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I also have one of those. Really nice, premium-feeling hardware and great sound quality, as expected from Fiio. They really should have added some additional buttons though. Forward/back, menu navigation and volume control all using the same 2 buttons is quite annoying. The software is also rather clunky and basic, comparable to the average mid-2000s "nugget" - I guess that might make it even more nostalgic for some. In any case, it's cool having my own dedicated device for music I own again. Right now, it's a solid 7/10 device for me, but could easily become an 8 or 9 with better software.
What's the software situation? Is it open source? Can you flash your own thing?
Not open source unfortunately. People have started reverse engineering the firmware update files though, so you can already flash a slightly modified firmware at least.