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In Reply to: RE: Not good, but who's buying them... posted by AbeCollins on September 13, 2016 at 22:41:33
LOL! Thanks for posting that link!
I always thought the Pono looked like the result of an illicit congress between an original "Chunky" candy bar and the "DeVito" version of a Toblerone candy bar.
I had to laugh at the point where the pod-caster points out that Charles Ayre admitting that the US$400 Pono has "80-90%" of the "sound" of his US$27,500 Ayre Acoustics KX-R Twenty pre-amp is not so much praise of the Pono, but an indictment of the US$27,500 pre-amp. At a wild guess, I hypothesize that the majority of consumers would struggle to hear a difference between the two. But that is just a guess.
JE
"A difference which makes no difference is no difference at all." - William James
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Yes, the Ayre KX-R Twenty is a fugazzi!
When I opened mine up, a Pono player was sitting in the case. Nothing else.
As for the sound? Forgetaboutit!!!!!!!
Steve,
Are you sure there wasn't a pony in there???
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I'd love to have the Ayre KX-R Twenty! Pono, not so much. That said, the Ayre Codex might be a fun DAC to play with. Wish it had a remote volume control.
My new KX-R Twenty and MX-R Twenty amps are excellent sounding. The Codex was very special, particularly for the price. But I want to get my hands on a QX-5 Twenty to listen to.
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