MP3 Player Decision - iAudio?

kbc · 21 Feb 2007 at 17:07

Hi, I currently have an iAudio U2, recently purchased from Hong Kong and must admit, it's an excellent little device (always good from Korea

).

After having good experience with Cowon, I was looking into a new MP3 player which has a slightly larger LCD and the support for more capacity. I was looking at the Cowon D2 - this thing looks tiny and pretty impressive - it supports MMC aswell. Wonder if anyone can shed some light on this? It's around £140. - check out YouTube review here.

Any other recommendations? Not too keen on the Apple variants. :confused:

MikGriff · 21 Feb 2007 at 17:30

My brother has a Cowon video/music/picture player thingy, very well made and feature rich, I expect thier MP3 Players are the same. Seems like a good choice.

kbc · 21 Feb 2007 at 21:00

Auron said:
My brother has a Cowon video/music/picture player thingy, very well made and feature rich, I expect thier MP3 Players are the same. Seems like a good choice.

Yea I expected these to be of excellent build quality, just wondering if this justifies £140, is there something else which offers more at this price? Though this is very tempting.

kbc · 28 Feb 2007 at 11:12

Well I don't know if anyone is interested in a new MP3 player but here are some pictures of the new Cowon D2 I received. It's worth posting up as I'm pretty proud of this device.

I understand it's not considered an A-List brand in UK or Europe even. But it's probably one of the best MP3 players Asia-Wide along with the IRiver. In my opinion, the Cowons/IRivers are far superior to the Apple variants. It has an excellent touch-screen with a very vibrant display.

Tommy B · 28 Feb 2007 at 13:54

Cowon are certainly superior in terms of sound quality. I used to have an iAudio M3 and the quality was awesome, far surpasses that of my iPod.

Flibster · 28 Feb 2007 at 21:39

I've got both an X5 and a M3 - both are superb. Native flac support is a godsend!
Got an A2 being delivered soon as well.

I've resorted to using my iRiver H140 as an external HDD only.

Simon/~Flibster

kidloco · 1 Mar 2007 at 17:25

kbc said:
Well I don't know if anyone is interested in a new MP3 player but here are some pictures of the new Cowon D2 I received. It's worth posting up as I'm pretty proud of this device.

I understand it's not considered an A-List brand in UK or Europe even. But it's probably one of the best MP3 players Asia-Wide along with the IRiver. In my opinion, the Cowons/IRivers are far superior to the Apple variants. It has an excellent touch-screen with a very vibrant display.

That looks really nice, how much was it if you dont mind me asking

Flibster · 1 Mar 2007 at 22:23

kidloco said:
That looks really nice, how much was it if you dont mind me asking

Was lookign at one this afternoon - Cowon iAudio D2 4Gb Version + 4gb SD Card

£179!

Just wish the screen was higher res - would make it a worthwhile switch from my A2 *which arrived today and rocks!.

Simon/~Flibster

kbc · 2 Mar 2007 at 23:42

kidloco said:
That looks really nice, how much was it if you dont mind me asking

That costs me £153 including delivery and a 2GB SD card. I managed to flog my iAudio U2 1GB for about £40 (considerably less than what I paid 3-4 years ago)... which aided the cost.

But it is pretty impressive, love the touch-screen. More impressive than the iPod - I've seen enough of those white headphone cords on the trains and everywhere.