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In Reply to: RE: Thank you - I think once we get a critical mass of these. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on January 25, 2015 at 18:55:54
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All I'm saying is that PONO is not a panacea - and in Archimago's article, he exposed some of the dangers that could put PONO on a par with other "hi-rez" download sites (such as HDT) in terms of restricted dynamic and frequency ranges even in so-called hi-rez downloads. These problems are not unique to PONO, but, as I said, it will be nice to get a critical mass of spectrographs to confirm whether a file being sold as hi-rez actually IS hi-rez. There is one small classical site (I can't remember the name now) that DOES provide spectrograph information on its site for every download that it offers. There's no reason that ALL download sites couldn't do this. I think there's also a part of the Computer Audiophile site where contributors are encouraged to post their own spectrographs of recordings they've downloaded - sometimes very useful.
As Merman wrote below : "The Pono release is only as good as the original master."
ie, Pono *is* on par with HDT and the rest in that they can only sell the files that they get from the labels. As far as I know Pono does not do any mastering, so why should Pono be held to a higher standard than other retailers of downloadable files?
The main benefit of Pono is all the publicity/awareness generated by Neil Young. If successful, we should see more and more new releases in 24 bit plus re-mastering of older material. But NONE of this will be done directly by Pono.
IOW, I think it is unreasonable to hold Pono to a higher standard than the other hi-rez retailers. They are neither better or worse, just with a bigger catalog and the gravitas to get artists/labels to release more titles in hi-rez.
..to add to your post...Pono WILL be encouraging artists and labels to improve their quality and as noted several times, will even try to commission some new remasters. None of the others have done this.
Secondly, they, unlike the others, allow user comments and reviews. Good and bad.
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