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Did you ever upgrade the firmware? It just seems odd since bass complaints on Cowon products are rare. Here's another opinion. I sampled the Sony but didn't like it as well as my iAudio U3. Different strokes I guess -- but calling it "crap" wasn't necessary.
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No I didn't upgrade the firmware, though that was suggested to me, mainly because of time (I only had the cowon, along with the sony 829 and Samsung Yp-P2, for seven days on an opened box return, and, considering this as my first foray into DAP's, I wasn't set up for testing before I got em, which ate into my time also; having music files prepared and ready, at good quality bitrates, to transfer to each device and comparatively test). Maybe thats the anwser but time and the hassle of having to downgrade again if I was to return D2 meant I didn't bother.
I think maybe it is different folks different strokes as someone says in the thread you linked me to, though that thread does reference bass rolloff in the low frequencies. I apologise for saying the D2 bass was crap. As you rightly point out, that wasn't necessary. As much as I'm aware of it, I think I was exampling the classic behaviour of venting personal frustrations out on some trivial topic. So, yes, I apologise for that. I think, maybe now I have a couple of sets of headphones (SA6 and SE530), a resistor adaptor, more experience and a better sense and first hand understanding of sound, marrying up theoretical knowledge/trems/jargon with practical experience of sound and the properties and components etc of sound and sound quality, maybe if I listened to the D2 again I would think differently. Realise, that because I was pushed for time to reach a descision, that descision being a purchasing descision, maybe I was focusing and looking for things to rule out options. I will say, if memory serves me well, that I wasn't impressed at all by the bass on the D2, certainly comparatively to the bass on both the sony and samsung I was side-testing with, and, maybe this biased my opinion on the SQ of the D2 cos I couldn't look past it to see what it could of been good at SQ-wise. Also, any over frustration I express at this may also root in, at least partially, the fact that otherwise, choosing the D2 was a no-brainer! I mean the extent of its EQ and sound effects was phenominal, the arsenal of extra features it had impressive and appealing, the facility to expand memory capacity with an expansion card, regular firmware updates..... Ultimately, the poor bass response, IMO, rent all this trivial, as a good SQ and sonic signature suited to your taste is the primary objective.
