Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

1…8182848687…97

Comments

  • JohnnieBeBlue
    JohnnieBeBlue Posts: 630
    Horse2345 said:

    davidos said:

    Returned my Sennheiser Momentums and bought the NAD VISO HP50s.... WOW! Incredible headphones.... Not as harsh as my ATH-M50s and not as muffled as the Momentums... Highly Recommend!

    How'd you return them? Most places don't accept open headphones, i tried at futureshop and they said no.
    Never buy anything from anywhere other than Amazon if you are even thinking of returning them.
  • Horse2345
    Horse2345 Posts: 3,294
    JohnnieBeBlue said:

    Horse2345 said:

    davidos said:

    Returned my Sennheiser Momentums and bought the NAD VISO HP50s.... WOW! Incredible headphones.... Not as harsh as my ATH-M50s and not as muffled as the Momentums... Highly Recommend!

    How'd you return them? Most places don't accept open headphones, i tried at futureshop and they said no.
    Never buy anything from anywhere other than Amazon if you are even thinking of returning them.
    Just bought them from FS because they were $100 cheaper. I like them though , bought the HD 598 from Amazon for $113 too.
    Need to grow some more ears.
    UBC 92, Vancouver 93, Vancouver 98, Seattle 02, Vancouver 03, Vancouver 05, Gorge 06, Gorge 06,Seattle 09,Seattle 09, Vancouver09, Montreal 11, Toronto 11,Toronto 11, Vancouver 11,Vancouver 13, Seattle 13
  • jomary
    jomary Posts: 410
    Still waiting for a status update beyond Order Submitted from Pono. Today is now Dec 8th and still no change. So far my confidence in this company is at an all time low.
    Raleigh, NC 8-18-92
    Missoula, MT 9-30-12, EV Dallas, TX 11-15-12, EV San Antonio 11-16-12
    London, ONT 7-16-13 - Wrigley Field 7-19-13
    Charlotte 10-30-13, Dallas 11-15-13, OKC 11-16-13, Seattle 12-6-13
    Tulsa 10-8-14, Lincoln 10-9-14, St. Paul 10-19-14, Milwaukee 10-20-14
    NYC 9-26-15
    Ft Lauderdale 4-8-16, Miami 4-9-16, Tampa 4-11-16, Jacksonville 4-13-16, Pemberton 7-17-16,Wrigley 8-20-16 and 8-22-16
    Seattle 8-8-18; 8-10-18, Missoula 8-13-18
    Earthlings 2022:  Seattle 2-21-222 and 2-22-22, Los Angeles 2-25-22
    EV Coeur d’Alene 7-28-23, St Paul 8-31-23 and 9-2-23, Ft Worth 9-13-23 and 9-15-23, EV Seattle 10-23-23 and 10-24-23

  • davidos
    davidos Posts: 481
    Horse2345 said:

    davidos said:

    Returned my Sennheiser Momentums and bought the NAD VISO HP50s.... WOW! Incredible headphones.... Not as harsh as my ATH-M50s and not as muffled as the Momentums... Highly Recommend!

    How'd you return them? Most places don't accept open headphones, i tried at futureshop and they said no.
    Returned to Amazon...

  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,280
    Well, received the early bird Black Pono Player today. Small custom box. On the UPS slip it said .. Total Value For Duty .. $454.40. So .. I had to pay $105.78 for customs. Totally gutted. The early bird Black Pono Player was $215 shipped to Canada. They put $454.40 on the custom form. I sent them an email & soon a scan of the paying slip. Doubt they will do anything about it. Totally blows! :(

    Why in God's name do companies use UPS for shipping international packages? WHY? Please DO NOT use UPS!! I'm begging you. If you are shipping anything internationally, never in your LIFE use UPS.
  • Horse2345
    Horse2345 Posts: 3,294
    demetrios said:

    Well, received the early bird Black Pono Player today. Small custom box. On the UPS slip it said .. Total Value For Duty .. $454.40. So .. I had to pay $105.78 for customs. Totally gutted. The early bird Black Pono Player was $215 shipped to Canada. They put $454.40 on the custom form. I sent them an email & soon a scan of the paying slip. Doubt they will do anything about it. Totally blows! :(

    Why in God's name do companies use UPS for shipping international packages? WHY? Please DO NOT use UPS!! I'm begging you. If you are shipping anything internationally, never in your LIFE use UPS.

