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In Reply to: RE: PONO: What it is REALLY about posted by Sprezza Tura on January 15, 2015 at 10:31:02
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You can't be serious.
When you purchase music from Pono it is just like downloading from HDTracks or superhirez or qobuz.
You buy each Track and Download it ?
Cut-Throat
Correct. NOT a streaming service.
It's a dedicated player like an iPod is a dedicated player. But the Pono handles hi-res files that you can download from the Pono website.... or any other hi-res website for that matter. You put the files on the Pono via your PC and play them through your headphones or home system.
Unless it has a digital out, you are at the mercy of the Pono's internal DAC and analog output.... which may be fairly good but I would still like the option of driving my own DACs if I had the Pono. After all, even an iPod or iPhone can drive external DACs (and with the right software they can also play hi-res music).
Last summer under the assumption that PONO was going to do something fundamentally different with the source material, presumably from analog tapes and records.
But basically it's was supposed to be the next best thing to analog, better then what is currently offered.
It's a bit little vague now. I'm not sure how the hardware fits into things, I don't think that it is the big issue as the delivery technology exists.
Does PonoPlayer have a digital out, or just analog jacks?
No, idea, 'cause I don't give a hoot about da playa.
No, idea, 'cause I don't give a hoot about da playa.
Then what truly differentiates PONO, the company, from the other hi-res download sites, aside from the fact that they don't have the marketing power that Neil has with all of his already wealthy geezer artist friends?
"Oh man, I'm just blown away by the sound." The video reminds me of late night infomercials. ;-)
Wanna know what else separates Pono? He hired Bruce Botnick, who has spent 5 years in recording and mastering studios as his manager of content acquisition.
You may have heard of him. He produced just about every session for Elketra in the 60s and produced a band called The Doors, and produced the superb 96 khz remasters of their catalog.
HDT and Suprhirez have nos such person on staff with these qualifications.
How about the fact that NY can call Paul McCartney and the members of Pink Floyd and ask them to master their catalog at 192?
How about the fact that McCartney said yes, and it is in process?
Any other "small picture" questions dude?
playback? The bigger that group of artists gets, the more likely we all benefit. Right?There are still a lot of people who believe that MP3 is CD quality. High profile artists praising hi-rez helps everyone. I am a little bummed that the Rolling Stones weren't more vocal about the ABKCO SACDs.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
Edits: 01/16/15
Yeh.. you won't find an Mp3 or AAC on the Pono Music store.
Sprezza has a Poner.
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