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5.0 stars
"X5 for DAP president!"
Pros: Everything
Cons: Erm... the shape of the box? (!)
Summary: Having owned two of the best hard disk-based MP3 players (in my opinion); Apple's iPod and Cowon's iAudio M3L, one of the them has provided me with a whole lot more functionality than the other - yes, the iAudio.
As a travelling musician and producer, the M3L has performed to abilities that iPod or any other DAP could simply not do. On-the-go stereo encoding in various bitrates, direct radio encoding.. just having a radio player helps when you don't want to listen to 20 gigs of music! The battery too, oh yes, now that is brilliant.
Cowon had to build on their success of the M3/L models and they sure have, the X5 has got everything and MORE. Beautiful colour screen with MPEG video playback is brilliant for encoding music videos and possibly movies too. USB on-the-go which again is brilliant from Cowon.
I have to finish off with two things, the sound and the overall satisfaction that the X5 provides.
As a music producer, I have a very good ear sounds and output quality from sound sources. Compared to the iPod, the iAudio X5 provides a very 'rich' sound, clear and 'full'. If anyone has both players, you'll know what i'm talking about.
Finally, overall satisfaction. The M3/L needed an onboard screen so that it could be compared to the 'norm' of most MP3 players. The remote was slightly fiddly, but worked great and was easy to get around. The X5 has been upgraded in this department, it is you could say 'complete'.
Cowon - WELL DONE!
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Unit is great until it breaks. Support is non-existent. They ignore and don't respond to requests for help. There is no phone number if you god forbid what to speak with a human being. I can't believe that their behavior is legal - I've had four different people try to get help through the online support and there has been no resolution to the issue.
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Sounds a little biased, but good points.
Haha, I also noticed that you could send this into the iAudio M3 reviews.
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