| Reviews : Cowon iAUDIO 7 Portable 8 GB MP3 Player (Red) |
Technical Details
- MP3 Player
- Color LCD Display
- Picture viewer
- Movie player
- FM/Voice/Line-In Recorder
Product Description
Ultra Portable MP3 PlayerSimilar Products
Customer Reviews
By K. Lee (Rancho Cucamonga)
Compare with X5L, I7 sound quality is a little bit off, but it is still better than 99% portable players out there especially to iPod. There is almost nothing sound worst than iPod anyways.
The only problem on this player is FM setting. It can be very hard to set up all preset stations.
If you read Chinese. I have a better review with pictures at here:
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By E. Mark Pallok (Chicago, USA)
Want to listen to your tunes on the go? Do you want portability (slip it in your pocket)? Do you need a player just for music? And foremost, do you want the absolute best in sound? Then, this little gem is the one you want. I'm an engineer by trade and very anal when it comes to electronics. I had an old Cowon 200 mp3 player that is about 6-7 years old. It just died from a busted earphone jack. It went thru a lot of torture over the years and always worked great. Well, I needed a replacement, and being anal as I am, I did some research and testing. I tried different players with several head phones/buds (including a set of Shure in the ear buds that cost several $100 bucks). For a few days I tried my daughters IPod Touch and IPod Nano. Nice, but sound just did not cut it. I tried several Sansa products and they were a no go. I also tried a couple different Sony Walkmans and they did not make the grade either (Best Buy hates me for returning all of these) . All of these players worked well in their own ways but none of them could match the sound of my old Cowon player. I finally relented and thought I would try the I7. As soon as I loaded up my tunes and hit play, I was in sound nirvana. This is how an mp3 player needs to sound! I don't need to browse the net, show photos, or play games on my player. I use it to listen to music when working out, tinkering in the garage, cutting the grass, etc. If you want a player just to play music and play it well, this it the best one in the bunch in my opinion. Even the buds that come with the player are really pretty good sound wise. One caveat on this unit is that I do agree that the controls are too sensitive and I have to set it on lock a lot, but thats no big deal for me. I touch the controls for a few seconds and listen to the sound for hours and hours.....so, for me the trade off is more than fair. If you want just music, this one cannot be beat. If you want more versatility, then try the others knowing that you are not listening to the best sound out there. It really baffles me and is a mystery why all the other players still don't invest the $$$ in chips and internals to optimize the music like this one.
By Alice Nicholes
I bought this little guy about a year and a half ago when I decided that I was done screwing around with the CD player while working. Being a Linux user, I decided I needed an mp3 player which could play OGG vorbis audio files, as well as be compatible with any operating system. Through NewEgg, I found the Cowon iAudio, which turned out to have just what I need.
The device is small, like all mp3 players, and responds to touch-sensitive buttons on the front. The menu is accessed by the middle button on the top edge, and has pictographic menu selections which expand out into written text when selected. First thing to do when you get the player is to turn the touch sensitivity down, because with my fingers it goes wild! If you have calloused hands, though, the buttons may not respond readily, so be aware of that too. You may also want to adjust the audio balance properties if you're an audiophile (I like to set mine to 0 across the board so I hear the original sound).
It connects to a computer by a standard male/male USB/mini USB cable, which makes it easier to replace if you lose it or your new puppy decides to chew on it. All the computers I've tried the mp3 player on treat it as an mp3 player or as a generic mass storage device (not often).
Upgrading the firmware is quick and painless. You go to Cowon's website, download the firmware, stick a couple files into the main (root) directory, then turn your iAudio on. After a few minutes of waiting, you get to reconfigure your settings, which I admit is a little bit of a pain.
The alarm clock feature works great if you have a pair of small speakers (which I have). At the given time, it'll start playing whatever song you were listening to last, then continue playing as if you had turned it on yourself. Listening this way for about 15-30 minutes a day, the iAudio can last well over a week or two (never measured, sorry).
Now for customer service. About six months ago, the volume + button on my little guy broke. I got in contact with Cowon, and it didn't take long at all for me to arrange to send it back. A couple of weeks later, it came back good as new-- the same one and not a "refurbished" brick, with all my music still on it. I was very happy, and still am.
By M. Hampton
I tried the iAudio 7 with the library's audio book vendor OverDrive. Plug in the device and Overdrive states this device is not compatible and will not work.
So I tried using Windows Media Player to load the Overdrive audio book using the Syn and mtp function. The iAudio 7 locks up just after it finishes transferring the first part. So you have to stop Syn and unhook the player, reconnect the player and try again. After doing this 10 times, the audio book is finally transferred to the iAudio 7. I start listening to the audio book and then find out the bookmark feature is now disabled. Yikes!!!
Bottom line, if you want a player that is compatible with OverDrive, don't buy an iAudio 7.
By n7cee (Flagstaff, Arizona USA)
I like the IAudio product line because it's OGG and Linux compatible and because of the long battery life. This was my second IAudio player, my first was a G3 and I now have an S9. When the FM tuner failed on the 7, Cowon America replaced it under warranty event though it was a gift and I didn't have a receipt.
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