Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

PH20

Goal reached.

jlaustin

Incredible that they reached their goal in one day! Way to go, Neil Young and PJ fans!

morello

Still trying to decide whether to do it.............

Kev - Coat and Keys

Well Neil and Co can take my $400.
I am still rocking the minidisc player though so I may not be a man of useful opinions.

demetrios

Kev - Coat and Keys said:

Well Neil and Co can take my $400.
I am still rocking the minidisc player though so I may not be a man of useful opinions.

Never had a minidisc player. But did own one of these 8-track portable players.



So this is totally a step above then what I used to own!

skubrick2899

morello said:

Still trying to decide whether to do it.............

I know what you mean. I kept going back and forth on whether it'd be worth it for me since I already own MP3 players. I guess the biggest selling point is knowing that all file types can be used so even if I start slow with building a hi res library I know I can still add lower quality files that I have. So I don't have to break the bank right away.

october22

Fuck.

I really want this. I remember seeing NY talk about it on Letterman and have been interested since. One problem is that I really should not be spending $300-$400 on anything right now, let alone something I really don't "need".

Also, I'm wresting with the whole "new format" thing. I love vinyl. That's where I spend my money on albums that I know are worth it. Am I now going to have decide between vinyl and Pono? Pono music looks to be very expensive (between 20-25 bucks an album). No way I'm spending $50 on average to have both the vinyl and digital format of a record. That leaves me in most cases to have to choose between the two and I just can't see myself abandoning physical for digital (no matter how good the digital may be).

Of course, I could take all my cd's and dump them on there, which would certainly be an improvement to the mp3 files I now have of them (though still lower quality than Pono versions) but I lost all my cd's in fucking Hurricane asshole Sandy. This can be solved by annoying the fuck out of my friends and going around to their houses to try to borrow cd's and reestablish my collection but it still doesn't solve the above problem of future buying.

Anyone else wrestling with this?

Kev - Coat and Keys

demetrios said:

Kev - Coat and Keys said:

Well Neil and Co can take my $400.
I am still rocking the minidisc player though so I may not be a man of useful opinions.

Never had a minidisc player. But did own one of these 8-track portable players.



So this is totally a step above then what I used to own!

Cool, something makes me feel Neil Young would approve of portable 8 tracks even in the age of Pono.
Keep on Rocking Man.

goldrush

october22 said:

Fuck.

I really want this. I remember seeing NY talk about it on Letterman and have been interested since. One problem is that I really should not be spending $300-$400 on anything right now, let alone something I really don't "need".

Also, I'm wresting with the whole "new format" thing. I love vinyl. That's where I spend my money on albums that I know are worth it. Am I now going to have decide between vinyl and Pono? Pono music looks to be very expensive (between 20-25 bucks an album). No way I'm spending $50 on average to have both the vinyl and digital format of a record. That leaves me in most cases to have to choose between the two and I just can't see myself abandoning physical for digital (no matter how good the digital may be).

Of course, I could take all my cd's and dump them on there, which would certainly be an improvement to the mp3 files I now have of them (though still lower quality than Pono versions) but I lost all my cd's in fucking Hurricane asshole Sandy. This can be solved by annoying the fuck out of my friends and going around to their houses to try to borrow cd's and reestablish my collection but it still doesn't solve the above problem of future buying.

Anyone else wrestling with this?

Yep! I would love to get one of these, but I know I don't really 'need' it. I love vinyl and will always prefer physical copies to digital music. My first choice would have been the Neil signature model but that's long gone. PJ would obviously have been my second choice but I just can't justify $400 right now no matter how cool it is.

I know I'll be kicking myself when they're all gone though...

october22

goldrush said:

october22 said:

Fuck.

I really want this. I remember seeing NY talk about it on Letterman and have been interested since. One problem is that I really should not be spending $300-$400 on anything right now, let alone something I really don't "need".

Also, I'm wresting with the whole "new format" thing. I love vinyl. That's where I spend my money on albums that I know are worth it. Am I now going to have decide between vinyl and Pono? Pono music looks to be very expensive (between 20-25 bucks an album). No way I'm spending $50 on average to have both the vinyl and digital format of a record. That leaves me in most cases to have to choose between the two and I just can't see myself abandoning physical for digital (no matter how good the digital may be).

Of course, I could take all my cd's and dump them on there, which would certainly be an improvement to the mp3 files I now have of them (though still lower quality than Pono versions) but I lost all my cd's in fucking Hurricane asshole Sandy. This can be solved by annoying the fuck out of my friends and going around to their houses to try to borrow cd's and reestablish my collection but it still doesn't solve the above problem of future buying.

Anyone else wrestling with this?

Yep! I would love to get one of these, but I know I don't really 'need' it. I love vinyl and will always prefer physical copies to digital music. My first choice would have been the Neil signature model but that's long gone. PJ would obviously have been my second choice but I just can't justify $400 right now no matter how cool it is.

