Converting itunes library help

I'm not sure about the X9, but my Cowon X7 was drag and drop. No conversion needed, just drag all the files you want into its folder.

M4a files should work just fine with it. I've had some problems with lossless M4a's, but normal ones work fine. If you need to convert them to another format, I would suggest getting a trial of dbpoweramp as it is the fastest option. But see if they work fine without converting first.

Yeah that should work.

If it doesn't, then just drag the files from your music folder. Folder structure and all that jazz doesn't really matter, the cowon organizes it all.

It is more amped and of higher quality than most mp3 players, yeah. The extra amping will only really effect quality if your headphones were being underpowered before, and will likely just grant you a volume boost which will give you more room to work around with subtractive equalization.

Are you having problems with the volume level using the Senns and iPhone?

How does an X9 replace a phone?

I'm not understanding what the problem is. If it's just not loud enough, you could get a line out dock and nice little amp for the iPhone for around $100. That's another thing to carry around with you, but I'm assuming you're thinking of carrying both the iPhone and the Cowan, so I guess that's OK with you.

Unless your phone is defective, I doubt you will be needing an amp with a 125dB sensitivity 16 Ohm impedance pair of headphones. So just don't buy anything. Cowon might have slightly better sound quality but not by the amount that it costs, unless you do some seriously heavy subtractive equalization. And I mean really heavy, as the Cowon X7 drives my IEMs to deafening levels and they're 20dB less sensitive than yours.

Is the Cowon X9 better than the HiFiMAN HM-601 Express? I mean, in hopes your files aren't in Apple Lossless format (which still shouldn't be a problem), the HM-601 Express supports both AAC and AIFF. 

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Originally Posted by lonelysuperstar 

UPDATE:
Just received my Cowon this morning and I have to say the sound is great! But, I think I will be returning it. The USB connection to the device itself is horrible, I can't even get it to stay connected. How can you send a product out like this? I read that some have had an issue with this but thought it was just a fluke. So disappointed here. Guess its the new iPod touch for me

First - I am a bit of an Apple fanboy.  I have the iPod Touch 4G, and it is a fine player, with excellent build quality.  I suspect the 5G is the same.  I've never really been satisfied with the overall experience from the couple of other players I've tried, I keep coming back to apple.  Sound quality is very good, and yes, there are others out there that have better SQ.  I ran line out into a Pico Slim for a couple of years, and finally decided that for iems, I would just ditch the Pico Slim (best iem amp ever, by the way) and play straight out of the iPod.  My cuurent setup then, is iPod Touch 4G to 1964 ears quads (custom 4 driver iem).  I am very stisfied with this simple setup.