A musical instrument

There is a month I bought this product for the quality of its vaunted. I plugged into an amp Creek Evo2 via two DAC Rega and M2Tech HIface (Amazon did not surprise those products) for listening to Internet radio, cloud music (I listen mainly classical and jazz). The result is in line with my expectations and better than many HIFI components making these fontions. The start is very fast. The second use is for playing DVDs: quality is again at the rendezvous. The panel of pre-installed software is correct except the antivirus (Trend) that I will replace by Bidefender.

Is all perfect? No!

First, the mouse is basic and poor quality (I've replaced with a Logitech M325 (great!).
Much more annoying: Windows Explorer is very unstable despite the installation of all Windows and Asus updates. Tip: reinstall everything from the start and it will be better despite some problems persisting time you raised several times the unit after opening of said explorer. I do not have anymore problems.

The hard drive is a bit noisy when playing DVDs, I will replace it later with a SSD.
The fast access function to the Internet through a specific key on startup is not ergonomic, lack of flexibility, an interface reminiscent of Windows starts. I have no interest.

I will end on a positive note for service as the Amazon than Asus. I had a first device: it was very unstable despite all the Windows updates and Asus made. La Poste Colissimo perhaps there is something: cardboard was high and pierced (as in 90% of cases with the carrier). So I returned in the week (Asus, I contacted offers a standard exchange during the first 15 days). I received the new device after three days. Bravo for these two service but choose another carrier.