On 11/23/06, greg <gkjoyce@xxxxxxxxx> 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
