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User Submitted Cowon iAUDIO 7 Portable 8 GB MP3 Player (Red) Reviews (cont...)Date: 2008-01-14 MOVE OVER IPODS HERE COMES COWON For a very long time I have been looking for an excellent sound performer mp3 player.The first thing I did was purchasing a reliable set of headphones, my final choice after many trials was a Westone UM-2 dual drivers,expensive $300 but worth every dime.Now the problem was matching these to a comparable player; the answer: cowon's I7.The sound quality with so many wistles and bells avail,you can twick the music to make it sound just perfect.Imagine having a variable loudness control just like in the old Mc Intosh amps,you get perfect amount of bass and I mean clear Low end bass, the custom EQ lets you match your headphones to your personal taste, no overwhelming mids and annoying high ends.The amp is very powerfull and it does not compromise the battery life, you can actually get 15 hours of play. The only small problem I found is getting use to all functions since there is no manual avail. Now the fun part, since it supports Flac compression (among others)one can rip a cd without loosing any quality of sound , problem found in all mp3 playes due to the compression support system. If you are looking for a generic player and sound quality is no issue , this is not the unit for you. If you are an audiofile purist and demand that the music be heard as natural as possible,please consider this player.I just love it and all my other players have been put to rest. Point made. Date: 2008-01-08 Great player but you have to get used to the handling Awesome sound, a little bit thick but overall very small and everything else is good too. But you have to get used to the touch-swing interface and how to switch quickly through the menu. I highly recommend this player! Date: 2008-01-08 Excellent MP3. One of the best ever tried. Excellent deal!!! Great price for the product and the memory!! Slick design! Great search mechanism!!! Other very useful functions such as FM, recorder, and so on!! One of the best MP3 over the past 10 years!!! Strongly recommended!!! Date: 2008-01-04 Very Nice pros - awesome sound quality (blows ipods away) - enough power to drive good headphones - crazy long battery life - record FM radio (you can also use the timer to auto-record a show) - FLAC and Ogg Vorbis support - connects like any other extermal storage device so you can just drag and drop music, files, whatever. This lets it work with podcastready too which is a small program you keep on the player and then you can update podcasts from any computer (you manage the podcasts from their site, it's really slick). - Also due to the above it is Linux and Mac compatible. I believe the software for converting videos is windows only (maybe Mac too?) though, but I haven't tried running it under wine in Linux (don't care at all about playing videos personally). - text file viewer (handy I suppose if you want to throw a shopping list or directions or whatever on there) cons - FM tuner reception is a bit weak - voice recorder is less than spectacular - fingerprint magnet - conrols are touchy and take a bit of getting used to. It's easy to accidentally start the voice or FM recorder. The hold switch is essential if you are carrying it around (disables all controls). I have it set so I can still pause and change the volume. Aside from some minor gripes the UI is very easy to use once you get the hang of it though and hopefully will continue to get better with firmware upgrades. - the stock headphones actually sound pretty good, but were uncomfortable and constantly falling out. My ears are small though. I'm using some $20 JVC air cushon in-ear phones for now that I really like, but will probably invest in some high end in-ear phones at some point as I use it almost 8 hours a day 5 days a week. - thick (I don't care, it's still tiny, but yeah it doesn't look as slick as an ipod). Overall, highly recommended. Date: 2007-12-07 Cowon iAudio 7 is fantastic and versatile!!!!! Don't even think about iPod. The Cowon iAudio 7 fills all your audio needs with none of the headaches of iPod. The computer recognizes it as a "removable storage device" so there is no special software necessary, although it comes with Jet Audio software which is great in its own right. You can just drop and drag files into the player. The sound is phenomenal and much fuller and richer than iPod and Zune that I have tried. Although versatility is its greatest asset. It just does what its told, without acting all parental like iPod and Zune. My only regret is that I wish I had bought the 16 GB model.
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