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In Reply to: RE: PONO: What it is REALLY about posted by AbeCollins on January 15, 2015 at 17:42:14
Apple does what all corporations do, exploit.
It is the overwhelming consensus in the pro audio industry that Apple is a huge factor in the downward spiral in the quality of recorded music and the butcher jobs masquerading as "remasters".
As Neil Young said at CES, technology has propelled forward every other art form, film, video, photography, CAD, but music production has taken a huge step backward.
People really don't realize how little Steve Jobs though of his customers.
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"People really don't realize how little Steve Jobs though of his customers."So are you suggesting that Jobs should have made hi-res music files available for download when they launched the iTunes Store?
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I am not sure we are having the same conversation.No one is suggesting that, for obvious reasons.
Apple sold 128 AAC as "CD Quality". This was an outright lie.
They also supplied horrid ear buds with iPods (I know exactly how much those cost to make) which necessitated turning up the volume on the unit to be able to hear anything resembling music.
It is no accident that Apple is called the most succesful failure of all time. If not for the iPod (which Jobs did NOT invent) and then the iphone/ipad, and just left to sell computers the company would have been liquidated years ago.
EDIT: There is absolutely no reason why apple can't sell lossless CD files (forget hirez) except for the fact they don't give one shit.
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Apple treats its customers like tools. Some even deserve to be treated as such, but that's another thread.
Yes they do and yes it is.
The problem is we have all been screwed byApple's effect on the sound quality.
I am not sure we are having the same conversation.
You brought up Apple in your original post.
Apple sold 128 AAC as "CD Quality". This was an outright lie.
Yeah, and CD quality was sold as "Perfect Sound Forever". The gall of those CD peddling assholes!
They also supplied horrid ear buds with iPods (I know exactly how much those cost to make) which necessitated turning up the volume on the unit to be able to hear anything resembling music.
Yeah, and car manufacturers always equip their cars with the best tires. At least you get tires on your car! Does Pono come with a set of earbuds? No!? Those evil bastards!
It is no accident that Apple is called the most succesful failure of all time. If not for the iPod (which Jobs did NOT invent) and then the iphone/ipad, and just left to sell computers the company would have been liquidated years ago.
Really? With the highest market valuation and brand value of any company... greater than Exxon, Microsoft, Google, Coca-Cola, IBM, etc., they're considered a failure? How terrible of Apple to perfect technology to appeal to the masses and create entirely new markets and thousands of jobs worldwide. They should be locked up!
There is absolutely no reason why apple can't sell lossless CD files (forget hirez) except for the fact they don't give one shit.
Maybe they shouldn't give a shit because music downloads, like player sales, are on the decline anyway. Streaming services are where it's at.
I have nothing against the Pono Player but if it's not about the hardware as you say, why do we need Pono at all? We already have hi-res download stores. How is Pono helping the music industry? The new artists? It's interesting that the Top Pono Artists on the Pono Music Store are old geezers who's albums I already own, and some in 'hi-res'.
You divert, and bring in left field topics, and tangents galore. This is clearly your pattern.
Give it a break.
If you don't understand that Neil Young running a download store is a major thing, then you are playing dumb, or you really are clueless.
Neil Young has personal relationships with just about every major rock and pop artist out there. They are smelling what he is cooking and now want to take control of how their fans hear their recordings.
You really are not a big picture guy.
"We already have hi-res download stores."
Read that article I linked to. The entire article. It gives a good alternative view and questions why one would need Pono at all.
Neil Young has personal relationships with just about every major rock and pop artist out there. They are smelling what he is cooking and now want to take control of how their fans hear their recordings.
That is exactly one of the major points brought up in the article I linked to.
I've read the article. It has been linked everywhere.
There are valid points, but it is cynical as hell..and I can't believe I am saying that, since I am cynical as hell!!
The fact is at CES, RMAF, and in the mainstream media they are talking about Pono. They are not talking about Qobuz. Not talking about HDTracks. Not talking about Superhirez.
Let me repeat, I don't give a damn about the player. I would rather put $400 up in a bonfire to keep me warm, and god knows it is cold as hell. But I do give a damn about providing incentives for labels and artists to release their best sounding masters.
Listen to the CSNY 1974 192 release...it is stunning..and that is how all archival releases should sound.
One might have assumed that CSNY 1974 in hi-res would be a perfect launch title for the Pono music store, but it's only there in 44.1/16.
Agree, but it is coming.
CSN ('77) is there is 24/192!
I think its available on a CD/DVD set.
..Blu Ray for the 192 I believe.
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but I've yet to type in an artist that didn't return at least a few albums. I thought I's finally stump Pono with "Sarah Harmer" but they actually have all of her albums that I'm aware of.
I'm not worried about the depth of the catalog..it will grow.
Record companies chase trends, and if putting titles on Pono gets them exposure they will do it.
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