Cowon D2 4 GB Portable Media Player (Black)

The sound quality is absolutely amazing. I also love the screen. I never expected it to be useful for anything but music, and now I find that it really is a great little photo viewer, and even adequate--more than adequate--for watching movies. Downside? It's not easy to use, and the manual is worthless. The PDF version of the manual is a little better than nothing, but my nephew and the Cowon email support system were a necessary part of my D2 success story. That said, given those helps, once I managed to get the settings right and to choose the best file formatting, the little wonder exceeded all of my expectations. (Pet peeve: Why does everyone include those nasty little earbuds with their media players? They must cost something, and they're totally inadequate for such a great player. I'm using Bose earbuds with my D2, but I'm hoping to upgrade to Ultimate Ears. At any rate the included earbuds went right in the can as usual.)

Quite simply...this has the most power and sound quality on the market today. I've done a lot of research. I can't believe how good these sound ...with clear power to spare!

Excellent player for audio books due to its bookmarking ability. Interfaces seamlessly with the Overdrive Audio Books software used by my library after I "Downgraded" to the 2.51 firmware. I had upgraded to the 2.54 version, but it became difficult to download books, and then the books would not play.

I also would highly recommend the leather carrying case (search for item #B000WPGLL0) sold here by JetAudio. It has a leather flap which protects the screen.

Great player has everything you could want in a player, great sound too. The only con is the fonts is too small ever after downloading the upgrade. The best on the market in my opinion!!!!

I previously owned a Cowon U2, Very small but excellent quality. I was looking for something with a bigger display and more features. The Cowon D2 does that and more. Lots of features, music, movies, pictures, audible, fm radio, voice recorder, notepad, newer firmware has 2 calculators, constant firmware upgrades. There is a little learning curve to figure out everything it has and how to use it (the owners manual does not give a lot of info). But there is a lot of support including www.iaudiophile.net that has a lot of info, reviews, and forums that help alot. Battery life is forever, I purchased the 4gb model and added a 4gb sdhc card for 8gb total. More than I will need for a long time.