Some good points. I would really like to see a comparison test of all the WM8987 players...and there are a lot to compare
Maybe a Wolfson super smackdown between Meizu, Teclast, Oppo, Newman, and SmartQ. Of course, you'd also be dealing with Rockchip, ADI and Samsung main processors, but it would still be intersting to see who can get the most audio goodness out of similar setups.