Hi. It's real characteristics of HM-801. http://anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54879 And it's not bla-bla-bla.

With the new firmware, I do not expect much improvement in sound quality, but if there is progress, it is very good ) If not - sadly. Do not worry, I'll be able to notice even a slight difference in sound. But we want to sound finally began to go out of their place in the headphones, this is not...

Hello. How long to wait until the new firmware? 

Quote: Trogdor, remember this lesson. Not all so easy in our world!  

Quote: In every firmware has bugs, but the errors has in sound too. Because it's not analog audio playback, but digital playback. And they depend on the number of defects is in the firmware. Firmware uses to load player buffers at a sound information. But information translates with any...

  Quote: I agree with you.. :-)

Quote:  I meant COWON player model M5 only.

  Quote: Quote: Hello, dear developers of firmware! Release of new versions can feel the progress of sound quality to player HM-801. But anyway, at the moment, the player sounds much worse than the Cowon M5 sound (with the latest official version of the firmware, turned...

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Hello, dear developers firmware! With an exit of new versions firmware progress on quality of sounding of player HM-801 is felt. But all the same at present the player sounds is much worse, than Cowon M5 (with last official version firmware, all switched off FX and an equalizer on all...