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Post by lpedrum on Jan 6, 2015 10:59:06 GMT -6
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Post by Martin John Butler on Jan 6, 2015 11:11:18 GMT -6
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Post by lpedrum on Jan 6, 2015 11:28:58 GMT -6
click on Sony...it's a link |
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Post by Martin John Butler on Jan 6, 2015 11:42:39 GMT -6
Got it, thanks. Usually links get automatically colorized, so I didn't think it was a link. Maybe around $600 this might be of interest, but without a major media push, I doubt it'll get much notice.
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Post by formatcyes on Jan 6, 2015 14:18:29 GMT -6
Hell yeah should make my $2.00 ear-buds sound awesome..
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Post by LesC on Jan 6, 2015 15:38:33 GMT -6
Damn, I thought this said porno competition.
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Post by tonycamphd on Jan 6, 2015 16:03:15 GMT -6
"The company touts its noise reduction, and the ability to upscale non-hi-res streaming sources to better quality sound"
Really?
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Post by donr on Jan 6, 2015 19:59:47 GMT -6
At least the SONY has a liquor flask form factor. The PONO's "wheel chock" or "Toblerone" form is a #fail going in. I'll bet on it.
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 6, 2015 21:58:15 GMT -6
Is that a Pono in your pocket or are you...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2015 23:44:05 GMT -6
You guys should check out Tidal. It's an audiophile grade version of spotify or Rdio. Dunno. I think Pono is bullshit as it's my (limited) understanding that there is no greater resolution than the master recording. Why not develop a 24bit ,wav player and call it a day?
Also, while I don't claim to have any form of "golden ears" I have passed a blind shootout comparing summing mixers and would not like my chances picking out the 328kb MP3 over a Master. This is not to say I send MP3s as masters because a scientifically higher resolution is available but I am saying if I had to prove it with my ears I could not.
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Post by popmann on Jan 8, 2015 17:59:13 GMT -6
So, he opened the store....it's 90% CD resolution files....I had intended to buy the whole Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt catalogs--assuming they, being his buddies, would've saved their high rez stuff to be exclusive to Pono.
Nope. Even Bonnie's last 24/88 is a Redbook in the pono store....and all the ones Jackson had briefly on HDTracks but were pulled? CDs. So, I literally own more 96khz Jackson Browne than you can get in the new "high rez" Pono store. Terribly weird.
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Post by popmann on Jan 8, 2015 18:06:25 GMT -6
I think Pono is bullshit as it's my (limited) understanding that there is no greater resolution than the master recording. Why not develop a 24bit ,wav player and call it a day? That's actually all Pono IS....but, then....of course there's no greater resolution than the master. But, whether it's a 24/96 master or 24/48 or analog 1/2"....it's more than CD can reproduce. Since mp3 is created from the already dumbed down CD.... |
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Post by Ward on Jan 10, 2015 13:35:35 GMT -6
Well kids, the MP3 isn't going anywhere. It's the digital equivalent of the cassette tape. Cheap, small, fast and affordable for the masses. And you know something? I grew up listening to all my music on cassettes - I'm from "that" generation - and loved the softer sound of a cassette versus a CD for extended play with headphones. Less ear fatigue.
So as much as I applaud Sony for making something truly upscale that brings audiofile quality to the middle classes, I don't see this getting widespread consumer acceptance, not even from us gearheads.
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