Deceptive Marketing (No OGG)

This is a very nice player. The interface is slick and the speaker is very cool. The only major problems I have are a) the radio is useless without headphones plugged in (they act as an antenna) and b) despite Samsung's claim that the device supports OGG format, it does not. One cannot place ogg files on the device and play them. Only the bundled windows software plays OGG files. At best, this is grossly deceptive. At worst, it's a straight lie. This would be a 4 star review if not for the ogg problem.

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Excellent MP3 Player

First off, i kind of resisted the MP3 craze initially and up until now. I am an audio enthusiast who prefers 'real' sound through amplification and good components etc.

Well, i work out alot and basically got tired of running with CD players. I didn't want an ipod, they're ok but most of the features i would never use or wouldn't want to pay for. My choice came down to sound.

The earbuds that came with this were an absolute surprise to me, after 2 to three weeks, it sounded wonderful. However this leads to my reasoning for giving only 4 stars. After a month of listening one of the rubber casings around the earbud came off. They are not securely glued to stay on. So now they are pretty much useless, and what a great earbud. I do believe these are specifically designed optimally for this MP3 player and soundfields, 3d soundfield, live soundfield etc., that you can choose from. Case in point i bought Shure E2C earbuds..$102 and they really don't sound very good with this player. I have to play louder to get the same sound with the original earbuds, leading me to believe the originals have a higher sensitivity.

So my conclusion is, if your are looking for above average sound, quality sound i.e. great bass, low bass and clear sound(not to mention the extremely cool speaker which sounds great) this is a great buy. Please be sure to get some quality glue and glue the rubber casings for the earbuds.

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k5 is the bEst!

I received my k5 in no time. got it a a great price. the headphones alone were worth the price plus the high quality sounds it gives off.

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