Rio Karma 20 20 GB

Advantages A true audiophile's player
Disadvantages It's rather out dated by today's standards

...The Rio Karma is a solid, high quality digital audio player (DAP). It features MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and WMA playback. Ogg and FLAC are the formats of choice for myself. FLAC is lossless audio, while Ogg is basically a much more advanced version of MP3, which also allows gapless playback, something the Karma excels at. The Karma's menu system is intuitive and easy to use thanks to it's scroll wheel and center joystick. You have several ways to find what you want to listen to, or you could have the player chose for you thanks to the included Rio DJ software. The Karma has a customizable 5 band equalizer, which allows for great control over how your headphones sound. You can even edit playlists on the fly. In my experience, the Karma has proven itself as a sturdy well built player. It has withstood much abuse and runs smoothly... Read review

Advantages Size, Colourful, Innovative, Different
Disadvantages Crashes unexpectedly sometimes, Wheel Button Breaks Easily

...The Rio Karma, when it was first released it was advertised in magazines such as "Stuff" as "THE IPOD KILLER!" i myself not being an apple fan at the time jumped at the opportunity to sieze such a unique object which was the only 20gb mp3 player out at the time other than the ipod... The look is a bit, 'funky' to say the least and it definitely gets a few looks which are maybe not all that good but that's the beauty of this player. Blue backlight, Red Main Button and a Black/Grey Exterior. It truly is beautiful in it's own right. The Rio may not look as sleek as an ipod, as shiny or even as Smooth Shaped but it's Curvy and unique. I have owned 2 of these mp3 players over the course of maybe 2 years aswell as my sister buying one due to my recommendation. The only grudge against the Karma is the fact that out of the 3 in my... Read review

Advantages small, 20Gb, good quality sound, charging/transer Pod
Disadvantages Basic Menus, heavy, sensitive to shock

...I have been waiting a few months to get a Karma. The sheer size of the item compared to the capacity is fanstastic. Fits in the palm of your hand and neatly conseals in an inside pocket! There are nice Stennhieser headphones providing good quality sound and as they are black no one targets you specifically for the trendy iPod! Also the battery life is very good and its hard to drain it out entirely, have the charging pod is great as you just dropit in there and its charging away and connected up! The charging pod is cool, had phono connections for direct link to HiFi with very good quality output, almost time for bye bye CD player! The pod also charges the Karma and contains USB 2.0 and Ethernet connections. Data transfer is pretty good, and the unit had store other data files as well as Mp3. With the network capacity XP Sp... Read review