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For music mostly, what has better sound the X7 or J3?
And what amps do you guys use if any?
Thanks in advance.
And what amps do you guys use if any?
Thanks in advance.
the j3 has no line-out option, best not to add a portable amp to a cowon j3 set-up if your source to your amp is through the j3's HPO. most of the time its good enough to drive most phones (i have sm3's)
the largest hdd it comes with is 32 gb and ditto for the micro sd card making it a 64 gb player
can't comment on the cowon x7
if you're looking to utilise a portable amp, might want to check out some other players that do have a line out option.
I have tried them both for two weeks, not at the same time though, so I couldn't do any A-B testing. Using the BBE hardcoded enhancements the X7 has a slightly more powerful sound with fuller sounding (lower) mids, this is only slightly but still quite noticeable with high end earphones.
the j3 has no line-out option, best not to add a portable amp to a cowon j3 set-up if your source to your amp is through the j3's HPO. most of the time its good enough to drive most phones (i have sm3's)
the largest hdd it comes with is 32 gb and ditto for the micro sd card making it a 64 gb player
can't comment on the cowon x7
if you're looking to utilise a portable amp, might want to check out some other players that do have a line out option.
That's not always the case. In fact, I'm having excellent results pairing my S9 and O2 players with the E5. While Cowon's players have some of the strongest power outputs of any portable media, they still benefit from some amplification, especially if you're using higher impendence headpones or very sensitive iems.
On a side note I went to Bic Camera today in Tokyo. I checked out both the X7 and J3. The X7 is better by a long shot. And to top it off the 32GB J3 is selling for 29,000 yen and the 160GB X7 is selling for the same price.