Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

shecky

Or just check back here and on eBay next month when people start to receive their special editions. No doubt a great many were purchased to flip.

tribejammer05

If anyone is curious about their orders showing - my order page on Pono's store has been updated to show my Kickstarter order.

tribejammer05

derbydave said:

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

My Morning Jacket albums just announced and indeed it is:

Circuital - 44 kHz/24-bit

Okonokos - 44 kHz/24-bit

darthvedder

tribejammer05 said:

derbydave said:

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

My Morning Jacket albums just announced and indeed it is:

Circuital - 44 kHz/24-bit

Okonokos - 44 kHz/24-bit

Holy shit....24 bit Okonokos? Nice!

tribejammer05

October is a week away. Aside from the new Pearl Jam tour it's also going to be time for Ponos to start showing up!

Neil Young will be speaking about Pono at the Dreamforce Conference on Oct. 16th. I hope we get Ponos around that time!

jjflash

tribejammer05 said:

Aside from the new Pearl Jam tour it's also going to be time for Ponos to start showing up!

:bz

demetrios

tribejammer05 said:

October is a week away. Aside from the new Pearl Jam tour it's also going to be time for Ponos to start showing up!

Neil Young will be speaking about Pono at the Dreamforce Conference on Oct. 16th. I hope we get Ponos around that time!

Can't wait!!! :x

Kev - Coat and Keys

Yeah the excitement is building for me too. Might even clean my ears out some time.

Not much happening over at the Pearl Jam LE group of the Ponomusic community site though and they only have 62 members. Which seems a low number.
Did we ever work out how many people here on The Porch actually ordered players with the intention of using them?

tribejammer05

Kev - Coat and Keys said:

Did we ever work out how many people here on The Porch actually ordered players with the intention of using them?

Not sure, but I'm one of them!

MedozK

It will be interesting how far this HD Audio thing goes... how many consumers will pay $18-$25 an album for high rez digital files.

Myself, I would rather buy the vinyl for close/attentive listening at home, and listen to the shameful mp3s on the go.....but again thats just me.

lolobugg

I am part of the group. I purchased this mainly to play all my FLAC files on my home system but hopefully the prices come down somewhat. Otherwise, I am with MedozK- I would rather own the vinyl copy of the studio albums. I am hoping PJ will hook up a deal with PONO to bring down the price of the FLACHD live shows. $20 bucks a pop is a little steep. I think they would sell a LOT more at $10.

demetrios

lolobugg said:

I am part of the group. I purchased this mainly to play all my FLAC files on my home system but hopefully the prices come down somewhat. Otherwise, I am with MedozK- I would rather own the vinyl copy of the studio albums. I am hoping PJ will hook up a deal with PONO to bring down the price of the FLACHD live shows. $20 bucks a pop is a little steep. I think they would sell a LOT more at $10.

Don't think that would ever happen. A 3.5 gig download for 10 bucks? iTunes sells inferior .m4a files for 10 bucks for only a 100mb download. MB!! .You are getting a better deal downloading a 3.5gig ... 3 hour show for 20 bucks, IMO.

Apple are making a shit load of money. Money coming from dumb consumers who are willing to pay for an inferior product. Why would you pay 10 bucks for a 100mb inferior .m4a product when you can pay 10 bucks & own a superior audio CD? I little bit more you can own the superior vinyl product?

20 bucks for a 3.5 gig download @ 24 Bit 96kHz is pretty sweet. I wonder if Pearl Jam will take it up a notch next month & release their live NA '14 show's in 24 Bit 192kHz. *drools

lolobugg

demetrios said:

lolobugg said:

I am part of the group. I purchased this mainly to play all my FLAC files on my home system but hopefully the prices come down somewhat. Otherwise, I am with MedozK- I would rather own the vinyl copy of the studio albums. I am hoping PJ will hook up a deal with PONO to bring down the price of the FLACHD live shows. $20 bucks a pop is a little steep. I think they would sell a LOT more at $10.

Don't think that would ever happen. A 3.5 gig download for 10 bucks? iTunes sells inferior .m4a files for 10 bucks for only a 100mb download. MB!! .You are getting a better deal downloading a 3.5gig ... 3 hour show for 20 bucks, IMO.

Apple are making a shit load of money. Money coming from dumb consumers who are willing to pay for an inferior product. Why would you pay 10 bucks for a 100mb inferior .m4a product when you can pay 10 bucks & own a superior audio CD? I little bit more you can own the superior vinyl product?

20 bucks for a 3.5 gig download @ 24 Bit 96kHz is pretty sweet. I wonder if Pearl Jam will take it up a notch next month & release their live NA '14 show's in 24 Bit 192kHz. *drools

I hear ya,
I have never and will never pay money for an MP3
I am just thinking of economy of scale....digital downloads cost very to produce. They are recording the shows either way. Once it is mixed-it is done for the most part. everything they sell is almost pure profit(I guess they pay residuals on the cover songs), whereas vinyl has huge overhead especially with the lack of pressing plants.
I know it won't happen but I am just saying- I would personally buy more bootlegs if they were less expensive. It doesn't make sense but it is just consumer behavior. If I am paying over $20 then I want a physical object.
So for me it will be Leeds and Cinci in FLACHD regardless of how awesome any of the other shows are.

And yeah I hope they put their money where there mouth is and start releasing the 192kHz.
shit, I might even forego the vinyl version for a studio recording in that quality

MedozK

lolobugg said:

And yeah I hope they put their money where there mouth is and start releasing the 192kHz.
shit, I might even forego the vinyl version for a studio recording in that quality

I dont have the equipment or ears to hear what makes 192 superior. I like vinyl and cds for the tangible product. Digital is just to "hands off" for me.

lolobugg

MedozK said:

lolobugg said:

And yeah I hope they put their money where there mouth is and start releasing the 192kHz.
shit, I might even forego the vinyl version for a studio recording in that quality

I dont have the equipment or ears to hear what makes 192 superior. I like vinyl and cds for the tangible product. Digital is just to "hands off" for me.

Yeah, I am prob too old school to give up vinyl.
My TT isn't audiophile but its pretty damn good.
anxious to compare it against the PONO

demetrios

#45
Flashback Friday!

Posted by the PonoMusic Team

Hi all!

Nostalgia for the Kickstarter inspired us to flip through old photos from the campaign.
We found one we couldn't help but share with you all:



Remember our puppy Jojo?
We are looking forward to getting photos of you with your players when you receive them!
Happy weekend and start to fall!

tribejammer05

Oct 1! Hopefully we start hearing more about the Pono soon!

Zod

MedozK said:

It will be interesting how far this HD Audio thing goes... how many consumers will pay $18-$25 an album for high rez digital files.

Myself, I would rather buy the vinyl for close/attentive listening at home, and listen to the shameful mp3s on the go.....but again thats just me.

The thing is, you don't need HD audio to benefit from a player like Pono. A high quality DAC and high quality set of IEM's/Headphones go a long way. One of the reasons there's a small demand for high quality players is that smartphones and generic mp3 players use average quality DACs.

My Cowon S9 is getting a little old (which I currently use to play regular FLAC) and I've been thinking of buying a PONO to replace it. I don't think I'd feel the need to rebuy all my music in HD, I'm content with a high quality player.

shadowcast

I just looked into this Pono player and I will have to buy the albums again? No thanks...

tribejammer05

shadowcast said:

I just looked into this Pono player and I will have to buy the albums again? No thanks...

Not at all. It's capable of playing multiple files. The pitch is it'll make those files sound better.