(Credit: PonoMusic)
Yes, Pono is an awkward name. No, it’s not a new type of music file. And yes, you can finally get dibs on one. The PonoPlayer was finally unveiled on Kickstarter in March 2014 after years of speculation and delays.
Neil Young’s Pono ecosystem consists of two distinct platforms; the PonoPlayer hardware, and the PonoMusic Web store.
While “MP3 player” might as well be a bad word in the audiophile community, that is essentially what the PonoPlayer is. Though it is designed to reproduce high-resolution (24-bit/192kHz) music, it features compatibility with FLAC, ALAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, and AAC (unprotected) formats — something most other MP3 players can do, and some do high-res, too.
In a world of iPod clones, the design of the PonoPlayer definitely sticks out. This is a small device measuring 5 inches high by 2 inches wide and an inch deep. Back in the mid-Noughties, iRiver had a series of players (the T60, T50, and so on) that featured a triangular shape very similar to the PonoPlayer’s, but iRiver doesn’t make “… [Read more]
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