The most important information was missing: with which of the two DAP would you stay for sound quality? Cowon P2 or M11 Pro?

@Cat Music I personally prefer the Plenue 2 for sound quality, but the M11 Pro certainly has its own strengths and I have no doubt some will prefer it instead.

You didn't find the mids to be too forward? And the DAC implementation a bit ham-handed?

Hi @szore I didn't think end-to-end extension was particularly strong and the bass gave off less warmth than I would like, so in that sense it might throw a bit more emphasis on the mids. I compared specifically to the Plenue 2 because it uses the same DAC and I feel the Plenue 2 performs better, but I intentionally try to describe rather than judge because I want readers to form their own opinion.

Excellent review Erik as always. I wish you had an X7II to compare.