Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    edited April 2017
    cp3iverson said:

    Has he abandoned Pono? He initially said that streaming was the worst thing to happen to music

    Not anymore. Pono is dead (3 years was a good run) and now to Xstream.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,281
    The regional exclusive digital purchases and the prices Pono were offering on their digital albums ... sucked!!! How horrible it was that you live in Canada and wanted to purchase all the Rush 24Bit Flacs, and many other Canadian artists but you couldn't because the digital downloads were exclusive to USA Pono store only. It was so stupid which was why things failed.

    I love my Pono player and I have a ton of 24Bit 192kHz Flacs on it. None of the digital downloads were purchased from the Canadian Pono store.
  • Kev - Coat and Keys
    Kev - Coat and Keys Earth Posts: 357
    Yeah, being a UK-based Pono owner meant it was only ever a player to me. An extremely good one, of course.
    As long as the machine keeps going nothing has really changed with Neil's latest announcement/dream.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    My thoughts are still the same.

    I think the gain from a mediocre dac (like on in a smartphone) to a high quality standalone device is night/day. On the other hand I think the gain from cd quality flac to hd flac is minimal.

    This you don't really need store to buy music from. You can just rip your old cd catalog. Plus Pono isn't the only high quality player on the block, so there were a handful of great players that were alot cheaper than the pono.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,281

    From Pono Community ...

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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    oh man Pono.  did you have to remind me?
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    This is a thing I am happy to have ignored.  I love Neil, but he freaking loses his mind from time to time and increasingly so as he his creeped into the back nine. 
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,684
    As much as I love Neil and like to support his projects I didn't think Pono was going to be successful. I opted instead to buy his hand-signed Carnegie Hall poster for $100. I figured even if Pono didn't last his autograph on a cool poster would. Interestingly, the 18" x 24" version of the poster that was advertised never materialized and what I received was the large (nearly 24" x 36") version of the Carnegie Hall poster that was sold at the concert (and signed later by Neil). I had to buy a 28" x 41" frame for it! Expressobeans shows the 18" x 24" version but I don't know if it really exists or was just a mockup. Would like to hear from anyone who actually received a small version.
  • Travelar
    Travelar Posts: 3,437
    shecky said:
    As much as I love Neil and like to support his projects I didn't think Pono was going to be successful. I opted instead to buy his hand-signed Carnegie Hall poster for $100. I figured even if Pono didn't last his autograph on a cool poster would. Interestingly, the 18" x 24" version of the poster that was advertised never materialized and what I received was the large (nearly 24" x 36") version of the Carnegie Hall poster that was sold at the concert (and signed later by Neil). I had to buy a 28" x 41" frame for it! Expressobeans shows the 18" x 24" version but I don't know if it really exists or was just a mockup. Would like to hear from anyone who actually received a small version.

    I also received the 24x36. Still in my portfolio because I haven't had the wallspace to put that up (or the desire to frame it).
  • mdgsolo
    mdgsolo Posts: 796
    Ah, Pono, the audiophile pile's best friend..
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,684
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otl55IVWnoQ Here's a cool video of Neil signing these posters in what looks like a hotel suite. I now understand why my poster arrived in less than mint condition, ha ha. I don't mind, I'm glad to have it!
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,513
    I still love my pono
    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
    edited January 2019
    KV4053 said:
    I still love my pono
    Me too - use it every day. One of the best purchases I have made.
    After 3 (Edit: It is 4, right? God I am old...) years only issue is the little door protecting the micro sd card fell off - I can cope with that.

    High res Tom Waits.... jeez....
     
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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,955
    What’s the current best alternative for a quality music player?
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  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,513
    on2legs said:
    What’s the current best alternative for a quality music player?
    I'd go with the Onkyo X1... Hi-rez and streaming

    .... But pricey
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    Bloody hell how many did he sign, that looks tedious!!
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,817
    I have the poster in my portfolio, thinking bout framing it soon... anyone frame theirs? Looking for ideas, the paper def different from standard screen prints

    still use my Pono few days a week. Haven’t really added any new music in a while, but I have a ton of good stuff.

    i put on headphones , play a lil madden after a ** binger** and enjoy the noticible difference in sound. Good way to decompress after stressful work day... prob should be doing house work...  fuck it

    what kind of cable is required to play Pono in your car, anyone know?
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,684

  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,684
    P.S. The window reflection in this shot is annoying but it does has UV protective film over it so no damage is being done.
  • eyecanwalk
    eyecanwalk Posts: 711
    would love to get a copy of that poster

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