It also has the benefit of Cowon's BBE/Jet Effect 5 DSP. Looking at DAPs, and staying with Cowon, I'd take a look at the Plenue D (I own one of these and used to own the higher end Plenue 1) which combines excellent battery life (c50 hours), a microSD slot, compact form factor and good sound.
Cowon a2 battery life download#
You might want to download some hi-res sampler tracks with the same track in the different formats to compare yourself and see if you can hear a difference. I'd rather save my money and have more space for standard FLAC files. Personally, I can't really tell the difference between 16bit/24bit FLAC or DSD files, so just use the standard 16bit/44kHz FLAC files and don't worry about it. Can anyone point me in the right direction/provide a few PMP recommendations to kick off my research, please? Would be in the region of £500-£1,000. Would there really be a noticeable difference in sound quality with these?ģ. As far as I can see the only difference between these and my ripped FLACS is that they are 24 bit as opposed to 16 bit (and in the latter case an extra 4 kHz). Some of them are selling FLACs at 24 bit 44 kHz or 48 kHz. I looked at some HD music download sites to see if that were something I might start getting into.
Cowon a2 battery life upgrade#
Am I right that it is worth looking to upgrade the J3, given the overwhelming majority of my source files?Ģ. I would initially pair with the RE-600S, and then look to ultimately get a new pair of IEMs too, particularly if the new players supports balanced 'phones.ġ. But I assume that improved DAC circuitry and inbuilt headphone amps would still offer an improvement over the J3. I note that the new players all have very high maximum sample rates (either 192 or 384 kHz), which is of course higher than the 44 kHz of my FLAC files. I can imagine the sound being improved upon, however, and bigger storage wouldn't go amiss (although equal storage wouldn't be a dealbreaker in a new PMP if everything else were right). I like the J3 - it sounds good, has a strong battery life and a nice small form factor. I see that since the J3 was out there has been a whole raft of "hi-def" music players, including ones from HiFiMan. Source files are almost exclusively FLACs ripped from my rather large CD collection. The last few years it has been paired with HiFiMan RE-600S (the non-balanced version of the RE-600). For the last 7 or 8 years I've used a Cowon J3. I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade my PMP. Looking for a bit of advice so I can tell my wife I actually have an idea for what she can buy me for Christmas.
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