Okay, fine. Would you have posted on this board about your Karma if it was working right?

That question is pretty much irrelevant, but check this.

You also seem to be claiming that the hard drive is not the culprit -- that it is the fault of the firmware or hardware design.

For the umpteenth time, there is more to my opinion on the Karma than my own experiences. The hard drive may or may not have been the sole culprit in the demise of my player, and the death of my Karma was not the only issue I had with it. Other people have had problems that have nothing to do with the hard drive. The whole of these experiences make the Karma something that I would not recommend to anyone -- not at this time, anyway.