it's worth it. To me having RS6 R2R goodness with on steroid R8 components and architecture (and android 12) is definitely a big turn on
I have the LP6 7th Anniversary edition which I was planning to keep alongside the SP3000, until I started reading about the RS8. I love how the LP6 reproduces voices, no delta sigma dap I've tried sounds as natural, but I miss having a modern interface and streaming options. The SP3000 fills that gap but I can't justify having all of these toys. Maybe the RS8 is the best of both worlds...
I have the LP6 7th Anniversary edition which I was planning to keep alongside the SP3000, until I started reading about the RS8. I love how the LP6 reproduces voices, no delta sigma dap I've tried sounds as natural, but I miss having a modern interface and streaming options. The SP3000 fills that gap but I can't justify having all of these toys. Maybe the RS8 is the best of both worlds...
The email from Andrew said, “that Hiby would offer you a free CR08”. So, I believe it is a manufacturer promo. To me this makes a lot of sense, as this product is $1400 more than their previous flagship, the R8. This goes into very new territory for hiby.
They very much want for this product to succeed with great numbers. The R8 had difficulties out of the gate because of its dual version product dap/cell phone and the associated delays. Hiby wants to be seen on an even playing field with their TOTL flagship with the likes of Cayin,Ibasso, L&P,Lotoo and A&K.
This is their big push into that territory.
I see the free dock as a great bonus because I already pre ordered the RS8 before the promo offer, as did many of you reading this
Seems like a Good deal all around.
The email from Andrew said, “that Hiby would offer you a free CR08”. So, I believe it is a manufacturer promo. To me this makes a lot of sense, as this product is $1400 more than their previous flagship, the R8. This goes into very new territory for hiby.
They very much want for this product to succeed with great numbers. The R8 had difficulties out of the gate because of its dual product dap/cell phone version and the associated delays. Hiby wants to be seen on an even playing field wither TOTL with Cayin,Ibasso, L&P,Lotoo and A&K.
This is their big push into that territory.
I see it as a great bonus because I already pre ordered the RS8 before the promo offer, as did many of you.
Good deal all around.
There was no mention of Hiby offering a free dock. At least not in Europe. They said that customers who ordered the dock alongside RS8 could get it for 100 less.
There was no mention of Hiby offering a free dock. At least not in Europe. They said that customers who ordered the dock alongside RS8 could get it for 100 less.
I would only be speculating, but maybe they feel either that the North American market potential is larger for Hiby than Europe ? Or maybe they fell that the North American market needs an extra push to achieve a strong kickoff and attain the sales numbers they are hoping for.
As I said previously, this is a very important product launch for Hiby. I would say it is their most important product launch since their first dap player, the original R6 stainless (which I bought).
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