Cowon Systems, Inc. (simply known as Cowon) is a South Korean consumer electronics and software corporation. The company’s initial focus was software development and microelectronics, specializing in speech synthesis and speech recognition technology. In 2000, with the introduction of the iAUDIO CW100, Cowon expanded into the portable media player industry, which is now the core of their business.

In 2010, Cowon was ranked number one in the PMP category of Japanese Management Association Consultants’ Global Customer Satisfaction Competency Index, and in 2011, it was ranked number one in the same organization’s Global & Great Brand Competency Index.

In the west, Cowon is most well known for its iAUDIO range of portable media players, which has resulted in many people incorrectly referring to the company as “Cowon iAUDIO” or simply “iAUDIO.”  Outside the domestic market, Cowon iAUDIO's sales and market share have always been minuscule - however, it gained a certain niche market and retains a loyal following from fans and enthusiasts.

Products

In its marketing, Cowon distinguishes between "MP3 players" and "portable media players," where the latter are larger and have a greater focus on video playback. The categories differ slightly between the Korean and the global homepage.

All Cowon products are produced domestically in South Korea.

MP3 players
 Cowon M2 (2014)
 Cowon E3 (2014)
iAUDIO 9+ (2013)
Cowon D20 (2013)
Cowon X9 (2012)
iAUDIO 10 (2011)
Cowon C2 (2011)
Cowon X7 (2010)
Cowon J3 (2010)
iAUDIO E2 (2009)
iAUDIO 9 (2009)
Cowon S9 (2008)

LIAAIL products
Cowon’s LIAAIL division, founded in 2011, focuses on personal audio and cell phone accessories. Among its products can be found:
 Earphones
 Cowon BT2
Cowon EM1
Cowon EF1
Cowon XE1
Cowon CE1
Cowon SE2
Cowon EM2
 Cell phone cases
 Bird Case
 Tree Case
 Leather Case
 Jelly Case
 Cell phone screen protectors

Other products
 Cowon AD1, car camera released in 2012
 Cowon AC1, car camera released in 2012
 Cowon W2, Windows 7-based ultra-mobile PC released in 2010, available in 60 and 80 GB models
 Cowon W2 SSD, Windows 7-based ultra-mobile PC equipped with a solid state drive, released in 2010, available in a 32 GB model
 Cowon L3, GPS navigation device and in-car entertainment system released in 2009
 Cowon N3, GPS navigation device and in-car entertainment system released in 2007

Discontinued products
 Cowon D20
 Cowon iAUDIO 10
 Cowon C2
 Cowon D3 Plenue
 Cowon X7
 Cowon J3
 iAUDIO E2
 iAUDIO 9
 Cowon D2+
 Cowon S9
 Cowon D2
 Cowon iAUDIO 7

Portable media players
 Cowon G7
 Cowon T5
 Cowon Q7 Plenue
 Cowon A5 Plenue
 Cowon R7
 Cowon V5S
 Cowon 3D
 Cowon V5W
 Cowon V5
 Cowon O2
 Cowon iAUDIO X5
 Cowon A3
 Cowon A2

JetEffect
Each Cowon player is equipped with a set of software sound enhancement technologies collectively referred to as JetEffect. The latest version of JetEffect, JetEffect 5, was introduced with the release of the Cowon Z2 Plenue.

JetEffect competes with products such as Sony's DSEE, Samsung's DNSe, and the SRS technologies found in products by iriver and Samsung and in products by HTC and HP, where they are branded as "Beats Audio".

Features

In its latest iteration, JetEffect contains the following sound effects and enhancements:
 Five-band equalizer
 BBE+
 BBE+
 BBE Mach3Bass
 BBE 3D Surround
 BBE MP Enhance
 Special Effects
 Reverb
 Stereo Enhance

In JetAudio

History

 JetEffect 2.0
 JetEffect 3.0
 JetEffect 5

Software

Computer software

 JetAudio, media player application for Microsoft Windows first released in 1997
 JetVideo, video player application for Microsoft Windows with features which partially overlap with those of JetAudio. Like JetAudio, it relies on external codecs (such as those included in the K-Lite Codec Pack) for some of its data decoding.

Android apps
 JetAudio for Android
 JetVD
JetVD is an Android application for downloading videos from YouTube in a wide selection of formats. It was first introduced to users of the Cowon D3 Plenue with the upgrade to firmware version x.55. An online version of JetVD, called JetToy, exists in beta stage.

Other software
Other software developed by Cowon includes the iAUDIO LDB Manager, a small application for tagging music files with timecoded lyrics displayable on Cowon media players as well as in JetAudio.

Cowon also offers a number of freeware utilities, including JetCast, JetMailMonitor and JetToolBar. All of the above are available for free download from the JetAudio website.

Cowon’s ultra-mobile PCs W2 and W2 SSD come with JetToolbar pre-installed.

See also
 iAUDIO
JetEffect
JetAudio
List of Cowon products
 Cowon Z2 Plenue
 Cowon J3
 Cowon S9
 Cowon D2

References

External links

 COWONGLOBAL.com
 JetAudio (American homepage)
 LIAAIL idea & art 
 JetToy

Companies based in Seoul
Companies established in 1995
Consumer electronics brands
Audio equipment manufacturers of South Korea
Navigation system companies
Portable audio player manufacturers
Video surveillance companies
South Korean brands
코원시스템()은 대한민국의 전자 기업이다. 1995년에 거원시스템으로 설립되어 2005년 3월 25일 코원시스템으로 사명을 변경하였다. 판매하는 제품 중 MP3 플레이어와 PMP, 음악 재생 소프트웨어인 제트오디오가 잘 알려져 있다.

