How does your Pono sound?

MayDay10

I cranked mine in my car yesterday and I found it really enjoyable. I noticed a lot in Lightning Bolt I never noticed before, and even detected one or two spots where the mixing/editing of the recording could have been better. I guess it could be the placebo effect because I didnt directly compare with anything else.

JH57554

buck502000 said:

@jh57554, would you sell for face, plus shipping?

Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather keep it as a PJ collectible than just unload it for cost.

buck502000

had to ask

MedozK

The more I read up on this, Im not sure I need the 'Audiophile' sound when I am "on the go". I will probably just spend the money on a nice DAC for my system at home, because that is where I really do most of my critical/active listening.

This product looks VERY interesting to me.
http://audioengineusa.com/Store/D2-24-Bit-Wireless-DAC

lolobugg

JH57554 said:

As I mentioned in my follow-up post, I've also listened through a Bose sound dock and some high end studio monitors at work and I'm still just not hearing much of a difference.

Not trying to start an argument, just curious if I'm the only one in this thread that's not impressed.

mr vorhees,
you need to take that axe out of your head, )
get some q-tips and then fire that bad boy up with some studio quality headphones.
if still can't hear the difference- then I digress.

buck502000

I have a nice DAC at home. But it weighs about 30 pounds.......:)

camaros

I have a lot more listening/comparing to do, but Pono prevails over medium grade 192kbps MP3s on my iPhone5. It's definitely apparent at higher volumes... The VS Remastered album thru Pono doesn't fall apart like the original VS 192mp3s do at higher volumes. This is true for listening thru either my Grados with a 1/4" to mini adapter and also thru my home theater system with a mini to RCA adapter.

Pioneer VSX-1121 Receiver
5 Polk speakers
4x POLK AUDIO MONITOR40B II
1x POLK AUDIO CS2 B seriesII

Polk PSW505 Subwoofer

MedozK

camaros said:

I have a lot more listening/comparing to do, but Pono prevails over medium grade 192kbps MP3s on my iPhone5. It's definitely apparent at higher volumes... The VS Remastered album thru Pono doesn't fall apart like the original VS 192mp3s do at higher volumes. This is true for listening thru either my Grados with a 1/4" to mini adapter and also thru my home theater system with a mini to RCA adapter.

Pioneer VSX-1121 Receiver
5 Polk speakers
4x POLK AUDIO MONITOR40B II
1x POLK AUDIO CS2 B seriesII

Polk PSW505 Subwoofer

24bit compared to 192kbps MP3s are going to sound night and day different.

KV4053

Pink Floyd for the win. Check out One Slip 24/96 from A Momentary Lapse of Reason.

EdsonNascimento

JH57554 said:

So, am I the only one who's disappointed with the Pono?

Yes. But only because you're the only one listening objectively.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

EdsonNascimento said:

JH57554 said:

So, am I the only one who's disappointed with the Pono?

Yes. But only because you're the only one listening objectively.

This. This exactly! All the other listeners are idiots who don't have a clue. They can't listen objectively because when they listen to it... all they do is stare at the Eddie Vedder signature and drool on themselves.

We get it- you hate the Pono. You've hated it from the inception.

You (and some others) had your fingers crossed that the item would flop and at this point in time... it's fair to say that it hasn't. While this is unfortunate that you cant gloat about this, don't worry... there'll be other items that may have the potential to disappoint optimistic people!

KV4053

EdsonNascimento said:

JH57554 said:

So, am I the only one who's disappointed with the Pono?

Yes. But only because you're the only one listening objectively.

Well that's pretty presumptuous. I've compared it objectively to my Cowon J3 playing the same files and using the same IEM's and using my office sound system.

Kev - Coat and Keys

One minute we are all buying these as souvenirs, the next we are listening to them wrongly.
Please internet gods tell me how to use my Pono properly.

Heard mine against my Brother's iphone thing earlier, first time I'd heard that direct comparison and it was something.
Although points for the iphone as they had two n's in Lightning.

demetrios

So what headphones should I invest in? To get the full experience of Pono, engineers say using Sennheiser Momentums, Audeze Planars or Grados headphones.

I'm thinking about buying one of these .. http://www.avshop.ca/sound-amp-pa-audio/headphones/over-ear-headphones/grado-ps1000-professional-headphones?gclid=CI3mx5rB_8ECFS2ZMgodTBsAJA . I should be able to hear Ed's long hair swishing back & forth on the Ten 24Bit Flac HD download with one of these. :bz

PP193448

Can anyone hear Ed spitting on any of the FLAC bootlegs??? >:P

EdsonNascimento

Kev - Coat and Keys said:

One minute we are all buying these as souvenirs, the next we are listening to them wrongly.
Please internet gods tell me how to use my Pono properly.

Heard mine against my Brother's iphone thing earlier, first time I'd heard that direct comparison and it was something.
Although points for the iphone as they had two n's in Lightning.

I was half joking, but iPhone is not the competition here. If it is, they've got no chance.

Kev - Coat and Keys

EdsonNascimento said:

I was half joking, but iPhone is not the competition here. If it is, they've got no chance.

I was half joking too - so together we made an entire funny!
That was just a side comment about the iphone as I hadn't heard the comparison directly before, but you raise a good point on competition.
Neil Young probably sees one player sale as a victory and is more keen on getting more higher resolution music available, but the share holders will disagree.

cp3iverson

I'll either get pono version 2.0 or the current or next Sony one.

PJ sig edition is a nice collectible but like with most new tech things i wait for the kinks to be worked out.

MedozK

Anyone else reading the rumors that the Ponostore is a majority of 16bit/44.1 downloads? Why would I buy from them if I could just rip my CD to get the same quality?

Big Bank Hank

people who got Vs said it is a noticeable difference on the sound