Well i was sure i was going to buy a cowon j3. I searched all similar pmps and had my mine decided. But thne i bumped into Samsung M1 and i compared their specs. I noticed that M1 is actually  smaller than j3 (98.9 x 54.2 x 9.9 mm) vs (106.5 x 56 x 9.9 mm).

It seams its build quality is not plastic and stereo speakers. On the contrary cowon has better battery life.

I guess j3 sounds better, but i want my player to play good without effects. i dont want to try 40 effects to choose the best. And many people say that sound quality in j3 is not the best unless you play with the BBE. Anyone knows more about them? Their interface etc.

Last but not least, the cowon's screen's glass lifting problems is frustrating in front of samsung's quality.

i found both from exportprive, in almost the same price. 160euros

Thank you for any feedback.

Yeap i read both of your reviews. Am a fun

Well the hard button controls are really important, I remember back when i went from ericsson w850i to nokia and i couldnt skip tracks unless i unlocked screen.

If you could help me with this questions.

1. can you skip in j3 with screen locked right?

2. In M1, if you hold the volume controls you dont change track?

3. build quality,

4. sound quality.

5 and last but not least, how is their interface compared?

Ok thank you a lot for feedback, i think i will stick with cowon j3. one last thing. samsung is and looks smaller from cowon right?

That's ok though cause battery and controls are more important.

Yes you are right.It was silly for me to say that. I really want to customize my sound. Especially in some phones which need to. In my nokia 5530. i have custom presets for different iems. e.g my v-moda needs more sparkle at treble, so i have a preset called v-moda vibe.

But i also want my player to be trust worthy in flat and by playing with the eq just get more juice out of it.