24 Nov
2006
24 Nov
'06
4:52 a.m.
On 11/23/06, greg <gkjoyce(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have a year or two old cowon / iaudio player.
It's a 20gb with a
remote display / control I'm not thrilled with. It plays FLAC / ogg and
more, shows up as a USB drive, both of which I am thrilled with.
i think the X5 is the new version of that player, without the remote,
and with (limited) video capabitilies. i just got an X5 (30gb, but it
comes in 20gb too) thanks to reading the last thread on LAU on this
topic. it mounts easy as pie as a USB drive, and plays oggs. besides
working well with linux, it had all the features i was looking for (fm
tuner, fm record, line in encoding, jpeg display, high power sound) i
would recommend it (shop around, i found it for cheaper than the cowon
"jet audio" online store). the only thing i could complain about is
the line-in jack, usb plug and ac power is on a little expansion port
that you have to plug into the bottom. supported by rockbox too, but
i haven't had a need/desire to try it out yet.
bernie