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whitem8
Says you have to live in Japan to purchase.
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Naturalust
Don't waste your time, the guy goes on and on about nothing truly important. Says 16-bit 48Khz music is good enough. The whole idea of the hi-res revolution is that the ability to deliver better sound is being enabled. It's not as noticeable in every case but it eliminates one hurdle to a better listening experience, it's a good thing.
If we could get engineers to master recordings with more dynamic range and quit compressing the hell out of everything, the high-res experience would truly shine, imo. peace
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Naturalust
Don't waste your time, the guy goes on and on about nothing truly important. Says 16-bit 48Khz music is good enough. The whole idea of the hi-res revolution is that the ability to deliver better sound is being enabled. It's not as noticeable in every case but it eliminates one hurdle to a better listening experience, it's a good thing.
If we could get engineers to master recordings with more dynamic range and quit compressing the hell out of everything, the high-res experience would truly shine, imo. peace
that is the exact point this guy is trying to make, he has other videos explaining this in better detail. Not a waste of time for anyone to listen, imo
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MileHigh
I read an earlier article (I think it was linked here) where about a dozen listeners did a blind A-B comparison test switching back and forth between HD audio and 44 KHz 16-bit CD audio and they could not tell the difference. Reality bites.
Honestly, that Neil Young promo clip where various musicians are singing high praise for the Pono player is just Internet era hype.
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Hairball
Well he meant well I suppose, but clearly Pono was a waste of his time and effort.
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kowalski
Just read this, sounds promising for hi-res downloads prices.
Neil Young’s New Streaming Service Is Xstream
'I'm still trying to make the case for bringing you the best music possible, at a reasonable price'
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Hairball
Well he meant well I suppose, but clearly Pono was a waste of his time and effort.
Not quite - maybe it was at least a contribution to establish a market plus an awareness for HiRes-Music.
But there're now equal or better HiRes-Player from other vendors which can do the same or more than the Pono-Player, like FiiO X5-III, Astell&Kern AK380 or Sony NW-WM1Z.
There're now also a amount of HiRes-Download-Stores - and they can only sell what the Record Companies deliver. If the Record Companies won't open their Archives, won't offer Audio-formats like DSD or they do Remasters in bad quality, what should PonoMusic then do?
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kowalski
Just read this, sounds promising for hi-res downloads prices.
Neil Young’s New Streaming Service Is Xstream
'I'm still trying to make the case for bringing you the best music possible, at a reasonable price'