Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    edited December 2015
    I have never seen such mixed and conflicting reviews for anything in my whole life. I literally have no idea what to think of the Pono, and no idea what to believe. I have seen totally opposed opinions from many people I would normally listen to, and industry reviews that vary wildly as well. It's bizarre.
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  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,513
    PJ_Soul said:

    I have never seen such mixed and conflicting reviews for anything in my whole life. I literally have no idea what to think of the Pono, and no idea what to believe. I have seen totally opposed opinions from many people I would normally listen to, and industry reviews that vary wildly as well. It's bizarre.

    It's an expensive, niche product. That explains most of the diverse reviews. Personally, I love it and want a second one for the office.
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    Was it successful enough to have a version 2?
    PJ_Soul said:

    I have never seen such mixed and conflicting reviews for anything in my whole life. I literally have no idea what to think of the Pono, and no idea what to believe. I have seen totally opposed opinions from many people I would normally listen to, and industry reviews that vary wildly as well. It's bizarre.

    I agree. I've never seen anyone compare it to its peers. A few years ago I bought a FiiO X3 for $200. It has a high quality DAC, plays all formats (include hd flac). It's a pretty good little machine (only wish it had touchscreen like my old cowon player).

    Most of the reviews on the pono come from people comparing it to iphones, ipods, other cell phones or mp3 players. I'd like to know how it stacks up compared to other audiophile players and if it's price point is worth being that much more expensive than a fiio (or other companies players).
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,513
    Zod said:

    Was it successful enough to have a version 2?

    PJ_Soul said:

    I have never seen such mixed and conflicting reviews for anything in my whole life. I literally have no idea what to think of the Pono, and no idea what to believe. I have seen totally opposed opinions from many people I would normally listen to, and industry reviews that vary wildly as well. It's bizarre.

    I agree. I've never seen anyone compare it to its peers. A few years ago I bought a FiiO X3 for $200. It has a high quality DAC, plays all formats (include hd flac). It's a pretty good little machine (only wish it had touchscreen like my old cowon player).

    Most of the reviews on the pono come from people comparing it to iphones, ipods, other cell phones or mp3 players. I'd like to know how it stacks up compared to other audiophile players and if it's price point is worth being that much more expensive than a fiio (or other companies players).
    Simple review for the only other high end device I know .... Pono SQ is way, way better than my Cowon J3. Interfaces are both acceptable, not great. The only thing better in the J3 is battery life (60+ hours vs. 8 if you're lucky).
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • EdsonNascimento
    EdsonNascimento Posts: 5,531
    PJ_Soul said:

    I have never seen such mixed and conflicting reviews for anything in my whole life. I literally have no idea what to think of the Pono, and no idea what to believe. I have seen totally opposed opinions from many people I would normally listen to, and industry reviews that vary wildly as well. It's bizarre.

    One side has an agenda. Mixed reviews tend to mean 1 thing.
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • InBetweenIsMne
    InBetweenIsMne Posts: 430
    BF89905 said:

    I noticed someone above got offered $800 for their Pono with music on it. Ultimately, I hope people are happy with their purchases, but the few articles and videos that I've come across online after people have actually used the Pono player isn't all that great. For example,

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    If you can sell your Pono player for anything above cost, perhaps you should take the money and run.

    Holy Balls! That's the most scathing tech report from Mom's kitchen I've ever seen!
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    Kid's a spazz, but I think he's right. I'm so glad I didn't invest in one of these. So glad!
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,279
    http://www.recode.net/2016/7/24/12265668/neil-young-pono-music-offline

    Neil Young’s Pono Music will be offline for ‘several weeks’
    The uncompressed music service is switching infrastructure providers after its partner got bought.
  • Kev - Coat and Keys
    Kev - Coat and Keys Earth Posts: 357
    Hopefully the website comes back with a UK store. It won't, of course, but I hope things progress smoothly.

