The Rio Karma is a solid, high quality digital audio player (DAP). It features MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and WMA playback. Ogg and FLAC are the formats of choice for myself. FLAC is lossless audio, while Ogg is basically a much more advanced version of MP3, which also allows gapless playback, something the Karma excels at.
The Karma's menu system is intuitive and easy to use thanks to it's scroll wheel and center joystick. You have several ways to find what you want to listen to, or you could have the player chose for you thanks to the included Rio DJ software. The Karma has a customizable 5 band equalizer, which allows for great control over how your headphones sound. You can even edit playlists on the fly.
In my experience, the Karma has proven itself as a sturdy well built player. It has withstood much abuse and runs smoothly to this day. Output quality is fantastic, paired with a pair of Etymotic ER6i canalphones.
Highly reccomended, and you can probably find one cheap these days.
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