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It's funny how immediate this modern world is. Pre internet days a company delaying launch to make sure the product is right and de-bugged would have been praised. Now there is so much impatience so people end up buying buggy players like the iBasso which i do not care how good it sounds i would never buy due to all the fixing that has had to be done since launch so make the thing work acceptably. Admittedly it is all software and firmware issues but that is still a pain to have to jump through so many hoops.
I am glad I got my 801 at the end of production, had only one minor issue with card incompatibility but that is my fault as I am choosing to run an older firmware update instead of the last one.
The secret to good business is to learn from past mistakes. I would say HiFiman took a long look at all the de-bugging that took place with the 801 and thought to themselves not this time!
Also, I bet they know the microscopic attention span of most modern consumers and know once some rave reviews are in those potential customers will have all forgotten the delays!
Indeed, ianmedium.
Today's world with the internet is truly a different ball game altogether. Changes come so fast, something relevant today becomes a thing of the past tomorrow.
Although i do get where you're coming from, would have to say a software update to fix an issue is preferable to having spend extra cash, and loss of weeks sending a faulty hardware back for servicing. Perhaps it's just myself preferring a buggy but usable (and expensive device) over a device that potentially suffers from physical wear and tear, and not having to use it for weeks or worst case, months, which seems to be a case for quite a few unfortunate users.
Take nothing away from the HM-901, and the SQ will very likely exceed the DX100 itself, and i may have bought it had it arrived earlier. However, after much consideration and scrutiny, the delay may have been a blessing. Yes, HiFiman would very likely have a very stable software out the door on day 1, but that's not the issue. The real issue here is its hardware. Specifically, the navigation wheel. How many music players have we seen, use a mechanical wheel for music navigation? Given how large our music library can be, going into the 192GB region, that's a lot of files to navigate/scroll through. Do it daily and even a well built mechanical wheel will suffer from wear and tear. To put it bluntly, the
mechanical navigation wheel is THE design flaw in the HM-901. It is the straw that broke the camel's back.
I could be making a mountain out of a molehill and i do hope it is.