Rio Karma (20 GB) MP3 Player

Pros: Small size, high capacity, Highly Useful Dock, USB and Ethernet connections, reasonable price
Cons: Lacks a carrying case and an inline remote.

Looking for a worthy and less expensive alternative to Apple’s iPod? Rio’s Karma 20 might just be the answer for you. With a 20-gigabyte hard drive the Karma 20 is able to rival the iPod’s storage, along with its ease of use. ...

Pros: Easy Navigation, Ethernet connectivity, fast file transfer, docking station (with line outs)
Cons: No MTP or UMS support, less featured than other players, no play-by-directories

With P ocket Tunes 3 and T reo 600 helpless thanks to the 2.5 mm mini-jack, and the C reative Zen Micro's crazy need for perfect id tagged files and ...

Pros: Price,size,battery life,features,display,community tech support.
Cons: Software,reported hard drive failures,company tech support.

If you're looking for a hard drive-based MP3 player,and don't own a Mac and/or Firewire,than this is probably the machine for you. Realise,however,that this does have a spinning hard drive. If you're looking for something to take jogging,or some other ...

Pros: Sturdy. Excellent sound, Easy to operate, Small size, Large capacity, fantastic features and capabilities
Cons: No carrying case included, no fm tuner, display easily scratched. Inadequate 6 month warranty.

I just received my Rio Karma two days ago. I got a refurbished Karma directly from the Rio company which was sold to me at a reduced rate because it was a replacement for a defective Rio Volt. So far, this player is everything I expected and more. ...

Pros: MP3, Vorbis, WMA, FLAC support, gapless playback, dynamic playlists, easy interface, ethernet and USB2 transfers
Cons: slow transfers when using ethernet, lack of remote, short warranty

I've had my Karma for a few months now, and I'm very happy with it. It's one of the few players with support for gapless playback, making it ideal for playing concept and live albums. FLAC support is great for audiophiles who want lossless compression, ...

Pros: excellent support community. great quality. great features. great price.
Cons: no case yet, no remote yet (remote slot exists, though), easy to scratch?

The Standard I work in an office full of iPod lovers. They all play with their iPods all the time, and use them to excercise with, drive around town with, and go on long trips with. It's a cool little machine, and it's attractive physically. The ...

Pros: Cheaper alternative to IPod
Cons: Not as sleek as Ipod, buttons may get dirt in them. No remote control.

Look/Feel 9/10 The Karma is a nice looking/feeling piece of hardware. First off, it has a very solid and sturdy feel. The controls, the "rio stick" and jog wheel, are placed well and feel slick and responsive but not too much so that you switch 4 ...

Pros: Small size, easy to use, great sound, multiple at-home listening options, great support
Cons: Dodgy Rio Stick, scratch-prone screen, shorter bat. life with Ogg Vorbis, no exclusie case yet.

I just got my Karma for Christmas, after much research into the hard-drive based music community. It was a toss-up between the Zen and the Karma, and ultimately the Karma won. I won't compare it to the iPod, because price excludes the two from even ...

Pros: small & compact, large hard drive, consistent updates from Rio
Cons: a little long to load, lack of available accessories

I've loved music for as long as I can remember. I owned closed to 300 cds when mp3s started to become popular. But the best place to listen to cds is in the car and keeping all those cds in my car was a pain. If I wanted to listen to one in the house, ...

Pros: Capacity, battery life, sound quality, ease of use, size
Cons: no case but there are gameboy cases that work great for it

Like a lot of others before me, I did some research before I invested in a large capacity hard disc MP3 player. I wanted to make sure that I got the best bang for my buck and wouldn't suffer from buyers remorse. Here is the top five features I ...

Pros: Hardware Design
Cons: Software, Tech Support, Durability

The Karma has superb hardware design. You couldn't ask for much more. Well, maybe if it was more durable that would be nice. Seems many people have had problems with the hard drive going out, although that never happened to me. HOWEVER, the software ...

Pros: Control system, size, file support, left-handed mode. ethernet and RCA connections on docking station.
Cons: Needs software to transfer files. No MP3pro support.

If anything is an ipod killer, it's this gadget. It's a little thicker than an ipod but smaller in the other dimensions, making them about the same overall size. 20 gigs of storage, and I like the control system (it's a little joystick like the ...

Pros: Very compact, long battery life, good features, software.
Cons: Reliability: hard drive failure, hangs.

I really like the Rio Karma. It's very compact, fairly intuitive, reasonably priced, good play features, good software. This is all true so long as it's functioning. Mine quit working after the first 3 weeks of use. Also, it tends to hang ...

Pros: Feature rich and potentially good product IF supported by the company
Cons: 90 day warranty, unimaginably bad customer support.

I read many, many reviews before selecting the Rio Karma, which, when I bought in March, 2004, were almost universally excellent. I had problems with the Karma immediately, and when I started getting jerked around by the barely literate support staff, I ...

Pros: 20 GB, small size, battery capacity, ethernet, multiple Codec support, docking station
Cons: Scratch prone display, no carrying case, nonreplaceable battery, quality control, tech support, 90 day warranty

***** UPDATED ***** Sure the Karma has some great new features.....docking station, ethernet support, smaller size, extended battery life and additional Codec support. However, I would expect Rio's new top of the line model to have everything the ...