[hwanmeister]

I got some comparison shots done between HD20GA7 and X5L.

They aren't very good, mind

Thinduke, thanks. Nice to know that the pics are working now lol. The price is probably steep for most people (including me), but for those who are only interested in music for their DAPs, HD20GA7 is a keeper.

LFC_SL, HD20GA7 is almost pure white, and is much the same as iPods. Maybe slightly more concentrated in tone, but very similar. I have seen the black one in person (for about 5 minutes) and it's actually more dark navy blue than pure black. So it's lighter than, say, the black HD5 or the X5s.

 

[LFC_SL]

^ can't see them! plz fix

 

[ZackT]

should work now.
QUOTE]

I LOVE the size of the album art. On my Nano it's barely visable.

All my sound files ave album art now and the full screen art on this player makes it very tempting for me.

 

[Pluman]

I would abandon my sony player and buy this.

 

[MartinJ]

Does anyone have a list of codecs it supports?

 

[hwanmeister]

LFC_SL, not showing again?? I did the

Pluman, you should! Well, I'm actually really curious about how some Sony players sound - namely, the Vaio player and HD5. HD5 in particular seems to have a very good reputation.

MartinJ, MP3 up to 320kbps, WMA up to 192kbps, and WAV files. The upcoming HD30GA9 is the same, except WMA is now DRM-compatible, and the Kenwood Lossless codec is added.

 

[MartinJ]

No idea about if it will have support for Flac in the future? Guess Wav should be ok.

And any idea when and at what price the HD30GA9 will have? Thanks for the review.

 

[hwanmeister]

I doubt Kenwood will support FLAC in the future (no FLAC support on HD30GA9, for example). WAV files sound terrific on Kenwood anyway: better WAV on HD20GA7 than FLAC on X5, I say.

I think HD30GA9 came out today (25th) in Japan. The website has been updated (www.kenwood.com/faq/hd30ga9/index.html) and a number of web shops have started to list the player.

The price of HD30GA9 was slated to be somewhere in the region of low or high 50,000 yen (approx. around 500 dollars or more), but while the price comparison site kakaku.com has the player at a whopping 64,800 yen;

www.yodobashi.com/enjoy/more/i/cat_1045_23197449_26000234_26000980/47358791.html <- this site lists HD30GA9 at a more modest 49,800 yen. I sincerely hope it's the latter.

 

[MartinJ]

Cool, any plans on selling this in Europe?

 

[Bittergourd]

This review definitely deserve a sticky!

(that's if you fix the link of the picture though..

)

The Kenwood HD20GA7 was a big mystery in the forum since they are pretty rare around here...
But this review definitely clears a lot of things up!

I was about to do the same kind of review on this player,
but unfortunately I have been scammed from the seller,
so there goes my funds

Nevertheless,
kudos to hwanmeister!

 

[MartinJ]

I think the HD30GA9 will be great and my iPod photo 60 will become my back up player and also a good portable HDD : )

 

[fjf]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinJ Cool, any plans on selling this in Europe?

http://www.mp3-player.de/artikel.php?ArtNr=2285

 

[MartinJ]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fjf http://www.mp3-player.de/artikel.php?ArtNr=2285

Cool, do you know where to get the HD30GA9?

 

[Strings]

Would love to try one, get a feel for it etc.. But by the sounds of it I wouldnt relinquich my ihp-140 anytime soon.

 

[Mr Do]

Kenwood HD30GA9, Sound Meister Edition

According to DAP review this new kenwood is supposesd to support kenwoods own lossless format similar to flac or apple lossless.