Quote: Originally Posted by ReDVsion The iAudio M3(L) also plays FLAC. Hrmm... their page on the M3 does say that. The X5 says its only the "second player in the world" to do FLAC... so did they ignore the M3 or the Rio Karma?

Well, the Rio Karma is rated at 55mW/channel into 16 ohms, and 30mW/channel into 32 ohms. That's better than the specs I've seen on lots of other players. 5-band Parametric EQ is pretty cool as well. Quote: Originally Posted by tolsk There is one big problem with the iAudio players...

Quote: Originally Posted by catscratch The Rio Karma can play flacs (I think, correct me if I'm wrong), and that makes it a very attractive choice. Flacs give you wave quality but at less than 1/3 of the file size. Apple has their own proprietary Apple Lossless format, which iPods...