New Plenue D3

[tiddlywinks]

There's a new Plenue called the D3 on the Korean Cowon site, from the software translated blurb :

"The biggest difference from the existing PLENUE series is Bluetooth support."

 

[someyoungguy]

Ah snap, just saw this myself. Looks almost identical to D2.

The specs they give that are the same as D2 are:

• Dimensions
• 64 GB RAM + microSD card slot (128 GB max)
• Output impedance
• 2 x CS43131 DAC/amp chips
• 2 Vrms single-ended/4 Vrms 2.5mm balanced
• Battery life
• JetEffect etc.
• Same gold or silver color schemes

There are some slight differences in the given audio performance specs:

D2	D3:
125 / 130 SNR (single/balanced) -120 / -143 cross-talk 0.0004% / 0.0005% THD+N	126 / 131 SNR -130 / -147 cross-talk 0.0004% / 0.0006% THD+N

Added features or differences from D2 are:

• Bluetooth - looks to be exactly the same as on the R/R2: version 3.0 only (A2DP, AVRCP profiles) and aptX, SBC codecs
• Volume wheel on top right instead of power button. Power is now on the right hand side along with three separate play/pause, ff/skip ahead and rewind/skip back buttons, so volume rocker on side is gone.
• USB-C instead of microUSB connection

Listed price on the Korean Cowon website is 399,000 KRW, which works out to about 340-350 USD.

There's some pics and gifs on the Korean Cowon site: http://plenue.cowon.com/product/PLENUED3/product_page_1.php

 

[534409]

Still the same low quality display, as in D1 and D2 models?

 

[someyoungguy]

Still the same low quality display, as in D1 and D2 models?

Yeah still stated as 240 x 320 LCD screen, 2.8 inch. The bigger Plenues have better screens, but I was never bothered too much by the smaller ones - at least the lower res screen helps the battery life.

 

[chimney189]

Any word on output power differences?

 

[someyoungguy]

Any word on output power differences?

Specs given on the Cowon site are the same for both models: 2 Vrms single-ended/4 Vrms 2.5mm balanced, with the same output impedance for both.

 

[taffy2207]

Phew, I don't need this

 

[Ryokan]

Be good if it had JetEffect 7.

 

[NotKunvinced]

Any word on whether it will be released internationally?

 

[Forever8895]

First review about the D3 (in Korean, but English subtitle is available):

 

[chimney189]

Is there a release date?

 

[someyoungguy]

I see the D3 has been added to Cowon's international website now, also they've given their site a make-over: http://www.cowonglobal.com/product/PLENUED3/

 

[Splutje]

Cowon D2 was my first mp3-player of some quality. It was great. Even with the old d2, every (bad-recorded) song could be tweaked to sound awesome. I do miss that with my dx80.
Too bad the only change between d2 -> d3 seems to be bluetooth.
I would buy the D2+ or D3 right away, if only it supported more then 128Gb (!!!) and had a dedicated line-out.

Btw: Is there a lot of difference between JetEffect5 (5-band EQ) and JetEffect7 (10-band EQ)?

 

[Pakrin]

agreed

 

[Pakrin]

JE7 is better in my opinon but chances seeing this on a Plenue Dx seems slim unless a limited special