    D,
    Never pay UPS, all you have to do is get the tracking number and a copy of what you paid and bring it to a boarder agency office and self clear it. The most you should have paid was $25.
    http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/beating-cross-border-brokerage-fees-1.762619
    http://trueler.com/2010/11/24/self-clear-shipment-cbsa-avoid-ups-brokerage-fee/
    UBC 92, Vancouver 93, Vancouver 98, Seattle 02, Vancouver 03, Vancouver 05, Gorge 06, Gorge 06,Seattle 09,Seattle 09, Vancouver09, Montreal 11, Toronto 11,Toronto 11, Vancouver 11,Vancouver 13, Seattle 13
  • tribejammer05
    tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    According to their address verification page, no one's put my PJ Pono together yet!
    "There's a $10,000 bill in it for you."
    "Oh yeah? Which president's on it?"
    "Uh, all of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch."

    Columbus 2000
    Columbus 2003
    Hershey 2003
    Toledo 2004
    Cincinnati 2006
    Chicago/Lollapalooza 2007
    Columbus 2010
    Chicago/Wrigley 2013
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Portland 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,955
    demetrios said:

    Well, received the early bird Black Pono Player today. Small custom box. On the UPS slip it said .. Total Value For Duty .. $454.40. So .. I had to pay $105.78 for customs. Totally gutted. The early bird Black Pono Player was $215 shipped to Canada. They put $454.40 on the custom form. I sent them an email & soon a scan of the paying slip. Doubt they will do anything about it. Totally blows! :(

    Why in God's name do companies use UPS for shipping international packages? WHY? Please DO NOT use UPS!! I'm begging you. If you are shipping anything internationally, never in your LIFE use UPS.

    Yikes! That's crazy... Sorry that happened :(
    1996: Randall's Island 2  1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2  2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel  2005: Atlantic City 1  2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 (#25) | Newark (EV)  2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4  2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2  2011: Toronto 1  2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2015: Central Park  2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD)  2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF)  2020: MSG | Asbury Park  2021: Asbury Park  2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville  2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2025: Raleigh


  • mwplum
    mwplum Posts: 1,542
    That's garbage! I only had to pay $60 in UPS/Customs Fees for the PJ one, and I'm in Vancouver. Guessing your province has an HST as opposed to just the PST which we only have now on such items in BC?
    1992-07-21 Vancouver
    1993-9-4 Vancouver
    1996-9-16 Seattle
    1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
    2000-11-6 Seattle
    2001-10-22 Seattle
    2002 -12-09 Seattle
    2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
    2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
    2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
    2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
    2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
    2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
    2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2
    2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
  • Fastrichie
    Fastrichie Sandy Hook, CT Posts: 921
    My Pono locked up last night while transferring music. I can't get past the "pono" screen when turning it on. I can only turn it on/off by holding down the o button. When it did work, it sounded awesome.
    04/06/94 Springfield, 04/17/94 NYC, 10/02/96 Hartford, 11/14/97 Oakland, 09/08/98 NJ, 09/10/98 MSG, 09/11/98 MSG, 09/13/98 Hartford, 08/24/00 Jones Beach, 08/25/00 Jones Beach 04/30/03 Uniondale, 07/08/03 MSG, 07/09/03 MSG, 09/28/04 Boston, 10/01/05 Borgata, 10/03/05 Philly, 05/13/06 Hartford 05/25/06 Boston, 06/01/06 NJ, 06/03/06 NJ, 08/05/07 Chicago, 06/24/08 MSG, 06/25/08 MSG, 06/27/08 Hartford, 06/30/08 Mansfield, 07/01/08 The Beacon, 08/21/09 Toronto, 10/27/09 Philly, 10/28/09 Philly, 10/30/09 Philly, 10/31/09 Philly, 05/15/2010 Hartford, 05/17/2010 Boston, 05/20/2010 MSG, 05/21/2010 MSG, Montreal 09/07/2011, Philly 09/01/2012, Wrigley 07/19-20,2013, Worcester 10/16/13, Brooklyn 10/18, Brooklyn 10/19/13, Hartford 10/25/13, Ed Sullivan 09/23/2015, Central Park 09/26/2015 Philly 04/29/2016. MSG 05/01/2016, MSG 05/02/2016, Fenway 08/05/2016, Fenway 08/07/2016, Brooklyn 04/07/2017, Seattle 08/08/2018, Seattle 08/10/2018, Chicago 08/20/2018, Fenway 09/02/2018, Fenway 09/04/2018, Asbury Park 09/18/2021, Apollo Theater 09/10/2022, MSG 09/11/2022, Camden 09/14/2022, St. Paul 8/31/2023, St. Paul 9/2/2023, Seattle 05/30/2024, Missoula 08/22/2024, MSG 09/03/2024, 09/04/2024, Philly 09/07/2024, Fenway 09/15/2024, Fenway 09/17/2024, Hollywood 04/26/2025, Pittsburgh 05/16/2025, Pittsburgh 05/18/2025


  • tribejammer05
    tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    Blame Canada. Blame Canada. With all their hockey hullabaloo and that bitch Anne Murray too

    "There's a $10,000 bill in it for you."
    "Oh yeah? Which president's on it?"
    "Uh, all of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch."

