Thanks for all the advice,I really appreciate it.I understand that Cowon is one of the best in the line of music devices;if not for the stellar price I'd go ahead and buy it.I want at least 4 gigs of memory but 14k is too high a budget.I guess Zen sounds good.Ten mins through the net and you can easily conclude that the Shure SE530 is the best.But again the pricetag makes me gag.
I was also looking at another player from Sony:
NWZ-S718FBNC
Tell me your thoughts about it.