I know I'll be kicking myself when they're all gone though...

I know...shit. And my bday and Christmas are pretty far off...As a true capitalist, I'd love to pass the costs on to someone else.

Natashapearljamfan

Does anyone know how much storage capacity these have? My MP3 player has 16GB, but its been full for a long time.

october22

I think it comes with 60gb and another 60gb on a card. But it's actually infinite because you can swap cards.

Travelar

Natashapearljamfan said:

Does anyone know how much storage capacity these have? My MP3 player has 16GB, but its been full for a long time.

The PonoPlayer ships with a total of 128GB. 64GB of memory is built into the player and another 64GB of memory on a removable microSD card. The expansion slot can accept microSD cards of up to 64GB each. Unlike many other portable music players, the microSD cards are designed to be easily swappable. For example, you can build a library of various playlists or genres on different cards and simply swap them in and out, much like you'd swap game cards on a portable gaming console. So in reality you have infinite capacity on the PonoPlayer.

How many songs can it hold? That depends on the quality of your music files:

• CD lossless quality recordings (44.1 kHz/16 bit): About 5000 tracks.
• High-resolution recordings (48 kHz/24 bit): About 3200 tracks.
• Higher-resolution recordings (96 kHz/24 bit): About 1600 tracks.
• Ultra-high resolution recordings (192 kHz/24 bit): About 800 tracks.

This is a LOT of high-resolution music, and we say, “the more the better”. You’ll get hooked on how good this music sounds.

Myluckyhand

Done!!!

Air23

How can I trasnfer music from my own personal CDs to the Pono player? Is it possible?

buck502000

Travelar said:

Natashapearljamfan said:

Does anyone know how much storage capacity these have? My MP3 player has 16GB, but its been full for a long time.

The PonoPlayer ships with a total of 128GB. 64GB of memory is built into the player and another 64GB of memory on a removable microSD card. The expansion slot can accept microSD cards of up to 64GB each. Unlike many other portable music players, the microSD cards are designed to be easily swappable. For example, you can build a library of various playlists or genres on different cards and simply swap them in and out, much like you'd swap game cards on a portable gaming console. So in reality you have infinite capacity on the PonoPlayer.

How many songs can it hold? That depends on the quality of your music files:

• CD lossless quality recordings (44.1 kHz/16 bit): About 5000 tracks.
• High-resolution recordings (48 kHz/24 bit): About 3200 tracks.
• Higher-resolution recordings (96 kHz/24 bit): About 1600 tracks.
• Ultra-high resolution recordings (192 kHz/24 bit): About 800 tracks.

This is a LOT of high-resolution music, and we say, “the more the better”. You’ll get hooked on how good this music sounds.

I am a little skeptical on this topic of storage with PONO. I watched the keynote from SXSW last night, with Neil and the CEO chap. The topic of storage came up, and the CEO said something like, "It has a 64GB built-in memory and comes with a 64GB card, we are waiting on a 128GB card." Not sure what this means. It may mean nothing. It may mean you have to buy proprietary memory sticks. Who knows. It think I will quote what Uncle Neil said a few times last night, "Even if we(PONO) fail, music still wins." I am with him there. I am all for higher quality music and competition in the digital music space. Peace.

Travelar

Air23 said:

How can I trasnfer music from my own personal CDs to the Pono player? Is it possible?

Rip to your favorite format and copy. It's got a USB connector, so it looks like you can just mount it as a drive and copy your music over.

buck502000 said:

I am a little skeptical on this topic of storage with PONO. I watched the keynote from SXSW last night, with Neil and the CEO chap. The topic of storage came up, and the CEO said something like, "It has a 64GB built-in memory and comes with a 64GB card, we are waiting on a 128GB card." Not sure what this means. It may mean nothing. It may mean you have to buy proprietary memory sticks. Who knows. It think I will quote what Uncle Neil said a few times last night, "Even if we(PONO) fail, music still wins." I am with him there. I am all for higher quality music and competition in the digital music space. Peace.

As far as I can tell, it uses standard microSD cards. Of course, until someone actually has one in their hands...

RedMosquito02

Kev - Coat and Keys said:

Well Neil and Co can take my $400.
I am still rocking the minidisc player though so I may not be a man of useful opinions.

Still rocking the minidisc too
:-bd

RedMosquito02

266 PJ left! Almost half gone...

buck502000

RedMosquito02 said:

Kev - Coat and Keys said:

Well Neil and Co can take my $400.
I am still rocking the minidisc player though so I may not be a man of useful opinions.

Still rocking the minidisc too
:-bd

Mini Disc players are/were cool. It was the first truly digital pocket do all device. It was really handy for capturing live music. I also liked how you could move the tracks around on your mix.