Still, I bought AP200 just on the strength of its sound, without any expectations otherwise and feel fully satisfied by my purchase.
I never had any other expectations either. The funny thing is, I never use the android part of it. It is always in pure music mode for me.
This is a healthy reasoning, which I agree with. The only thing is what when you have bought it WITH the expectations and even got promises more than a half year ago that the issues will be fixed soon, what then?
There are plenty of competitive daps out there, many of them very good sounding. Some work on Linux, some on Android and some on modified or proprietary OS. For me personally, if I buy an Android dap, I expect it to work in Android mode. Meaning, I want to stream Tidal and to be able to store the files for offline listening, like any other smartphone does. The wifi range is very limited and signal strength multiple times weaker than using the iPhone or iPad, and I really mean like 20 times weaker. OK, no problem, then I will download from Tidal for offline listening. Only problem downloading files to sd card doesn't work.
Let's forget about the Android, apps, Tidal and switch to the Pure Music Mode. Let's see what can we find on the Kickstarter page. A nice looking photo of AP200 with the Mojo. When you ask when will it finally start working with the Mojo, you get a kind answer - soon. The only problem that "soon" never comes. In the meantime, instead of fixing the problem and keeping the promises, or at least part of them, Hidizs is busy with shooting out a collection of new products, one after another.
But again, I agree that if you don't have any expectations and forget e-mail promises from Hidizs and only listen, it's all good. It can sound quite good. Like many other daps you could have bought in the meantime.
This is a photo from original Kickstarter page.