Has anyone gotten one of these? I'm thinking of getting one for my
father for Christmas, but am looking for a little feedback, first.

AFAICT, SonicBLUE isn't shipping it yet. Their web page says "check
back later" and "coming soon". (very ugly and unusable, btw). The
Dell-badged model (at $299, or $249 with a system purchase) seems to be
shipping, though. I'd rather order the SonicBLUE one, if it is available...

Click in the bottom right corner of http://www.riohome.com/ for the (lack of) RIO information, or see the Dell model at http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/topics/center_tools_dac_tools_receiver.htm

TIA

-j