Too shiny, maybe, silver-plated

You may use forwarder companies to send your item from Japan

AFAIK, you can change a region setting with a tool, mentioned in previous pages.

FiiO M6?

I'd consider Sony NW-A55

Sorry, it is L27, not LC27. You can buy it here: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/FiiO-L27-WMPort-to-Micro-USB-digital-audio-Cable-for-FiiO-Q1II-Q5-Audio-cable-for/1473108_32841757711.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.2.3130f9a4gYQeai

You can use FiiO Q1 Mark II DAC with L27 cable (wm port to USB). Cable costs ~16$ on AE (FiiO Official Store).

Yes, that's bad, that MD could not fulfill and canceled the orders from first wave. My DM6s could even be from the canceled orders of the first wave, who knows.

I picked a purple one.

Second wave of MD. Surprised to get this in my inbox today.

Can you compare them to BGVP DM6 or DMG, if you own one?

Didn't understand your post. People will get or already got v2 (or will get v2, but next year)? Does BGVP already produce v2?

Can you, please, click on that "See translation" button? ) Thanks!

Does A55 support streaming services (Tidal, Spotify, etc)?

Even better than FiiO M6?