The RIO was a nice CD player a few years back for functionality. But it was not great for durability as you found out. I ended up just getting a new Sony portable CD player from amazon to replace the RIO and it's good enough.   Something like this (there are a couple cheaper models too)...

On one of these threads, I thought I saw it mentioned that the RE262 would be launched in July. I'm looking forward to the picture which Head-Direct said would be coming soon. I guess we'll find out soon enough...

Looking forward to some pics of the RE262 and a price.   Is the fit any different than the RE252?   How will the RE262 compare to the new RE-Zero?   Hopefully these questions will be answered before the 1000 RE-Zero's sell out so I can decide which one to get.