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In Reply to: RE: Push-back on Pono push-back posted by Beetlemania on January 27, 2015 at 12:22:02
This article holds up the promise of hi-rez files while also keeping everything in perspective.
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There is nothing wrong with 44.1, as long as the digital filter is not the 30kHz brickwall. It can deliver 95% of the 24/192 magic with the right filtering.
I'm not against hi-res, but the download times are just excruciatingly long still and prices too high. If I could just stream it inexpensively from the cloud to my own portable device real-time, I would be all on-board with Pono.
Ok, now you are reaching...
download times are NOT long. I can download a DSD or 192 album in FIVE MINUTES.
Secondly, the prices with coupon (I have never purchased without a 15% off coupon) are $20-22 for 192 albums, look at the prices for vinyl..and vinyl mastered from digital at that..then talk to me...
Audiophiles are willing to wait 5 minutes, but not the average consumer. They want to stream it real-time.
You beat me to it!
A very sensible over view, of Pono, the NY Post and Gizmodo "articles" and even some fair criticisms.
Good job Darko.
is the streaming. My 30 Mbps Comcast can barely get thru' a low-def youtube video. There's zero chance I will trust that connection to play back my favorite music.
I also have no interest in streaming, but unlike the Pono haters I refuse to shit on it.
I will let the market speak. Just because it does not fit MY needs does not make it invalid. If it ends up being what people want..great..
But I with 6TB of music in my library, there is zero interest for me.
6TB - wow! I still have a good amount of room on my 2 TB drive (90-95% of my collection is CD rips).
"I refuse to shit on [streaming]."
Yes, I have no intention of pushing *my* objections re: streaming on anyone else. That would be supremely arrogant and ignorant at the same time!
My collection is 80% CDs, and 20% 24 bit (44.1/48/88.2/176.4/192)albums. I have about a dozen DSD albums.
btw, the new Rush remastering series will be the first time a major rock catalog will be remastered in 192 PCM AND for DSD download.
6TB - wow!
Indeed. My modest 200 GB library still offers 46 days of continuous content. And then there's the vinyl content I haven't ripped.
I'm not sure I could ever find thirty times that amount that I would want to play. :)
I'm a music obsessive. I also spin tape. But my thirst for music is never quenched.
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