    Columbus 2000
    Columbus 2003
    Hershey 2003
    Toledo 2004
    Cincinnati 2006
    Chicago/Lollapalooza 2007
    Columbus 2010
    Chicago/Wrigley 2013
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Portland 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    That's ridiculous on the customs declaration.

    Recall a similar experience with the Munk one site and never ordered anything from there since. Bought two posters at $110 (Chicago Ed Ved both nights with same numbers) and it was declared at $350 for god knows what reason and took a good $95 equivalent hit. emailed the site and got no reply.......pretty shitty, and whilst for now they wont give a monkeys I don't buy from there anymore, who knows one day they might.
  • marjen
    marjen CT Posts: 808
    Dang I failed that test. Granted I was listening through headphones on my computer, but did not notice much difference. Scored 2 correct :(
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    marjen said:

    Dang I failed that test. Granted I was listening through headphones on my computer, but did not notice much difference. Scored 2 correct :(

    that is because there is no noticeable difference to the human ear

    viva la cd!
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    edited December 2014
    my2hands said:

    marjen said:

    Dang I failed that test. Granted I was listening through headphones on my computer, but did not notice much difference. Scored 2 correct :(

    that is because there is no noticeable difference to the human ear

    viva la cd!
    I think that is the reason CDs were made to be 44.1kHz. Isnt that about the top end of human hearing?
  • Umbertotamba
    Umbertotamba Posts: 1,385
    How can you tell what your backer number is? I'll throw my name on the list when it gets here
    Springfield MA 94, Hartford CT 96
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    MedozK said:

    my2hands said:

    marjen said:

    Dang I failed that test. Granted I was listening through headphones on my computer, but did not notice much difference. Scored 2 correct :(

    that is because there is no noticeable difference to the human ear

    viva la cd!
    I think that is the reason CDs were made to be 44.1kHz. Isnt that about the top end of human hearing?
    to my understanding that is correct

  • rafie
    rafie Posts: 2,160
    I have been having a horrible experience with the Pono customer service :-( Due to the customs issue of sending bamboo to Israel, I decided to try to have the player sent to my sister in Hawaii while my mother was recently visiting there. When I realized that the package would not arrive to Hawaii on time, I changed the address back to Israel. I did all of this on the phone with the same representative (Laura) and she verified that my address was updated. A couple of days later I got my shipping conformation and it turns out that the player was being sent to Hawaii (My mother has since returned to Israel...)! After speaking again with Laura, she said that there was nothing she could do until there was a failed shipping attempt! I called UPS and had the delivery stopped, but they said that only the shipper could recall the [package. Called pono customer service again and Laura said she would take care of it. A few hours later I got an update that the package was being sent back to the pono warehouse.
    As of now, I have no idea when I will get the player...... Total fuck up!
    Still can't believe I met Mike Mccready at the Guggenheim and got a pic with him!!!!!

    2010: 9/7/10 - Bilbao
    2012: 26-27/6/12 - Amsterdam ~~ 29/6/12 - Werchter ~~ 4-5/7/12 - Berlin
    2014: 25/6/14 - Vienna ~~ 26/6/14 - Berlin
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    rafie said:

    I have been having a horrible experience with the Pono customer service :-( Due to the customs issue of sending bamboo to Israel, I decided to try to have the player sent to my sister in Hawaii while my mother was recently visiting there. When I realized that the package would not arrive to Hawaii on time, I changed the address back to Israel. I did all of this on the phone with the same representative (Laura) and she verified that my address was updated. A couple of days later I got my shipping conformation and it turns out that the player was being sent to Hawaii (My mother has since returned to Israel...)! After speaking again with Laura, she said that there was nothing she could do until there was a failed shipping attempt! I called UPS and had the delivery stopped, but they said that only the shipper could recall the [package. Called pono customer service again and Laura said she would take care of it. A few hours later I got an update that the package was being sent back to the pono warehouse.
    As of now, I have no idea when I will get the player...... Total fuck up!

    I got a shipping change confirmation too and then they sent it to my old address anyway.
    luckily I called UPS and they held it for me. I live in the same city so it wasn't too much of a problem.
    They need to get that shit fixed.

    livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=446

    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • darthvedder
    darthvedder Posts: 2,667
    my2hands said:

    MedozK said:

    my2hands said:

    marjen said:

    Dang I failed that test. Granted I was listening through headphones on my computer, but did not notice much difference. Scored 2 correct :(

    that is because there is no noticeable difference to the human ear

    viva la cd!
    I think that is the reason CDs were made to be 44.1kHz. Isnt that about the top end of human hearing?
    to my understanding that is correct

    Humans can't hear frequencies above 20 kHz. The sampling rate for CDs is set at just over double that to ensure that it captures frequencies up to, and including, 20 kHz.

Categories