As I said, AOR have produced some very good and innovative receivers in the past.
Their 'head in the sand' approach to design flaws is not new, although I find it disappointing.
Their one time AR-ALPHA, flagship receiver had serious signal filtering problems, even compared to their far less expensive SR-2000A.
This was very well documented in
together with other tests against the (then) Icom top of the range. unit.
This was, to my knowledge, AOR's first 'head in the sand' stance, and I was informed, despite all the evidence, their apparent refusal to correct the issue hit their ALPHA sales, to Icom's benefit.
Apparently this has no deterred them from doing the same again. Of course I understand their commercial dilemma. Withdrawing the DV-10 (including units already sold being recalled) would be a serious financial blow in the short term.
Deciding to bluff it out however may eventually prove a worse 'long term' decision financially.
In my case, and I doubt if I was the only one, I rushed to buy a DV-10, relying on my previous opinion of AOR receivers I owned. I never expected the initial firmware to be exactly right. My AR-DV1 is still getting updates to correct minor problems, not just new additions, which is good on AOR's part. I did expect no serious flaws in hardware design.
I will not do so again. I have not given up on buying AOR equipment, far from it, however I will not be buying anything they release for months after it appears, or more, until independent reviews clearly indicate there are no serious hardware design faults.
If, because of the way they are dealing with the DV10, my present 'lack of trust' in AOR is shared by others, that will cost them, and I am sorry about that, but others must decide who is really to blame?