    I spent a few hours the other week working up the old Pono.
    I moved all the PJ music onto the internal drive and then re-named all the albums ('001 Ten', '002 Vs', '003 Vitalogy'... up to '020 PJ20') so they now display in my preferred order on my preferred album view menu.
    The thing plays great and looks great. Good stuff.
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,955
    Kev - Coat and Keys said:

    Hopefully the website comes back with a UK store. It won't, of course, but I hope things progress smoothly.

    I spent a few hours the other week working up the old Pono.
    I moved all the PJ music onto the internal drive and then re-named all the albums ('001 Ten', '002 Vs', '003 Vitalogy'... up to '020 PJ20') so they now display in my preferred order on my preferred album view menu.
    The thing plays great and looks great. Good stuff.

    Can't sort by year?
    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


  • Kev - Coat and Keys
    Kev - Coat and Keys Earth Posts: 357
    edited July 2016
    on2legs said:


    Can't sort by year?

    I think the Pono is only alphabetical, but the way I do it would keep the live stuff together and after the studio albums.
    Plus when using external memory it means all the PJ stuff still comes first.
    (The extra 0s in my 'system' is to avoid 10,000 days mucking things up. Thanks Tool.)


  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,279
    https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/13/neil-young-pono-high-resolution-adaptive-streaming-service/

    "Neil Young's Pono will launch an adaptive bitrate streaming service
    It will adjust quality on the fly, based on your connection speed."
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,513
    demetrios said:

    https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/13/neil-young-pono-high-resolution-adaptive-streaming-service/

    "Neil Young's Pono will launch an adaptive bitrate streaming service
    It will adjust quality on the fly, based on your connection speed."

    Pono is dead. Long live Pono
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    If anyone has a Pono they don't want/need feel free to send it my way....
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,513
    buck502000 said:

    If anyone has a Pono they don't want/need feel free to send it my way....

    Love mine. Was hoping to get a deal on another one on black Friday but no luck
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • Kev - Coat and Keys
    Kev - Coat and Keys Earth Posts: 357
    KV4053 said:

    buck502000 said:

    If anyone has a Pono they don't want/need feel free to send it my way....

    Love mine. Was hoping to get a deal on another one on black Friday but no luck
    Yeah two years on I was kinda expecting it to have fuzzed by now, but my Pono is an amazing digital music player for every day use.
    Peace Trail is another solid album too, so always trust in Uncle Neil.
  • Fastrichie
    Fastrichie Sandy Hook, CT Posts: 921
    Love mine too. Just disappointed in the pono store and how long its taking to re-open.
    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


  • manitouman
    manitouman In My Head Posts: 1,088
    Fastrichie said:

    Love mine too. Just disappointed in the pono store and how long its taking to re-open.

    ^^^^This
    Soldier Field, Chicago, IL 7-11-1995; United Center, Chicago, IL 6-29-1998; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV 10-22-2000 ~PJ10~; Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 4-1-2003; Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ 6-7-2003; United Center, Chicago, IL 6-18-2003; Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI 6-21-2003; Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10-5-2004; The Gorge, George, WA 9-1-2005; United Center, Chicago, IL 5-16-2006; United Center, Chicago, IL 5-17-2006; Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7-2-2006; Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7-3-2006; United Center, Chicago, IL 8-23-2009; United Center, Chicago, IL 8-24-2009; Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC 12-4-2013; Key Arena, Seattle, WA 12-6-2013; iWireless Arena, Moline, IL 10-17-2014 ~No Code Show~; Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN 10-19-2014; Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 10-20-2014 ~Yield Show~; Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 10-22-2014 ~PJ24~: Wrigley Field 1 & 2, 2016; Safeco Field, Seattle Home Shows 1 & 2; Wrigley Field, Chicago Away Shows 1 & 2....
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,294
    XSTREAM!!!! Now with electrolytes!
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Has he abandoned Pono? He initially said that streaming was the worst thing to happen to music

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