iaudio x5 on dapreview

[YamiTenshi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrototypeX2 The majority of headphone plugs are 90angled, so if you put it on an horizontal jack, it would be going straight up or down.

Yeah, but I own the HD280 which has a straight out plug, so that would make it impossible to put into my back pocket.

 

[Cyclone]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrototypeX2 The majority of headphone plugs are 90angled, so if you put it on an horizontal jack, it would be going straight up or down.

I wouldnt say the majority, mabey some cheaper stuff has 90 degree angled plugs but i think almost every senn, grado, AKG, Audio technica is a straight. I dont see too many angled plugs anymore, not after i moved above the 40 dollar line

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[PrototypeX2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by YamiTenshi Yeah, but I own the HD280 which has a straight out plug, so that would make it impossible to put into my back pocket.

Yeah, I don't like the way Senn makes their plugs straight...

 

[PrototypeX2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclone I wouldnt say the majority, mabey some cheaper stuff has 90 degree angled plugs but i think almost every senn, grado, AKG, Audio technica is a straight. I dont see too many angled plugs anymore, not after i moved above the 40 dollar line .

Well yeah, but i think it was more effective than the straight plug especially for DAPs.

 

[Mr Do]

Why don't people stop making a big deal out of the placement of the headphone out. Just buy a 1/8th male to 1/8th female right angle adapter and the problem is soved.

Do!

 

[Cyclone]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Do Why don't people stop making a big deal out of the placement of the headphone out. Just buy a 1/8th male to 1/8th female right angle adapter and the problem is soved. Do!

No. I'm not going to buy an adaptor just because Iaudio screwed up, they should just put it in the normal vertical position. Its way easier for a 90 degree plug to go into a vertical jack than for a straight plug to go into a horizontal jack.

 

[Enigmatic]

if you don't want to buy a DAP because you are too stuborn to go out and buy a $2 converetor then stop complaining. It's on the side becuase it's a better place to attach the LCD remote, it was on the side on the m3, I don't see why people are suprised about it being on the side with the x5.

 

[james__bean]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclone I wouldnt say the majority, mabey some cheaper stuff has 90 degree angled plugs but i think almost every senn, grado, AKG, Audio technica is a straight. I dont see too many angled plugs anymore, not after i moved above the 40 dollar line .

Shure, Ety's, and Westones all use angled plugs.

 

[guyverl]

UE10s and 2XSs use 90 degree plugs too.

The M3 remote will apparently work on the X5. The horizontal plug is much better for the remote.

 

[Sweet Spot]

I"m probably alone in this thought, but IMO, it's an ugly player. That mamouth hump really kills the dynamics of it for me. If it was one set depth, it would look much better. I dunno, I think I'm also a bit burned out from the constant pics and speculation of it, with no real reviews to back it. Hopefully the first few reviews (DaPreview) will do it justice.

By the way, also look for a review of it up at MisticRIver, from none other than Jeff himself, coming soon.... (I'll link you all up when it arrives.)

 

[stargirl]

http://www.dapreview.net/gallery/thu....php?album=139

GUI pics.
=)

I think this player is hott.

 

[Cyclone]

I love you DApreview. they take so many damn pictures that its the closest thing you can get to actually using the player, without actually using the player.

 

[Graz]

Another new dap without a lineout and/or digital out physically on the unit.

It's looking more & more like the iriver ihp-1x0 series may be the last of a dying breed in having both of these features on the unit.

Peace,

Graz

 

[cerbie]

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Originally Posted by PrototypeX2 Err IMHO the connotation of that is warm, colourful sound

My impression was that it was due to a color backlight on the I4, which, to my knowledge, was the first thing that used that slogan.

http://eng.cowon.com/product/iaudio.html

 

[austonia]

i don't have a lot of time for comments just yet but I can tell ya I'm pretty happy with the X5 so far. it is a lot like the iRiver H100/300 series, both of which I've owned before, but without all the little issues that really irked me.

pros
- has, or damn near, gapless MP3 playback. i can't decide whether to officially call it yet or not. Tracks aren't "spliced" together intelligently like on the Rio Karma but there isn't a gap either. You can hear a track ending and the next starting, it's fast, like 1/10 sec. no gap, but it's not invisible either. what y'all say?
- build quality is absolutely top of the line
- GUI system is sensible, good looking
- Line in recording, FM recording, voice recording
- recording quality is excellent, up to 320kbit
- FM radio has good reception
- no obvious bugs, stable OS
- can delete any file or folder
- joystick better than "touch-strips" IMO
- lots of EQ options to sweeten the sound
- LCD remote will be available
- SQ very good as you'd expect from iAudio
- Plays movies, though I havn't tested this yet since they need converting using JetShell
- other than video converting, no software required

cons
- screen resolution isn't high enough to make it pics look very good (not that i care)
- USB OTG didn't work with my camera or iPod both of which are MSC devices. was hoping i could get iPod to connect and browse it's HD but no go
- thickness could be an issue with the "hump", and the joystick extending 2mm above that
- ports were offloaded from main unit to mini-dock, like iPod
- location of headphone port is debatable, personally i prefer top-mount but that's what i'm used to. there are some instances where side-mount is preferable
- NO ID3-TAG dB... when we complained about this at CeBIT, all the rep could us was "ID3 is hard!" ... like, what? you.. have a color gui, movies, recording.. and a little thing like an ID3-tag databasing/browsing is too hard?? even the Rio Carbon, which such a meager CPU has an ID3-tag dB. so, it's file/folder browsing only, alphanumeric sorting

Basic package will not include LCD remote, case, or desktop dock although it will be up to distributors on whether to include these and set prices.

i expect the basic pack will cost about $300 for the 20gig version which is a very good price considering the 20gig iPod goes for the same