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A proper high quality music service? Pono!

Flint

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So Neil Young, one of the most outspoken musicians on the topic of how awful MP3/AAC/WMA audio is, is promoting a new business venture called Pono which will include high resolution music downloads along with a custom device for playing that music. It will also support standard lossy formats for your old collection of DRM free files.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/28/34220 ... ototype-on

What do you think?
 
Flint said:
So Neil Young, one of the most outspoken musicians on the topic of how awful MP3/AAC/WMA audio is, is promoting a new business venture called Pono which will include high resolution music downloads along with a custom device for playing that music. It will also support standard lossy formats for your old collection of DRM free files.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/28/34220 ... ototype-on

What do you think?
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the part im worried about. its nice to see how some artist and/or people respect the quality of music, and how the common denominator isnt the main push to have a product.

thanks for the link flint.
 
I like the concept but I'm not sure if enough people will buy in. Seems like costs could be high. I'd be curious to know how much an album will cost. Hopefully it will find a niche.
 
very true.

too bad this generation only wants three things
1. free downloadable stuff
2. mediocre quality
3. boobies.

instant gratification would be the two words to describe generation 2k.

(what generation are we called then? gen-x? baby boomers?)
 
I'm surprised Neil Young is involved in something that gets nearly all of the clarity of a recording. If there is one artist's voice who could benefit from a lower resolution, it's Neil Young!

As far as the concept, it is a start in the right direction, especially as the generation of 10 years ago, starts to have more and more expendable income, and starts to appreciate the finer sounds.
 
I'm not sure Neil's definition of "good sound" is the same as mine since the service "includes a tool that converts digital audio files into analog-sounding recordings". What does that mean?
 
Towen7 said:
I'm not sure Neil's definition of "good sound" is the same as mine since the service "includes a tool that converts digital audio files into analog-sounding recordings". What does that mean?
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It takes a clear digital recording and adds clicks, pops and hiss. :happy-smileygiantred:
 
Huey said:
I'm surprised Neil Young is involved in something that gets nearly all of the clarity of a recording. If there is one artist's voice who could benefit from a lower resolution, it's Neil Young!
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:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
 
Huey said:
I'm surprised Neil Young is involved in something that gets nearly all of the clarity of a recording. If there is one artist's voice who could benefit from a lower resolution, it's Neil Young!

As far as the concept, it is a start in the right direction, especially as the generation of 10 years ago, starts to have more and more expendable income, and starts to appreciate the finer sounds.
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:laughing-lettersrofl: :laughing-lettersrofl:
Neil & Bob Dylan
 
Towen7 said:
I'm not sure Neil's definition of "good sound" is the same as mine since the service "includes a tool that converts digital audio files into analog-sounding recordings". What does that mean?
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I had exactly the same question...

Looks like an interesting device, but I'm just not into downloads, I still prefer having a CD with artwork and liner notes... though I guess for most pop/rock music the liner notes, if any, are pretty useless - unlike jazz and classical albums. I think I'm not quite ready to give up the idea of owning physical media, but I know I'm certainly in the minority here w.r.t. the masses of modern music listeners.

I agree with sentiments above, that the majority just aren't going to care about sq one way or another. And will this Pono do something I can't get from FLAC and my Sansa Clip? I certainly like the idea of making high quality downloads available, but I'm not sure the market will support it.
 
Pauly, You ever here of HDTracks? If you haven't, you should check them out. Site started by the Chesky brothers, with some higher resolution recordings, although they are a bit pricey. I believe most of their stuff does include artwork and liner notes, and there is a ton of classical and jazz, with new stuff being added regularly. I have bought 4 or 5 albums from there, but haven't spent the extra money on their highest resolution material.
 
We would all prefer DRM-Free, but if you want labels to support you, they have to ahve DRM. The people who own the recordings will never forget what Napster did. You might not steal free music if you could, but for every honest person there are 100 dishonest who would steal, even if it meant going through complex acts to get to the free music.
 
I wish Mr. Young and his partners all the luck in the world but if high resolution downloads haven't taken off yet, I can't see a new service and a proprietary player getting significant traction. Time will tell though.
 
Huey said:
Pauly, You ever here of HDTracks? If you haven't, you should check them out. Site started by the Chesky brothers, with some higher resolution recordings, although they are a bit pricey. I believe most of their stuff does include artwork and liner notes, and there is a ton of classical and jazz, with new stuff being added regularly. I have bought 4 or 5 albums from there, but haven't spent the extra money on their highest resolution material.
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Yeah I've heard of it and browsed their selection a bit, but right I'm not interested in paying a lot of $$ for something that's - supposedly - better than CD. I would just like to see CD quality, lossless downloads become more of a norm, before I'd think of venturing into that area. If I can get a used CD for $5, there's no reason I'd pay $10 for a download.
 
If it was Apple who was going to offer this service most of the guys here would be praising this. lol
 
I'm surprised that the player is so frikkin huge yet has a small screen and is shaped like a doorstop.

Apparently this player is targeted at old un-hip people who have eyesight issues (you see the size of the buttons???).

If it won't fit in a pocket, it won't sell.

Good idea I guess, not sure who is going to carry a dedicated media player this size though when 90% of us have phones that will play back uncompressed digital media.

D
 
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