Cowon iAUDIO M3L - Digital player / recorder / radio - HD 20 GB - WAV, WMA, ASF, MPEG 1 Audio, MPEG 2 Audio, MPEG 2.5 Audio, Ogg – Customer Reviews
Wonderful Mp3 Player
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The iAudio really out did everyone with this mp3 player. It's small, compact, and lightweight. It weights practically nothing. There are a gazillion features this wonderful mechine has, including a FM tuner, a Voice Recording and a line-in recording. This is useful because if you want to hear something new instead of your music you can listen to the radio, and it is easy to even record the music from the radio to the mp3 player if you like the song. Have a memo and no pen? just record what you have to say in hifi quality on your mp3 player, and it takes about three seconds. The Line In is wonderful because you cant record a friends song to your mp3 player from there mp3 or cd player at an equal quality on the go. Plus you can record it at plenty of bitrates and it is all mp3 format, so compatibility is no issue.
But now with the actural playing. The player hase a wonderful array of features to make the music sound beautiful! It has BBE for high definition sound and MACH3BASS for wonderful clarity on lower notes. It has 3D surround sound on it as well that up-mixes the music to a mock surround sound, and it does feel like it is surrounding you. And the most wonderful thing is that it has a mp3 enhance to help bring out some of the music from compression. These things make the sound feel like it it coming from th e studio as you are listening. Litterally everything with the mp3 player is customizable, and very efficient. With the long 15 hour batter life, which i got over 20 hours out of, is marvelous, and hardly any other player out there has such amazing features like this.
The External screen is sweet. It may be small, but it has all the information on it and with the controls on it which I find very easy to use. You can't go wrong. There IS a learning curve to the thing, but it is about only ten to fifteen minutes. I clip it to the inside fo my jacket and leave the main unit in my pocket, so I don't risk breaking it and if you break the screen all it costs is 20 dollars, instead of like $90 that Apple charged me for my iPod. Yes I had an iPod, and this is simply better, not counting the fact that they are the same price. But comparing this to the iPod is an insult to the M3, so i won't do it. Go with the iAudio, and I guarantee you wont regret it. Firmware updates come very often from cowon, and keep the player at a marvelous condition for a long time.2/13/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:
Insane MP3 Player
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I don't even think they have a word for how awesome this player is.35 hour battery is why I purchased it.I had some concerns about the filesystem, boot times, display, comfort of the remote, GUI...
Everything is solid.It boots in about 4 seconds with a full player, the filesystem is a "WYSIWYG" sorta thing.Just put a directory in and its subfolders and everything will be mirrored once the player starts.There is no ID3 tagging for the filesystem, which I think greatly increases the boot time.
The remote is awesome.10 minutes with it and I felt a thousand times more receptive to using it then just a standalone player.Wow.. how do you describe something like this.I think its the best purchase I have ever made in my entire life. Everything is supereasy to navigate thanks to not 1 but 2 job wheels which help you get around.Navigating with one hand is a cinch, as you would imagine.
The fileformats this thing supports are insane.Plus being able to play .m3u's is big plus.All in all, this IS I think the first of the ipod killers.All that crap about Rio, Sony, Dell, iRiver, and Creative beings the "ones" just never happened. People got hyped before the products came out and everyone was disapointed.
Thank god I never bought an ipod. Did I mention this is smaller than the ipod?Did I mention it runs for almost 3.5 times longer than the ipod before needing a recharge?
Get one. Its worth the money.Stop messing with those brands I listed above. They DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I have owned products by Rio and Creative, both were HORRID.I read reviews that the Iriver has a horrible boot time and that the Dell is just a joke.Save up and buy a quality product.1/12/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:
an amazing, well engineered device
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This is probably the best consumer electronic item I've ever purchased. Essentially all of the best features of the iPod and iRiver are incorporated into the iAudio.
1/10/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:
A great MP3 player with few inconveniences...
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I've had the player for a few months.I was planning on purchasing the ipod, but the poor battery life and the lack of additional features (such as FM radio and in voice recording) steered me away from the product.Instead I opted for the M3L which has a 35 hour battery life on a one time charge (compared to the 12 - really 8 hour battery life of the ipod).I'm not really a high tech person, but in case I ever did become one, I wanted to have the player that had the most features.
The only negative complain I have of the item is it having no screen on the unit itself.It can be a pain using the remote (it's tiny) and the wires really tend to get in the way.To avoid this I create my own playlist ahead of time and scrap the remote.Anyway, for the specs this is good, but for ease of use and portability, other players would probably beat this one out.
Also the sound is AMAZING on this player.If I were you guys I'd wait until next year when Iaudio will release an M3 with a screen on the main unit.I really should've waited for that.Anyway, hope my review helps!11/30/2004 12:00 AM | Rating:
This machine puts the iPod to SHAME
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This machine is wonderful.
Vs. the ipod, its much more friendly
It has an inline mic
also an FM tuner, which you can record from.
Its a great gadget, much better than the iPod.10/2/2004 12:00 AM | Rating: