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I think most of the other Rio players also had very awkward form factors. The Chiba and Cali for instance I find very unfriendly

I think that's one of the dangers of outsourced industrial design. Every year is like a new adventure, which could be a hit or a miss, but with little regard to previous successes and failures. At Numark we do ID in house and I think it shows, as control surfaces get progressively more refined every generation, and some consistency is achieved across related product lines.

That said, I quite like the Karma form factor. It could have been made quite a bit thinner (just look at all the empty space inside the back cover!) and that would have been ideal for me. The Carbon came out pretty nice as well - probably Rio's most stylish ID to date.

Rob