HiBy R4 player review - hard to believe price 

You've been doing such detailed, good reviews for years. Honestly, thank you. Your efforts and passion deserve more recognition.

Great review! This DAP seems like an absolute winner, seen so much praise for it, your review might have just sealed the deal :D

I preordered it yesterday. Got the all black model

Good to see your face finally. 🙂

Excellent review!! Definitely considering this as my first player thank you!!!

thank you for the review! "Almost zero layering" killed it for me tho 😅

Always great thought goes into your reviews, well done again. I think HiBy should be applauded here, in recent years prices in our hobby have kept creeping up - so to bring these specifications at this price is great for the first time DAP buyers...

I'm really considering the R4 before, the price to performance ratio is insane. But a few weeks ago, I saw a listing of a used, but almost new condition R5 Gen 2 for $220. Since one of my deal breaker for a DAP is a shorter battery life, I ended up buying the R5 Gen 2, it claims that it can run for more than 30 hours in single ended and less than 30 for the balance mode. NGL, I'm really jealous of the R4's specs that rivals even Hiby's higher tier DAPs such as the R5 and R6 series. I'll probably buy the R4 if I didn't discover the pre owned R5 II. I'm glad that R4 exist now, bang for the buck specs in a very competitive price point!

I love the visual design

Grabbed this over the Sony NW-a306 for the system wide bit perfect audio. Going to be a dedicated Apple Music streamer for my 2.1 setup. My current DAP is a Sony NW-a55 with Mr. Walkman firmware, really hope the sound quality of the R4 is just as good if not better Also you can save $10 with 'Welcome10' promo code, phenomenal deal at $239.00 shipped and no tax!

The black... So handsome...

Great review as usual. If possible can you please confirm if the file transfer data rate on USB is indeed USB3? Also, from a sound quality point of you, do you think this is a considerable upgrade over the Hiby R5? Thank you so much for your work.

Great review. I’m looking at picking up something more compact than my R6 Pro2 and have this and the RS2 as possibilities. Most of my listening is from an SD card so wondered which you would recommend out of the two?

Very nice review! I am still using my Hiby R6 (1st gen). Do you think this new R4 will be an upgrade over the R6?

how does it compare to shanling m3 ultra ? i bought the m3u due to smaller size based on your review. should i get this one instead ? would really like your opinion 🥺

Tempotec v6 or hiby r4?¿

Hello PortaFi! Currently which of all the iems is your favorite? I'm looking for an iem end game, the price doesn't matter and I see that I agree a lot with your tastes in DAPs and iems! I really value your work and your analysis, big hug!

Have you used ibasso dx170 ? Are these both comparable? Which is your first go when coming to ibasso/hiby in terms of 1.sound tone 2. User experience

Nicely Done. Did you get a chance to try with a streaming service ? A new select for you playlist "Rolling Over" by Low Roar How's your new headphone

How would this compare with the Shanling M3 Ultra?

With the R6iii you can side-load an app that will distort the soundfield width. Can you do that with this one too?

Could you please give me some advice? Should I pick the Hiby R4 or Shanling M3 Ultra in terms of sound quality. Many thanks. Really appreciate.

I wish more reviewers would take a look at the Aune M1p dap. It has phenomenal sound at an inexpensive price. It has some quirks and is just a basic player but it's still pretty great. I can't understand why it gets so little attention paid to it.

Is it worth upgrading from the Shanling M1S to this, regardless of OS. ? Sound comparison would be appreciated. Thanks

is it R4 or Aune m1p in terms of sound?

Any plans to review the Ibasso DX260? Thanks!

How's this compared to ka17 technical wise especially soundstage, imaging, layering and details?

This things looks sexy, I would love to add colored skins with button combos! Uughh I'm debating on this or MoonDrops MIAD01. 🤔 So far the only review of the MIAD said that it separates every element in the song! 😱. I HOPE TO SEE YOUR REVIEW SOON!

Ii like the designs Hiby is throwing but as u said the cheaper ones R2 and R3 dont have this resolution like ibasso, shanling, fiio or hidizs devices in this price class....but i never tried higher priced hiby daps yet.. I always wanted to try once a hiby with this darwin architecture.

Compare to R5 II, do you think sound wise R5 II is alot better to R4 in all aspects? Or both units sound almost identical?

how does it work as a streaming solution or source with Xduoo 05 Pro?

Compared to Hiby R6P2 how to they differ in terms of sound ? Does the 525 power output is a quality power or just a number ?

Can we use this even after Android support over ? like a non android digital player ?

Excellent review.

Hi how does this compare to hiby r6 iii(gen 3)?

Should I sell my M11 Plus ESS for this DAP? I want to use system wide PEQ.

Since on sheet it stated accurately display file bitrate etc. Can R4 or even R6 G3 detect fake flac or wav files whereby they are actually just perhaps 128 or 320 kbps files but was save as flac or wav at larger bitrate.

This dap has bitperfect? I want a dap to stream apple music and download loseless music. Thanks

Does the black scratch or worse, chip off easily?

is it better than my Shanling m3ultra?

The design reminds me of Pioneer XDP-100R dap.

Can I play Apple Music on this device?

Hiby R4 overheating issue!! I'm quite disappointed with the product. Although it looks impressive and should be worth more than $600, just by looking at it, it appears to have been built with cheap components and has poor heat dissipation. Mine is overheating; I cannot even touch it. Is anyone having this issue?

Ahw 😊finally saw you...

Who can recommend a dap around 500 eur which is detailed and maybe a bit colored?

Hiby lack thinking ability,a player like this should 50 hours plus battery life by now.Battery life is more important than power output for daily use.l dont know what this dap makers are thinking,even at 20 dollars l would not buy this for the terrible battery life.Thank you.

Думал себе сони А306 взять , явно возьму лучше этот Хайби все таки разница 250 и 450 долларов имеет значение) тем более хайби на много технологичней выходит

How it could be tus R4 against a Tempotec V6 talking just in sound terms?