Rio Karma Support Drill-Down?

[Drooling Dog]

Originally posted by ScorLibran
And don't forget about FLAC on the Rio Karma. It's the only portable I know of that supports a compressed lossless format.

Alternate format support is something to consider for anyone who may want to explore encoding formats that are newer and more efficient than MP3. (Nothing wrong with MP3, of course, but multiple options are a good thing.)

Yeah, I thought about that when I bought my last iPod. Unfortunately, being the ultimate early adopter that I am, I switch players too often (on my 2nd iPod already), so I need to stick with a file format that will work on any player.

My friend, on the other hand, is very slow to adopt new technology. This might be a good option for him.

Another Karma Question:

Like most other players, I assume you're not trapped in to using only their software to rip and catalog, right? In other words, ripping with EAC/LAME is okay?

Thanks again.