[White Knight]

http://www.rioaudio.com/

MSNBC: Maker of earlier music devices to unveil rival to the iPod
http://msnbc.com/news/950664.asp?0dm=N16QT

 

[austonia]

ahh.. its such a tease... all the new models are "Not In Stock"

 

[Bionic Gecko]

Karma 5.5 oz.

This player has serious potential.

 

[lan]

Nitrus 2.0oz

.6" think is important though. Thinness really matters to go in your pocket.

It also comes with Sennheiser MX300 earbuds. Well that's not very common.

 

[austonia]

Rio Karma Specs :

20gb ($399) and 40gb ($499?) models
2.7” X 3.0” X 0.9”, 5.5oz
MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support
cross-fade between tracks (even different formats)
5-band parametric equalizer
LCD: 49mm, 160x128, indigo backlight, 16 shade grayscale
USB 2.0
15-hour continuous playback on internal Li Ion battery
Docking station adds drop-in charging, dual RCA Line-Out, and an Ethernet port for networking (can assign IP address to dock and control player via HTML interface).
Auto-synchronization with Rio Music Manager
Rio DJ (intelligently finds, mixes and creates playlists from tracks on command)
Dynamic playlist generation (on-the-fly playlists)
Transfer content between multiple PCs

 

[lan]

Karma's FLAC support is nice. Parametric EQ, ethernet, line outs! This thing sounds like mini monster!

I'm trying not to get too excited. The wallet is tickling....

 

[MaxHeifetz]

I'm never trusting Rio again after that SP250 fiasco!

 

[MusicLover]

That Rio Karma does look very tempting. It just may be able to compete with the Ipod and njb3.

 

[D-EJ915]

hmm...millions of features...terrible sound quality...or

...thousands of features...and good sound quality,....

I'll take the Iriver one unless somebody buys the rio and tests it, my sp90 had worse than abysmal sound quality!!, the 30 dollar magnavox one has better sound quality, and the msrp for the sp90 was 100 bucks!!

yeah, "rio" is a very untrustworthy company, they have had 3 or 4 owners!!!!...and they're customer service is just like sony's for computers, really bad.

 

[DLP]

Mac support for the hard drive based MP3 player seems to be gone. Is Apple really just killing everyone with the iPod? Or just pissing them off enough to drop Mac support completely?

 

[Bionic Gecko]

For the price on the Karma didn't Amazon have a pre order for the 40GB @ $440?

 

[Gojira]

Wow, they really did it. I wasn't sure they were really going to release the thing with FLAC (and OGG) support. This is going to make alot of people happy. I also like that auto crossfading feature. It could be a great unit. I'm just worried about the sound. Does it really have an RCA line out jack? That's just incredible. I also happen to think it looks great. This player really makes me want to get myself an HDD player.

 

[Rizumu]

I think it looks great as well. It looks small, what are the Ipod's specs in comparison?

[edit] Ipod's dimensions I mean

 

[Kelvie1234]

Flac support is nice...

But if it doesn't sound good then what's the point eh?

I'm seriously going to consider buying one, but not after hearing some GOOD reviews from trusted people...

 

[Bionic Gecko]

Quote:

Originally posted by Kelvie1234 Flac support is nice... But if it doesn't sound good then what's the point eh? I'm seriously going to consider buying one, but not after hearing some GOOD reviews from trusted people...

agreed