소프트웨어

제트오디오 

제트오디오(JetAudio)는 음악 재생, 오디오 CD 리핑 등의 기능을 지원하는 무료 소프트웨어이다. 2016년 4월 24일 8.1.5 버전까지 개발되어 있다.
유료버전을 구입할 시 BBE음장, 녹음확장팩 등 고급기능을 추가 이용할 수 있다.
제트오디오 - 미디어센터는 코원시스템이 개발한 mp3, PMP, NAVI, MID를 보다 효율적으로 관리할 수 있도록 개선되었다.

엔블릭 
엔블릭(enblic)은 코원이 자체적으로 개발한 대한민국 유일의 하키 게임으로서 정통 아이스하키 게임에 인라인 스케이트를 접목시킨 온라인 스포츠 게임이다.

음장 
코원의 mp3, PMP, NAVI에는 미국 BBE社의 음장인 BBE가 탑재되어 있다. BBE음장은 압축된 오디오를 원음에 최대한 가깝게 복원해준다. 코원은 2009년 출시된 제품들에는 BBE+음장을 탑재하였다. 또한 자체 개발 음장인 JetEffet는 보다 다양한 음을 구연할 수 있도록 한다. 최근 JetEffect 3.0에 이은 JetEffect 5 발표로 보다 향상된 음질을 구현한다.
 BBE : 음을 보다 선명하게 해준다.
 MachBass : 저음 영역을 강화시켜준다.
 MP Enhance : 손실된 음영역을 자체적으로 복원해준다.
 3D Surround : 공간감을 향상시켜준다.

MP3 플레이어 

플래시 메모리 제품군
CW시리즈
 iAUDIO CW100
 iAUDIO CW100S
 iAUDIO CW200
 iAUDIO CW300
 iAUDIO CW250
C시리즈
 COWON C2
 COWON C2 DMB
D시리즈
 COWON D2
 COWON D2 DMB
 COWON D2+
 COWON D2+ DMB
 COWON D3 Plenue (Android 2.3)
 COWON D3 Plenue DMB (Android 2.3)
 COWON D3 Pro (Android 2.3/기존 D3 Plenue 사용자는 펌웨어 업그레이드로 사용가능/Wi-Fi 사용불가)
 COWON D3 Pro DMB (Android 2.3/기존 D3 Plenue DMB 사용자는 펌웨어 업그레이드로 사용가능/Wi-Fi 사용불가)
E시리즈
 iAUDIO E2
 iAUDIO E3
F시리즈
 iAUDIO F1
 iAUDIO F2
G시리즈
 iAUDIO G3
 iAUDIO G2
i시리즈
 iAUDIO 4
 iAUDIO 5
 iAUDIO 7
 iAUDIO 9
 iAUDIO 10
 iAUDIO 9+
J시리즈
 COWON J3
 COWON J3 DMB
M시리즈
 COWON M2
S시리즈
 COWON S9
 COWON S9 DMB
T시리즈
 iAUDIO T2
U시리즈
 iAUDIO U2
 iAUDIO U3
 iAUDIO U5
Z시리즈
 COWON Z2 Plenue (Android 2.3)

고음질 오디오 플레이어 제품군
플레뉴(PLENUE) 시리즈
 플레뉴 1
 플레뉴 M
 플레뉴 D
 플레뉴 S
 플레뉴 M2
 플레뉴 2
 플레뉴 R
 플레뉴 J
 플레뉴 V
 플레뉴 L
 플레뉴 D2
 플레뉴 R2

하드 디스크 제품군
i시리즈
 iAUDIO 6M시리즈 iAUDIO M3
 iAUDIO M3L
 iAUDIO M5
 iAUDIO M5LX시리즈'''
 iAUDIO X5
 iAUDIO X5L

PMP

하드 디스크 제품군 
 COWON A2
 COWON A3
 COWON Q5 Study
 COWON Q5
 COWON Q5 Navi
 COWON P5 Study
 COWON P5
 COWON P5 Navi
 COWON X7
 COWON X7 DIC

플래시 메모리 제품군 
 COWON O2
 COWON O2 DIC
 COWON O2 DMB
 COWON V5
 COWON V5 DIC
 COWON V5 DMB
 COWON V5W
 COWON 3D
 COWON V5S
 COWON R7
 COWON A5 Plenue (Android 2.3)
 COWON G7
 COWON T5
 COWON X9
 COWON STUDY PRO
 COWON STUDY PRO 10
 COWON STUDY PRO V7

전자사전 
 COWON Q7 Plenue (Android 2.3)

차량용 블랙박스 
 COWON AC1
 COWON AD1
 COWON AW1
 COWON AE1
 COWON AE2

내비게이션 

 COWON N2
 COWON L2 Standard
 COWON L2 TC
 COWON L2 TPEG
 COWON N3 Standard
 COWON N3 TPEG
 COWON N3 Wood Grain
 COWON L3 Standard
 COWON L3 TPEG
 COWON Q5 Navi
 COWON Q5/P5 Navi Kit

MID 

 COWON W2
 COWON W2 SSD

USB 메모리 

 COWON UM1

각주

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