Perfect to climb a first step in the category of audiophiles readers.

After the screen of my Iaudio 10 of the same brand is cracked in the most stupid way possible (to stoop down over a table with the player in your pocket) I have long hesitated between the same resume model with more memory or pass a level above.

A friend who buy before I took myself in hand and my decision was made. Already in the habit of wanting minimalist menus and can frighten the uninitiated, I was not surprised or lost. Once taken to the fold and which one to understand the operation of registries and sub-registries (which ultimately take the place of playlists) navigation is simple.

A dizzying number of Equalizers, customizable at will. Although most do not serve you, you may happen one day, by connecting your portable X9 on a missing woofer enclosure for example, having to activate a mode that will compensate.

The 32 Gigas expandable by SD card will delight the owners of large discographies and lovers of high-definition formats. The fear of seeing a brief message full while copying an album in FLAC disappears with the fear of running out of music to the next connection.

As mentioned in other reviews, one of the few negative points with the menus is the screen, resistive and standard quality it looks like the mini-car GPS screens must be pressed with a fingernail or the tip of finger, some failures and you get used quickly. This negative is to be balanced with the positives it brings:

-L'écran Not afraid raindrops under which the sensitivity and accuracy of selection is not altered and do not answer to the only finger pressure.

-Screen Resistive = energy consumption extremely decreased compared to an HD display = longer battery autonomy.

The battery is also the biggest asset of this model. After the first full load, she held one week before being completely emptied. I want to say that sometimes I regularly let my reader play in my pocket without necessarily listen to me and that I sleep with ambient music playlists until awakening.

But as it is a polymer battery, it is not advisable to let it emptied but plug it as often as possible.

Some beugs as black or stops playback screens occur but a simple simultaneous pressure volume + and - buttons are enough to revive the reader resume playback at the beginning of the last playlist selected keeping all the saved settings.

For fear of reproducing the same incident with the previous model I order with screen protector and rubber protective shell.

I highly recommend this set to anyone who wants to have a real solid player with incredible autonomy and a substantial memory. With it, the boundary between the mp3 player and audiophile player is crossed.