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#182806 - 04/10/2003 11:40 Do I need a Karma?
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
In don't mean to sound like a traitor, but I don't know whether to get a Karma, or just get an iPOD. I'll probably never use anywhere near all the features of the Karma, and the iPOD is cheaper.

Anyone replaced their ipod with a Karma? Whats your opinion?

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#182807 - 04/10/2003 13:14 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
Krandor
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Registered: 25/03/2003
Posts: 22
I have replaced my ipod gen1 with the Karma. I cannot comment on features in the newer ipods but compared to the gen1 ipod no competition.

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#182808 - 04/10/2003 15:13 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
cheaper than this link posted by someone else
http://www.radarcity.com/product?prod_id=4388
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#182809 - 04/10/2003 15:17 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
In don't mean to sound like a traitor

Dude, this is the empeg BBS - you're not a traitor until you buy a PhatBox!



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#182810 - 04/10/2003 15:21 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
and the iPOD is cheaper.
I thought they were the same price, when you compared equal hard disk sizes. Why do you say it's cheaper?
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#182811 - 04/10/2003 16:16 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
ninti
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
Somebody on riovolution.com compared his new Karma to his Ipod. It was a pretty good review IMHO.

Edit: One thing to consider tho, the Karma is still a work in progress and is going to only get better as the software is tweaked. With the Ipod, what you see now is pretty much exactly what you are going to get and no more.


Edited by ninti (04/10/2003 16:27)
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#182812 - 04/10/2003 19:56 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: rob]
image
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Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
then i propose an immediate ban of GeoffT. =)

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#182813 - 05/10/2003 06:50 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: tfabris]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
Sorry I'm comparing to the 10gb ipod. Yes the price is indeed the same for equal sized hard disks. Sorry for any confusion.

Is there any news on the proposed UK price of the Karma? Usually its the same price in dollars!

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#182814 - 05/10/2003 06:51 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: rob]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
Never! My Empeg is my most favourite toy!

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#182815 - 05/10/2003 18:53 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: rob]
lockuplever
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Registered: 30/01/2002
Posts: 264
Loc: Tucson, AZ
Uh oh! What if you own both?
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#182816 - 05/10/2003 20:09 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: lockuplever]
number6
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Registered: 30/04/2001
Posts: 745
Loc: In The Village or sometimes: A...
Depends on which one you bought first.

If you bought the Phatbox second (i.e. after the Empeg) - shame on you - you'd better resign from the BBS now....


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#182817 - 05/10/2003 20:11 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: number6]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
Hey, there's no shame in being a born again empegger.
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#182818 - 05/10/2003 22:11 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: number6]
lockuplever
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Registered: 30/01/2002
Posts: 264
Loc: Tucson, AZ
Riocar first, almost 3 years ago, for my truck, but the wife did not want the dash of her BMW modified so she got a Phatbox.
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#182819 - 05/10/2003 22:57 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: lockuplever]
number6
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Registered: 30/04/2001
Posts: 745
Loc: In The Village or sometimes: A...
Ok, provided you still own at least 1 Riocar/Empeg - regardless of what else you own, then no-one round here will criticise you.

I guess what Rob was getting at, was if you had sold your Empeg/Riocar and then used the money to buy a Phatbox .... then maybe you should be first up against the wall, when the revolution comes.






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#182820 - 05/10/2003 23:43 Re: Do I need a Karma? [Re: number6]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
cue the hippy music and genral sixties images

Hey man the empeg was the revolution
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