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In Reply to: RE: Why Pono? posted by Beetlemania on January 28, 2015 at 12:40:45
Yes, exactly what I summarized in an earlier Pono thread. It is about Neil Young creating buzz and awareness. I do not (yet) see the benefit of the Pono Music store (we have many other download stores) and certainly not the Pono Player (we have many other worthy players).
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It's not like there was a reservoir of 24 bit albums waiting for a retailer. The dividends will be paid going forward. (Like I wrote above, their catalog is already massive for 16/44 altho you might as well just get the CD from Amazon for less $).
As far as the player, it seems that the SQ is competitive with much more expensive units yet is priced similar to an iPod (see reviews from Darko, Lavorgna, Hull). Pono is probably not keen to sell 24/192 files to novices and have them use an iPhone and earbuds for playback. Thus, a high-quality player priced competitively. Moreover, the Pono player can be used as a transport/DAC in a home system (see LaVorgna's review).
True. It will be interesting to see how Pono Music pans out.
I'm not real keen on the player though since I have a capable music server in my listening room, don't want to carry a 2nd device while walking around, and I can already play 'hi-res' in my car.
I passed on the initial kick starter phase. Like you I was waiting to see how it would pan out.
Recently I finally took a look at the website, & searched a couple of old CD's that I couldn't find anywhere else. Surprisingly they had them & I DL'ed them. It seems to be a pretty nice store. You also get a free (for now ?) version of J River V20. I stopped paying for J River at V18. Use it every day though.
I'm always burning discs & than scratching them in my car, & than burning another...I got too many discs around my house. My car stereo sounds lousy playing CD's but fine playing FLAC files through a Sansa portable unit. Recently the CD player jammed. Now I have the choice of replacing the unit or getting a PONO. My wife thinks I jammed it intentionally.
Yes, I bought 3 jack bruce albums LONG out of print and available only on Amazon as very expensive imports. THANK YOU NEIL YOUNG!
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