Into better source search: Cowon S9 vs. Sony NWZ-A847 - Page 2

Just,

meanwhile, I found other sources that seem to have them in stock (S9, J3, D3). But now, I'm really confused and ennoyed.

S9, 2yrs old, SQ very good, on top of everything avail (except maybe some upmarket fancy stuff like Hifiman), limited to max 32Gb, interface moddable through some hack I still don't know about.

J3, 1yr old, same SQ as S9, now 32Gb and more through micro-SDHC, same interface stuff, better AMOLED screen, right?

D3, less than 1yr old, some comments let think a little bit better SQ than J3/S9, 32Gb and up through micro-SDHC, Android interface/OS, still under development from COWON to fix bugs/requests from users, WI-FI and other stuff.

So I'm hesitating, am I sticking to the 'aging' (unfair) J3 but reliable and long battery timed, or am I going for the WIFIed Androided new D3 that will progress and solved his bugs in time?

Take into account that I'm under OS X and will stick with it. It seems these stuff are more or less using standard USB external hard drive connection, so under a Mac, I should just see the J3 or D3 as an external memory mounted on my desktop, no? Everything is doable by copy-pasting from PC/mac to Cowon, right?

Thanks, 

Ok,

All the bugs, even now with the latest FW of the D3, and complexity of upgrading it with Android led me to order a J3 32Gb white. Thanks to all for your comments and advices, even contradictory, all very useful.

I'll let you know here how things go for me.

Greg

Just a question,

is there a way to implement a crossfeed filter in the Cowon? Some BBE+ effects settings could more or less mimic it?

Or maybe it exists a dedicated system for this?

Thanks again,