fish1050
Headphoneus Supremus
No worries mate, as I said, I do get you . I honestly did not recall that you asked here both about replaygain and the touchscreen, received assurances (or at least not a flat denial ), and that influenced your decision not to return the device. Which does help understanding your frustration better. If Shanling said they'd address your concerns (I'm not doubting what you said - since they're not features that are too important for me, I just did not memorize Shanling's answers on that), I expect they will - they seem to be people who keep their word, and who care a lot about their client base (as evidenced by the continued presence and support here, for instance).
As for xduoo/rockbox, I have the Xduoo X3 (which is the one I expect you might have looked into). It's nice, but the M0 is way ahead on lots of things (size, color, touchscreen, bluetooth and, me, I also prefer the sound of the M0). Plus, when it came out, it had a pitch problem that NEEDED rockbox to get fixed (the first gen, at least, which is the one I have), which is definitely not cool. It DOES do replaygain with rockbox, ofc (plus it accepts 2 simcards and rockbox, as distinctive features, which are good things, especially if one LIKES rockbox). But if/when Shanling addresses your concerns, the M0 will be a much better solution for your use scenario, I think.
Well after Fiio managed to add replaygain to the M7 and the Cayin N3 has it so I hoped it would spark Shanling to add it to the M0. From what I have read in the M7 thread Fiio will add replaygain to some of their other DAP's soon. It looks like replaygain is starting to become a mainstream feature with several DAP makers. Shanling needs to get on board I think if they want to keep up with the competition. So the M7 now has replaygain and LDAC, I would hate to have to consider a Fiio DAP to get what I need. Something I swore I would never do is buy another Fiio DAP.
I demoed the N3 and it wasn't bad but no LDAC but if the next iteration of the N3 adds LDAC and keeps the hardware buttons it could be what I am looking for. Of course nothing yet from Cayin on that front but maybe something at IFA in September.