Even more, chinese sites are chuck full of such players for a fraction of the price in all dimensions, on/offline, tactile or touch, with quality DACs.

Yep, just get some older mp3 players and done. No need dumb touch screens.

Maybe it's me being old but I've seen the <who would buy this thing> argument ad nauseaum.

I'm happy about this product, I was just looking for something like this not long ago.

There'a market for everything. Accept that and move on, particularly when you have no horse on the race.