Rip your CD’s again. Do it right this time.
Most of us went through ripping phases where we created gigs of MP3 files and either traded back in our CD’s or hid them in the basement. We’ve been walking around … Read the rest
Rip your CD’s again. Do it right this time.
Most of us went through ripping phases where we created gigs of MP3 files and either traded back in our CD’s or hid them in the basement. We’ve been walking around … Read the rest
Well this is getting interesting. British company Meridian has come up with something that goes beyond just a format or delivery mechanism, and also involves lossy compression, yet it still looks like a potential future audio technology we need to … Read the rest
… or I was losing my hearing.
Words of wisdom from the people that know music (the people that make music):
… Read the restI’ve been telling you all about my snazzy new music player. And I’ve been fighting the good fight with online math geniuses that claim there is no such thing as hi-res. Here’s another review of the PonoPlayer, along with … Read the rest
Pono and Harman announced they reached a deal to bring the Pono audio goodness into cars, and this could be the mainstream breakthrough Pono needs. The more people that hear it the better because it’s the best marketing possible. Hear … Read the rest
I did the math for you since there’s some confusion out there about how much space hi-def music takes. Here’s what you can store on 64gb cards:
Was browsing around the Ponomusic store the other night, and found some good funk at full 24bit:

Bootsy: Playa of the Year and Ahh The Name is @ 24/192 for $21.79
Stevie Wonder: Songs, Musiquarium, Talking … Read the rest
Oh damn, the internet generation strikes back against pono!
I just fired up my old iPhone 4, hit youtube, searched for flac, found ihearttflac and flacsgreatesthits, and was forced to admit after a day of reflection and jamming on my … Read the rest
I have a few revisions to make but I thought I’d get this thing posted so I can start sharing out the link next week. Enjoy my long-form run through what a PonoPlayer is, and why you might want one:… Read the rest
High quality mainstream style review of the pono player covering all the issues around modern consumer audio. Good stuff!
Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
[deep ominous movie trailer chord]
Walkman 1 (1980) – by Sony – stereo cassette – 2 headphone jacks – powered by 2 AA batteries for runtime of 20 hours.
Walkman … Read the rest

This might actually go mainstream, look at this financial show fawning over Pono:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000319253… Read the rest

My new sexy little digital audio player (aka DAP) is arriving at the end of this month. I was an early supporter of PonoMusic and their PonoPlayer on kickstarter, so not only will I have one of the first … Read the rest

So the CD is dead, the mp3 is going nowhere fast, everyone seems to stream or listen to their mp3 libraries, the HD Digital files are just starting to gain traction, and analog records keeps chugging along towards their 100th … Read the rest