The Hammer is better than my original Brick (and not just because it's metal)
I bought the original Brick not long after it was released and although I loved the pixel density, the size and the quality of the build there were two factors that made it terrible to play....
Firstly the AUDIO was extremely shrill. Lots of top-end and barely any low-end. I do enjoy good audio quality but the Brick audio was subpar even when compared to the Miyoo mini (which I think is great for it's size).
I saw very few posts of people complaining about the audio quality, in fact, I saw a lot of appreciation for the audio.
So, I thought maybe mine is faulty or maybe people aren't that bothered by audio quality.
Secondly, the D-PAD, it was terribly stiff and a little bit squeaky, almost as if it had no central pivot.
I saw a few posts of people mentioning a stiff D-PAD but not enough to make me think this was a universal issue.
I ended up selling the Brick, thinking that I was done with Trimui. Too much of a gamble to buy a different device from them
A few months later I went against my better judgement and took the gamble on the Brick Hammer after seeing a teardown that showed different speakers than the original Brick
The Hammer arrived and both of those issues are completely resolved. Superb Audio and great D-Pad
So basically, I'm posting to inform people who had those issues with the original Brick, that they should not write off Trimui.
I still don't know if my original Brick was an early batch that was bad or if mine was just faulty