Best Mp3 Player

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Cowon X7

When the Cowon X7 was announced, a certain group of people finally had their prayers answered. There is no doubt Cowon instills the most confidence in audiophiles - matched only by a very select few like Sansa (post-rockboxing) – and their latest device was a 160GB HDD-type PMP that was expected to give the iPod Classic some competition. The rest of the world, meanwhile, went about their routine unaffected. They got their music dose from their iPods, or as an aside on their smartphones. The Cowon X7 on first glance seemed like it would make a few of these people sit up and take notice too, but a closer look revealed the true colours of a device that might be targeted specifically at a very niche market. If you aren’t an audiophile, it’s extremely likely that this PMP is not for you. Here’s why.