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Rio Chiba 256 MB MP3 Player
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Rating: 4.13/5 from 23 reviews few annoyances but overall pretty gooddecent mp3 player. great for the gym.i used to have the rio s35s which was a nice little sporty player, so when i upgraded i tried another rio since i had a good experience. don't regret it at all. pros: black, key lock feature (to prevent hitting buttons accidentally), small versatile structure, plastic container and belt clip possible negative: no armband, cheap earphones otherwise, i have no real complaints. it does the job its expected to do - holds plenty of songs for a 2 hour workout at least, software is very usable (if you can't understand it, you must be very computer illiterate), and i never had problem with the construction - i always keep the case on. and if you complain about how cheap the rubber is, come on, what do you expect? gold-plated and diamond-encrusted players? i prefer this to the ipod (which supposedly skips) per se, because i've dropped it countless times, crammed it into small lockers, and stepped on it, and it still goes strong. a good buy for a small relatively decent priced mp3 player. esp for running or the gym. Good overall, except ear piecesI just got my Rio and I must say, it's easy to use and sounds good. I took it out running and I live in a busy area. I only had the volume up to ~20 and had no problems--I thought it was plenty loud and had no desire to take it up to the max of 30. My only complaint is that the ear pieces are very uncomfortable to me and I had a hard time getting them to stay in place, on top of it. I ended up walking the rest of the way. Once I get new ear buds, I'll be happy. I was a little worried when I ordered it that the belt clip wouldn't be adequate to run--I'm no longer concerned. It didn't budge--felt very secure. And I LOVE the FM radio feature!!! It came in perfectly clear and, being that I haven't transferred many songs to it yet, let me test it out without boredom. | ||||||||||||||||||
The other thing many people have talked about is the battery cover. Its really irritating since its never securly tightened and comes off too easily. It does however come with a plastic belt clip that completely covers the battery cover. So if you leave the belt clip on, the battery cover is no longer an issue. However the belt clip makes it a bit bulkier to carry around. So if you don't mind having a piece of tape to fasten the cover on your new player, which is what I did, it shouldn't be a problem.
The volume control is another issue if you want to get nit pickey. On max volume (denoted as the number 30), it is very loud, but not as loud as you would expect compaired to the max volume on a sony cd player or tape player. Since I listen to my music pretty loud, this is a minor issue.
Overall, good sound quality and all the buttons are in reach of a single hand. I will say that since I ended up paying drastically less than the list price ($199.00) it was a great buy! I would however NOT pay $199.00 for this player.