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Cowan S9 or Sony X Series?

post #1 of 9
12/18/09 at 3:05pm
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I'm looking for a good quality portable MP3 player and hear these two are pretty good. Have any of you guys experience of either?
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post #2 of 9
12/18/09 at 4:05pm
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Originally Posted by Nick.W View Post
I'm looking for a good quality portable MP3 player and hear these two are pretty good. Have any of you guys experience of either?
There is loads of info on here about these two players. Try a search.
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post #3 of 9
12/19/09 at 1:23pm
Go the S9, Sony products are too grossly overpriced.
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post #4 of 9
12/19/09 at 1:56pm
but the quality is superior to cowan. as far as build quality, im not sure about sound quality
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post #5 of 9
12/19/09 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by Albinoni View Post
Go the S9, Sony products are too grossly overpriced.
funny..in the UK the X1050 is £50 cheaper than the 16GB S9 and the X1060 is the same price as the 16GB S9! (£199.99)
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post #6 of 9
12/19/09 at 4:30pm
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funny..in the UK the X1050 is £50 cheaper than the 16GB S9 and the X1060 is the same price as the 16GB S9! (£199.99)
Yeah, the X series is a lot cheaper over in the UK, and Americans are having some great sales over there on the X series.

....Canada got nothing so far..... 500 dollars for a DAP is a bit much, especially when it's competitors are selling for 300.
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post #7 of 9
12/19/09 at 8:48pm
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Originally Posted by Ojsinnerz View Post
Yeah, the X series is a lot cheaper over in the UK, and Americans are having some great sales over there on the X series.

....Canada got nothing so far..... 500 dollars for a DAP is a bit much, especially when it's competitors are selling for 300.
i know what the %$%@ is sony canada smoking... 500 for a 32 gb DAP... when in other countries it is much less
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post #8 of 9
12/19/09 at 9:51pm
I'm considering the same choices, and I think I'm going with the S9. In the US it's a better dollar/GB ratio, and it has impressive SQ, AMOLED, good power output for those higher impedance phones, codec support, gapless, and customization potential.

I'm tired of converting video/weird audio codecs to listen to them on the go, and I'm looking forward to being able to just drag/drop.
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post #9 of 9
12/20/09 at 9:26am
I like them both. The S9 seems like a proper multimedia player, has better FM reception (in Australia), different good EQ settings and a cleaner video/image presentation. The X series to me seems more like a historical retro mp3 player. I have all of my favourite electronic albums from the past few years on there and they fit nicely as 'classic' type albums. It's like science fiction. I like the X series more because of the retro classic feel if that makes sense.
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