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Pros: Sound is AMAZING! Seriously it's that good. It is also sharp looking.
Cons: Just as reviewer said, it's not too portable. But it can be used in your car with a USB car charger.
Summary: So I read about this product and was intrigued. I saw it on the store and out of curiosity decided to buy it with the intention of returning a day or two later. Well that plan is out the window. I've had my headphones on all day long. I've starting noticing entire instruments in some of my favorite songs that I never knew where there before. The effect is especially noticeable on drums (in terms of crispness; rim shots and cymbals jump out) and keyboards (you can actually hear them when they are only providing filler). The overall effect is nothing short of wonderful. Having had an Ipod the last 2 years, I simply forgot about the sound quality lost in 128 mp3s. Well now I'm never going back. One more time, the sound is nothing short of stellar.
The reviewer pointed out the lack of portability as a problem citing the lack of it's own power source as the culprit. While this is true, the unit would be rather bulky to carry around in addition to Ipod if it had a battery anyway (notice the giant volume knob). It clearly was not designed with the idea that it would be carried around.
Another worry I have is that creative is not doing a good job selling the Xmod so far. For starters its packaging doesn't really explain to well what it is and what it does. An Ipod can have its packaging be the way it is (stylish and minimalist) because everyone knows what an Ipod does. For the Xmod, however, it is not intuitively obvious what it does. Creative needs to explain what it does in big letters that don?t get hidden behind price tags.
Creative also needs to get stores to set the Xmod up in the store so customers can try it out. I would imagine a lot of customers would be dubious about how good the Xmod actually works. I was. If they set these up in stores and let people listen to the difference in sound with it off and on, they'd sell millions of these things.
Finally, if creative can get this into one of their mp3 players and markets it right, there might finally be a serious challenger to the Ipod. I know I would switch instantly, and I love my Ipod.
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