Quick visual experience:
If you own a ponoplayer or another modern 24bit digital audio player, you can experience this.
Full resolution for all the music you love will return you to the quality you deserve.
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PonoPlayer
PonoPlayer is the Stereophile 2015 Digital Product Of The Year
Ignore those who wouldn’t know good sound if their life depended on it.
The PonoPlayer is winning awards and impressing nearly everyone who hears it.
I’m referring to those that have some idea what they are doing and hearing. First … Read the rest
Guide To Hi-Res Audio
The momentum continues, as more publications pick up on this new push towards quality in consumer audio. MP3 won’t die without a fight, but it’s 15 year grip on the music industry appears to be loosening.
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Free Upgrades For Life
Funny how reality got in the way of the Pono bashing and Neil Young hating that was all over the internet in 2013-2014.
The emperor has clothes. He usually wears yellow.
- They claimed Young was trying to
Promises Fulfilled
This is from a guy that spends his life testing high-end audio devices – things like $15k Amps and $5k headphones.
That ain’t my market, as you know.
He ordered a PonoPlayer and by the time it arrived he was … Read the rest
Making Records In The Age of Pono
Great blog post covering Pono and the trends in music from a well known music producer. There is a lot of work to still be done in ending the era of bad sound quality but I like how he acknowledges … Read the rest
The Pono Promise Is Real
This crazy old rock star started another company. He named it the Hawaiian word for righteousness. He has long hair, wears jeans and a leather coat, it’s a for-profit small business, and he is hated by conservatives.
The … Read the rest
PonoPlayer Doing Well At Amazon
During my recent shopping experience I’ve found Amazon reviews to be pretty accurate once enough people use that product and report back.
The Pono Player has been for sale up there for a while and people of all types have … Read the rest
1000k and Beyond
Control the terminology, control the message.
I am listening to Sam Cooke right now. It’s stunning. Through $24 computer speakers. You think I’m kidding? Try it yourself.
It’s a 3000k bitrate file. That’s sure helps.
It’s being played on the … Read the rest
New Listening Test – A Proposal
It’s time for a better listening test. It’s time to use our understanding properly.
A proper listening test…
- needs to use all available sensory data from a modern smartwatch/ wearable CPU device
- needs to be portable and self-contained to allow
24 Bit Goodness
I’ve been picking up one 24bit release per month to enjoy on the PonoPlayer, and while they have been slow to be released (my theory on why is below), I do really enjoy the ones I have.
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Life With PonoPlayer
I’ve been playing this thing daily for 5 months now. Here’s more thoughts on living with it (and some new pictures):
- The form/shape is still nearly perfect. The only thing it doesn’t like is working out with tight
Loudness Wars Research
I’ve really been exploring my music collection lately* and along with the playback quality of the PonoPlayer, I’ve learned some things about the hated concept of “loudness wars”:
- I can really hear it start up in the early 90’s
Recording Quality Rule Of Thumb
Allow me to speak some truth about the recording arts — the overall quality of music production has been going down since before I started. I’ve done nothing to reverse the trend ;-).
This is due to multiple factors not … Read the rest
Breathophile
I love air. I really enjoy breathing, and I do it everyday.
It’s what drives me and is perhaps the most important thing in my life.
I don’t want it constricted or contain some odor of unfamiliarity.
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Just For You – Not Too Late To Save Yourself Musically
The more stuff I put on my PonoPlayer, 16/44 and higher, it is sounding so amazing that I’m discovering things in my own CD collection. Things I haven’t heard before!
In some cases it’s parts, instruments, & entire background melodies … Read the rest
Extended Playlist Mentality
So I prayed on it a bit, and I am starting to like the idea I’m calling “Extended Playlists” to organize my digital music library v2.
The idea is simple – develop several playlists 30-50 songs deep. They can be … Read the rest
Triangle Love
More random reasons to love the PonoPlayer, the more I live with it:
- It has no EQ. Thank you. The mix is perfect, or at least final. You can buy different headphones/speakers, or run an external EQ if you insist,