Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

october22

darthvedder said:

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

Wow....CD quality. Talk about not making use of the technology.
Any word on the two albums for My Morning Jacket?

yeah...I don't really get that either...

Zod

A good player makes cd quality sound really good. IE a high quality player is worth it even if you only ever intend to use cd quality flac.

That being said you would think they'd use HD quality Flac just to show what the device can really do

october22

Zod said:

A good player makes cd quality sound really good. IE a high quality player is worth it even if you only ever intend to use cd quality flac.

That being said you would think they'd use HD quality Flac just to show what the device can really do

Exactly. Does anyone know why they wouldn't release a higher quality version? Why do you think they made the decision to do 44/16?

Thirty Bills Unpaid

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

Thanks for this info!

demetrios

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

https://ponomusic.force.com/_ui/core/chatter/groups/GroupProfilePage?g=0F9A00000004qhw

Not sure why they went with these recordings. But if this is true about those 2 sources ..

Andrew Donald (Member)
If the resolution of the master tapes for a particular album is 16bit/44.1kHz (1411kbps), for example, then that is what will ultimately be submitted by the studio to Omnifone, for Pono.

..

darthvedder

demetrios said:

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

https://ponomusic.force.com/_ui/core/chatter/groups/GroupProfilePage?g=0F9A00000004qhw

Not sure why they went with these recordings. But if this is true about those 2 sources ..

Andrew Donald (Member)
If the resolution of the master tapes for a particular album is 16bit/44.1kHz (1411kbps), for example, then that is what will ultimately be submitted by the studio to Omnifone, for Pono.

..

And that's the ultimate issue. The artists master for the format that is popular at the time. Hell, they're even mastering for iTunes these days! (which disturbs me to no end)

So, everything that was mastered for vinyl (before the mid-80s) will see the benefit of higher resolutions. I doubt we'll see many bands from the mid-80s to now (like DMB) take the time to remaster their old albums.

demetrios

Project Update #43: Corrections to a recent article on Pono
Posted by the PonoMusic Team Black

Hi all,

An article recently came out with unfounded claims suggesting PonoPlayers pre-ordered though Kickstarter would not ship until 2015.

Our team wants to reiterate our commitment to all of you: Delivery of the PonoPlayer still stands as originally expected—October 2014 or December 2014 depending on your specific player.

We’ve been working extensively to stick to the timeframe we promised all of you backers and have dedicated ourselves to following through. In addition to shipment of the player this fall, we will launch our music library in October with about 2.5M tracks.

New pre-orders, now being taken through our online store, will be sent in 2015.

We hope this clears up any confusion! If not, please send over any questions or concerns to support@ponomusic.com.

Our very best,

Team Pono

..

http://www.showbiz411.com/2014/08/30/neil-youngs-super-mp3-player-pono-wont-be-coming-in-2014

october22

darthvedder said:

demetrios said:

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

https://ponomusic.force.com/_ui/core/chatter/groups/GroupProfilePage?g=0F9A00000004qhw

Not sure why they went with these recordings. But if this is true about those 2 sources ..

Andrew Donald (Member)
If the resolution of the master tapes for a particular album is 16bit/44.1kHz (1411kbps), for example, then that is what will ultimately be submitted by the studio to Omnifone, for Pono.

..

And that's the ultimate issue. The artists master for the format that is popular at the time. Hell, they're even mastering for iTunes these days! (which disturbs me to no end)

So, everything that was mastered for vinyl (before the mid-80s) will see the benefit of higher resolutions. I doubt we'll see many bands from the mid-80s to now (like DMB) take the time to remaster their old albums.

This is true, however, if Pono's claims are true, even cd quality should sound better than it would on many stereos and especially other portable devices because of the dac they're using. I'm not necessarily making that claim but I believe they have.

october22

Also, I read that article they're referring to in the email they sent today. The dude is a complete moron. He literally got every fact wrong.

tribejammer05

darthvedder said:

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

Wow....CD quality. Talk about not making use of the technology.
Any word on the two albums for My Morning Jacket?

Haven't seen anything listed yet for My Morning Jacket.

toolfan2305

or metallica

RD101189

2-feign-reluctance said:

How do a few of you drop $800 just like that? Are you wealthy? Living beyond your means? Racking up credit card debt? Wall Street tycoons? Selling drugs in your spare time?

Good paying job with a Fortune 100 company plus a little credit card debt. Also helps not having a car payment at this point, but that will have to change soon.

darthvedder

tribejammer05 said:

darthvedder said:

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

Wow....CD quality. Talk about not making use of the technology.
Any word on the two albums for My Morning Jacket?

Haven't seen anything listed yet for My Morning Jacket.

Thank you.

demetrios

toolfan2305 said:

or metallica

Kinda surprised there isn't a Metallica LE group yet.

toolfan2305

I just hope it isnt st anger! What a steaming pile of shiiiite!

derbydave

tribejammer05 said:

darthvedder said:

tribejammer05 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

I'm curious to know where people got the album information from?

Which two albums are going to be on the Dave Matthews pono?

They're posted in the Pono Community forums. Each LE Pono has its own group that lists the albums that will be included. For Dave Matthews Band it's:

Crash - 44 kHz/16-bit

Under the Table and Dreaming - 44.1 kHz/16-bit

Wow....CD quality. Talk about not making use of the technology.
Any word on the two albums for My Morning Jacket?

Haven't seen anything listed yet for My Morning Jacket.

PLEASE...Let one of the MMJ albums be OKONOKOS!!!! [-O<

earthquakes making waves

So, I'm way late to this game and just now catching up of the Pono concept. Are the only players available to order the 2 on the website, which would mean waiting till 2015 to get or is there a way to get some of the other series that were originally available? Thx for any input...

october22

demetrios said:

toolfan2305 said:

or metallica

Kinda surprised there isn't a Metallica LE group yet.

What's up with Metallica fans? I believe there is a local ordinance in Long Island, NY demanding that all male residents must be Metallica fans and their amount of Ride the Lightning t-shirts must be in direct proportion to how unattractive they are to the opposite sex. I've always wondered if, when Metallica records are played backwards, one can hear James Hetfield urging teenage fans to never wash their faces or if that was just some massive group decision.

I've seen countless numbers of these lonely, horny creatures corroding the corridors of the LIRR my entire life. Where are they now? Have they simply not yet taken to the internet?

Hobbes

october22 said:

demetrios said:

toolfan2305 said:

or metallica

Kinda surprised there isn't a Metallica LE group yet.

What's up with Metallica fans? I believe there is a local ordinance in Long Island, NY demanding that all male residents must be Metallica fans and their amount of Ride the Lightning t-shirts must be in direct proportion to how unattractive they are to the opposite sex. I've always wondered if, when Metallica records are played backwards, one can hear James Hetfield urging teenage fans to never wash their faces or if that was just some massive group decision.

I've seen countless numbers of these lonely, horny creatures corroding the corridors of the LIRR my entire life. Where are they now? Have they simply not yet taken to the internet?

Internet = Napster. Napster bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y

PJ_Soul

earthquakes making waves said:

So, I'm way late to this game and just now catching up of the Pono concept. Are the only players available to order the 2 on the website, which would mean waiting till 2015 to get or is there a way to get some of the other series that were originally available? Thx for any input...

Too late to the party for the early releases/special editions I'm afraid. You have to wait until 2015.