Player Blog Category Archives: Rio
March 18, 2005
End of the Line for the Rio Karma?
According to the Rio community forum Riovolution and DAPReview, Rio has stopped selling its longtime mainstay, the 20GB Rio Karma. The product pages are still up on the Rio website, but you can no longer buy it.
Apparently this is the end of the line for the Karma, which circa 2003, was a very competitive and compelling choice. In fact even today it is one of the only devices that supports less-common audio formats such as lossless FLAC.
The hopeful are saying that this is a sign that the Karma's loooooong awaited successor, the Chroma, is nearing release. We say don't hold your breath.
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If I remember right, one of the devs that visit the Riovolution forums hinted that Rio usually releases new players in August. Might want to check that before throwing it on the rumor press though.
Posted by: Esteric at March 18, 2005 09:50 PMAugust? If so, it'll be a long summer for the Rio fans.
Posted by: Lindsey Smith at March 19, 2005 10:32 AM