Hello, Cowon iAudio 7. Welcome to my pocket.
The best mp3 player I had ever owned was the iRiver H320, it had a huge capacity, great sound quality and was simple as possible to use. There's a reason they still go for one hundred euro second hand.
Since mine started electrocuting me whenever I had it plugged in (don't ask) I've been bouncing back and forward between audio devices. The creative zen (the hard drive based one and the flash memory one) and then the players on my phones and they were all fine. But nothing came close to the H320 and there is nothing worse than a down grade in this day and age.
Then, I bought the iAudio 7 and I feel the good times are back again. 16gigs of space, check. Plugs in with any standard usb cable and becomes an external drive in windows, check. Browse music by directory structure, check. Supports every codec you can think of, check. Sounds good, triple check.
I have something that almost matches the H320's HD space, is tiny, flash based and blows it out of the water sound wise.
The sound generated by the iAudio 7 is noticably better on any ear phones but when paired with something like Alan's AKGs it enters a different league of mobile music. It is far better than it should be.
You get used to accepting lower quality music from an mp3 player, its lack of bass and clarity but the iAudio 7 changes that to some degree. It can produce real music, not just a pale imitation of it. A slightly pricey purchase but your ears will thank you for it.
Follow up on this, the navigation buttons on this somehow got damaged. (Something to do with me dropping it a bit.)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call myself blameless but this seems to be a pretty common problem with the player. Definitely a mark down for lack of durability.