Only Sound; Cowon C2 vs Sony nwz-a864/1050

[jamaica]

Sony x1050 has hiss with low impendance iems but is covered from the music. Its sounds warm and lively. Cowon d2+ sounds really good, without hiss, but you have to use enhancements. It also goes much louder and plays flac. Sony has more premium design and user friendly interface, not that cowon is bad but not that good as sony x. If I had to choose I would probably buy cowon especially for the plenty of formats it plays and the extented sd card, and of course the common mini usb connection...