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Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #200 –
Quote from: IgorC on
Neil is trying to re-invent a wheel which is already here.
Fiio production http://www.fiio.com.cn/  is very popular among an audiophiles and people who like a good quality of sound. 
They really know how to make a good and affordable audio devices.
Now try to beat that performance/price.

True. And their new X5 already looks like something Pono still wants to be:
http://www.fiio-shop.de/FiiO/FiiO-X5.html

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #201 –
Quote from: probedb on
Quote from: IgorC on
Neil is trying to re-invent a wheel which is already here.


He isn't, he's just figured out a way to make more money

And in the process, perhaps make sure he will definitely not be forgotten by the time he's gone, as the ones who will not then be able to name one of his songs, will at least recall the time he tried to topple MP3 off its throne with that toblerone-like, expensive thingy.

And to think the term 'iPod killer' at least, has been in use way back in the noughties:

Listen to the music, not the media it's on.
União e reconstrução

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #203 –
Quote from: LedHed8 on
http://m.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/what-p...noiseytwitteruk

The author of this article isn't pulling any punches with his criticism of Neil Young and the Pono.  He's calling out the Pono effort for the profiteering and snake-oil that is likely behind the effort.


Thanks for sharing the link, LedHed8. I think the author makes a very strong argument about the redundant nature of Neil Young's Pono. So, nope, no Pono for me. Not to sound at all saintly (hear hear, Pono is Hawaiian for "righteous"), I'm always happy to righteously support my favourite independent artists on Bandcamp, buying their music in various high quality formats. They aren't 24/192 masters or other silly so-called ultra-high resolution audio formats but they sound brilliant on my Klipsch Image One headphones, thank you very much.
lossyWAV -q H | FLAC -5 ~= 480kbps
QAAC 320kbps

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #204 –
I'll wait for the Beats Audio version. That'll sound really great.

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #205 –
Neil Young's Twitter account hacked.

Let it be said that this "SLUT FOR THE D" person is way cooler than the real Neil Young, especially for not talking about any of this Poon nonsense.

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #206 –
Not as popular as expected from the looks of it.

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“Lack of resources” keeps Neil Young’s Pono Player from expanding
10,000s of players and 100,000s of tracks apparently sold, but money is a problem.

Neil Young's oddly shaped MP3 player has apparently found a small niche, regardless of whether listeners can actually hear the difference between its 24-bit, 192kHz songs and music streamed or downloaded from the likes of Apple or Spotify. In a Facebook post last week, Young indicated that "tens of thousands of players and hundreds of thousands of tracks" had been sold and that the Pono Players manufactured so far had a three percent failure rate.

That said, the company is still running into trouble stemming from its lack of resources, suggesting that it has spent the bulk of its $6.2 million Kickstarter haul from last year. Young wants Pono to expand into Canada, Great Britain, and Germany, among other countries, but it doesn't currently have the funding. The company also continues its hunt for a "proven business leader" to serve as CEO, a role Young stepped into when former CEO John Hamm (not to be confused with actor Jon Hamm) left in July of 2014.

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Ars Technica: “Lack of resources” keeps Neil Young’s Pono Player from expanding
Every night with my star friends / We eat caviar and drink champagne
Sniffing in the VIP area / We talk about Frank Sinatra
Do you know Frank Sinatra? / He's dead

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #207 –
Quote from: Maurits on
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In a Facebook post last week, Young indicated that "tens of thousands of players and hundreds of thousands of tracks" had been sold and that the Pono Players manufactured so far had a three percent failure rate.

3%? Isn't that like six billion sigmas?  Maybe they have a deranged orangutan running amok in their manufacturing facility...

Neil Young's new iPod killer!

Reply #208 –
Quote from: Maurits on
Not as popular as expected from the looks of it.

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“Lack of resources” keeps Neil Young’s Pono Player from expanding
10,000s of players and 100,000s of tracks apparently sold, but money is a problem.

Neil Young's oddly shaped MP3 player has apparently found a small niche, regardless of whether listeners can actually hear the difference between its 24-bit, 192kHz songs and music streamed or downloaded from the likes of Apple or Spotify. In a Facebook post last week, Young indicated that "tens of thousands of players and hundreds of thousands of tracks" had been sold and that the Pono Players manufactured so far had a three percent failure rate.

That said, the company is still running into trouble stemming from its lack of resources, suggesting that it has spent the bulk of its $6.2 million Kickstarter haul from last year. Young wants Pono to expand into Canada, Great Britain, and Germany, among other countries, but it doesn't currently have the funding. The company also continues its hunt for a "proven business leader" to serve as CEO, a role Young stepped into when former CEO John Hamm (not to be confused with actor Jon Hamm) left in July of 2014.

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Ars Technica: “Lack of resources” keeps Neil Young’s Pono Player from expanding



All the kids are moving to vinyl.