Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Feb 17, 2004
Pros: Small size, high capacity, Highly Useful Dock, USB and Ethernet connections, reasonable price
Cons: Lacks a carrying case and an inline remote.
Summary: 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. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 3, 2005
Pros: Value, size, docking station, sound quality, controls, battery life
Cons: Rio Music Manager, only one good case available
Summary: Despite the fact I am a tech geek and music fiend, this is my first mp3 player. I'm always value minded, and after careful comparison shopping I decided on the Rio Karma 20GB for $199. This was from Best Buy and included a 2 yr full replacement ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 31, 2005
Pros: An easy to use design, nice feature, compact but not light, lots of space
Cons: No FM tuner, poor insurance policy
Summary: Like so many people, I was looking for the right digital music player - listening to other people's testimonies about theirs, reading critical reviews, and keeping an eye out for special sales and deals on different players. I decided against an IPOD ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 28, 2005
Pros: Screen display and information, capacity, general features, supplied software, size, WMA support, battery life, controls.
Cons: Hard drive failures, easily scratched display.
Summary: I REALLY liked this MP3 player for the year or so that it worked. The capacity was more than sufficient for my 1,200 song library, the display was crisp and clear, controls very easy to use, sound was good, etc. I really liked the information available ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2005
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
Summary: With P
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Tunes 3 and T
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600 helpless thanks to the 2.5 mm mini-jack, and the C
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Zen Micro's crazy need for perfect id tagged files and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 7, 2005
Pros: -Support for many formats
-Great sound quality
-Surprisingly Durable
Cons: -A little thick for stubby fingers
-Didn't come with advertised Sennheiser Mx300s
Summary: I decided to buy a Rio karma, despite the reviews since the most likely people to write these things are people with problems with them, plus the recommendation and the good experiences most of the guys at riovolution.com have with them. It is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2005
Pros: 20 Gig's for a great price
Cons: Service - NON Existent
Summary: It looks awesome in the package...... and for the price, it seems almost to good to be true. Well - remember the saying, if it seems to have a catch - it PROBABLY DOES. I bought my first Rio in November of 2003. By December of taht same year, it ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 26, 2004
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.
Summary: 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. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 13, 2004
Pros: easy to download songs, easy to hold, great battery life, easy downloads of updates
Cons: must be handled gently,new was replaced with refurbished
Summary: I bought the Rio Karma for 2 reasons. We live in Florida part of the year. This product enabled me to download all of our cds and bring them with us. The second reason is I love to walk. I've created 7 walking playlists which keep me moving along at a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 18, 2004
Pros: small & compact, large hard drive, consistent updates from Rio
Cons: a little long to load, lack of available accessories
Summary: 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, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2004
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.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2004
Pros: versus ipod: better price, longer battery life, great menu features
Cons: product is essentially a piece of garbage
Summary: Sonic blue rio products are a NIGHTMARE!! I own two mp3 players by them, the Rio Sport 128MB and the Rio Karma 20GB, and maintenance for both is almost a monthly task. My biggest beef with the Rio Karma is the fact that I bought it to use during my 5 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 4, 2004
Pros: Good sound; equalizer works well.
Cons: Terrible reliability and worse service. Warranty is a joke!
Summary: I wish I had read some of the reviews here before I purchased my unit. Like other stories reported here, after about a month, my Karma froze. Even though I was still within the short 90-day warranty period, it took over 85 minutes on a long distance ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 20, 2004
Pros: Price,size,battery life,features,display,community tech support.
Cons: Software,reported hard drive failures,company tech support.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 10, 2004
Pros: Hardware Design
Cons: Software, Tech Support, Durability
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 15, 2004
Pros: Feature rich and potentially good product IF supported by the company
Cons: 90 day warranty, unimaginably bad customer support.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 18, 2004
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
Summary: 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, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 17, 2004
Pros: Very compact, long battery life, good features, software.
Cons: Reliability: hard drive failure, hangs.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 13, 2004
Pros: Hard drive size, number and quality of features, pc interface, battery life
Cons: Hissing, spitting and croaking when not handled with care
Summary: Really outstanding initially. I was surprised by the number of features, and the thought that apparently went into design. It was a little thick in my but otherwise excellent. Within six weeks of moderate use the drive began to freeze, requiring a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 10, 2004
Pros: Capacity, battery life, sound quality, ease of use, size
Cons: no case but there are gameboy cases that work great for it
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 14, 2004
Pros: Size, ease of use, sound quality, volume range, firmware speed, transfer speed, included docking station
Cons: Not usable as an external hard drive, inaccessible battery
Summary: I started looking for an MP3 player because I wanted to have all of my MP3s at work and I wanted a backup of my MP3s. An external hard drive was not an option because that is against my company's policy. So I needed a stand-alone MP3 player that ... read more
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