These photos are from Magnolia Hi-Fi in Roseville, CA. They get kudos for having a decent display of the Karma.



The rack on which it is displayed is directly in front of the cash register counter. The side facing away from the counter had the actual Karma/Nitrus packaged players, the side facing towards the counter had working demos on little pedestals. Quite cool.

Interstingly, the vinyl sticker on the face of the Karma (the one that makes it look like it's got text on the screen) was still there on the demo unit, even though the unit could power up and work.

Showing the guy in the store my boot up logo and VU meters did not seem to impress him. But maybe he'll show the VU meters to prospective customers now...

Paul G., could you cross post this on the beta board? I'm off to work on my Satellite now.

Paul G., could you cross post this on the beta board?

Consider it done... Nice display - that is really cool how they have the demo units. I wonder if they loaded anything interesting on them.

That is pretty impressive considering that the last time I was in mine in Emeryville (post karma launch) they were still selling Riots. I'm glad somewhere actually has a unit open to play with.

Mattew

I wonder if they loaded anything interesting on them.

It looked as though they had only the tunes that come pre-installed from the factory.

I would assume having the employees figure out how each player works and loading music is more than most retail stores are willing to do. You wouldn't want your employees to actually know how to use the products they are selling.

Wow... I don't know what to be surprised by more... the fact they have such a nice display of a working Karma, or that there are Mag Hi-Fi's in CA.

I'll have to check my local store to see if they have the Karma's out... and operational would be fantastic.