There is not, have not been and will never be the slightest chance in the universe that anybody will find the Beats Pro better-sounding than the ATH-PRO700MK2.   Believe me, the difference is not just the price and the build quality. The Audio-Technicas sound better, and have more bass as...

No, it is hardware-based. There's a BBE chip in the J3.

They did it!!!  YES!   I'm one of the people who bought a D3 (and a J3 before that) ... I've gotta admit I kind of like it though. It's almost never crashed on me.  I'm going to have to pay for this one as well though. Expensive hobby.

You seem very knowledgeable. I have read about the Exciter as well, but notably SOS claimed the Exciter was more in-your-face while BBE was the more refined option. I find this sort of 'enhancers' really fascinating, and while they may not be desirable in a purist high-end system, they can...

I have a Cowon J3 and a D3 and they both sound fantastic. I use BBE (currently the ViVA 2 preset on the D3) and to say it makes the sound 'harsher' or 'thinner' seems to be grabbed out of thin air. If anything it does the absolute opposite.   It adds a certain 'sparkle' to the sound and yes...

Hey,   I understand your complaints about the D3 and I do agree - as a single-purpose music player, it is currently NOT a replacement for the J3. I, luckily, have both. ;) I haven't used the D3 for a lot of music listening yet, but it's right here next to me on the desk. Thus far I have...

The J3 doesn't meet my expectations, it SHATTERS them. With EQ = absolutely unrivalled. Without = at the very least as good as any other player. That's pretty much the truth. The extremely powerful and linear amplifier in combination with NO HISS WHATSOEVER makes this a dream to listen to. And...

OK, the P3 it is then. :)   To the fellow asking if the J3 has a custom EQ setting ...   ... are you kidding me?

I've never bought anything from America so I don't know how this works, but if I'm very unlucky I'll have to pay customs and VAT too. And VAT in Sweden is 25% of the price, which is A LOT. Altogether it may not be cheaper than buying in Sweden, but as I said I don't know.

That looks pretty awesome. I try to stay away from Apple, though, so any other alternatives are appreciated. Anyone? :)

The Apples are around 180 dollars in Sweden. That's quite some price difference. Lucky Americans with your cheap electronics.

They look very nice indeed! Amazon probably won't ship to Sweden, though. Do you know any other place that sells them?   Does anyone else have any suggestions?

So they do display a visualisation, and not only provide an EQ? The EQ is not important, I'm only looking for an EQ GRAPHIC which acts as a VISUALISATION to the music, like the ones in Foobar, MediaMonkey and J. River.

Hello,   I'm wondering if there are any DAPs with visualisations in the form of graphical equalisers. I think I have seen a player with this somewhere (the Samsung P3 springs to mind, although I'm not sure) but my J3 sure doesn't have it - one of its few flaws.   So, does anyone know of...

Well, exactly what the title says. :) I want a very nice-looking white IEM. Sound quality is a bonus but colour is more important (!). Before you kill me, I HAVE OTHER, GOOD-SOUNDING IEMs, but I want a cheap, stylish white pair too. So far I've been looking at the white Sennheiser CX 300-II, and...

You could always write to BBE. www.bbesound.com   If they made BBE+ for Cowon then theoretically you should be able to take part of their services as well. Send an inquiry about their products!

I'm very loyal to Cowon, because I think they offer a wide selection of beautiful and competitive media players. They're special.

OK, 720; maybe it's underclocked, or maybe I remembered wrong. I read it somewhere on the web. It seems to make sense to me, though. The Telechips processor needs more RAM in order to play some of the popular games like Angry Birds, but I have to revise my point; I've read that it's not simply...

Quote:   Exactly; the reason the J3 can do BBE without lagging is because it's HARDWARE-based, and that is also why all points about "exporting" BBE to Android are completely moot. That's impossible to do, unless you rip out the chip and somehow connect it.   As far as I know, the...

The only Android device that could rival it in terms of screen and resolution is the Samsung Galaxy S II, but although it's AMOLED (Super AMOLED Plus) technology is more advanced, you won't get the tactile controls, you won't get the TV out, you won't get the BBE (although Samsung's Galaxy...

If the Zune was available anywhere outside of the USA, and not made by Microsoft, I would consider it. As it is neither of those things, I won't even give it a glance. A heavier, slightly bigger J3 would probably be my perfect DAP. But I swear by Cowon so consider me biased.   My main...

The D3s processor runs at 750 MHz, and although it's no Snapdragon that's a lot of juice for a portable media player. The lag, as I see it, must have it's cause in sloppy firmware or a lack of RAM, or probably a combination of the two. I read somewhere that the D3 suffered from low RAM. Why...

Cowon J3: FLAC support, wide file format support Tactile controls for FFWD, RW, play/pause as well as volume up/down Beautiful AMOLED screen Drag and drop or synchronise with any media player software Versatile user-definable parametric EQ as well as mind-blowing BBE sound enhancement...

OK, if I put it this way then: I want a custom-mold IEM that's better than the Triple.Fi and less pricey than the JH16. Any suggestions? I can't seem to find a lot about slightly less high-end customs.