Cowon MP3 Players Test

"Cowon iAudio A3 personal media player"

Published on: 2/2008

On test: Cowon iAudio A3 (30GB)

There's something almost bespoke about the Cowon A3 media player, a device that seems unapologetically to have had time and money lavished on its technical ability rather than its packaging. → More

"Cowon A3 30GB Portable Multimedia Player"

Published on: 1/2008

On test: Cowon iAudio A3 (30GB)

As a reviewer, I sometimes get the feeling that I'm giving a product too much of a hard time. After all, I see very few products that are truly awful, these days. However, not all products are made equal - some are better than the rest - and as with a field of high-class athletes running the 100 metres, there must still be a winner. In the world of hard disk-based media players, the field is almost as small as a 100 metres final. With most of the market focussing on flash-based music and video players, Apple, Creative, and specialist manufacturers such as Archos are among the few contenders that take part in this race. Cowon is another, but does its latest all-singing, all-dancing A3 have what it takes to storm through and win the gold medal? → More

"Cowon iAudio 7 portable media player"

Published on: 11/2007

On test: Cowon iAudio 7 (4GB / 8GB / 16GB)

Cowon is obviously hoping its much touted Jeteffect technology, which offers a range of equalizer effects and sound enhancements to give you Sony-style audio control, will help its appeal. → More

"Cowon iAudio D2 portable audio player"

Published on: 10/2007

On test: Cowon iAudio D2 DMB (4GB)

It's easy to buy a tiny FM radio that you can listen to on the way to work, but if you've upgraded to a digital (DAB) radio at home you might not want to go back to the poorer choice of FM stations. Cowon's iAudio D2 is a tiny DAB radio that also plays music and video files. Confusingly, it's a different player to the D2 of the same name that we looked at a few months ago. → More