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StrumSolo > 12/03/2014, 13:54
Neil Young launched a for Pono, a $399 music player with 128GB of memory, at SXSW yesterday.
It'll be able to hold between 100 and 200 high quality albums downloaded from the PonoMusic store.
One for the audiophiles then, and with file sizes twice as large as those on the average CD, the sound quality should easily surpass that format; let alone the standard 320 kbps mp3.
But isn't the market for this kind of sound quality the same as the one that wants a physical product to go with their music too (probably a vinyl which, they'll tell you, is also far better than a CD)? You can bet the downloads won't be cheap, tough going on the hard drive too, and all without something tangible to go with it, the feted 'crackles/artwork/memories maaan'.
And don't forget, there's nothing stopping you importing to iTunes at CD quality right now. Or just listening to a CD. Or a vinyl.
Go on, do it! And stick your iPod in the toaster while you're at it!
Anyone interested? -
RE: PonoMusic
FantasticMR > 12/03/2014, 14:02
It's all going a bit far really isn't it. Anyone who sits there and pulls apart the sound quality on a CD isn't really an educated fan of music they are just an auditor of tracks who want to sit an point out their knowledge for superiority. No way to enjoy and album in my book. -
RE: PonoMusic
Clitterbug > 12/03/2014, 14:07
Scotty you complete bastard! you got me here under false pretences i thought i was gonna hear some nice Porno music, banging tracks, chicka bowowow.
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RE: PonoMusic
StrumSolo > 12/03/2014, 14:08
(12/03/2014, 14:02)FantasticMR Wrote: It's all going a bit far really isn't it. Anyone who sits there and pulls apart the sound quality on a CD isn't really an educated fan of music they are just an auditor of tracks who want to sit an point out their knowledge for superiority. No way to enjoy and album in my book.
Very well put. -
RE: PonoMusic
StrumSolo > 12/03/2014, 14:13
(12/03/2014, 14:07)clitterbug Wrote: Scotty you complete bastard! you got me here under false pretences i thought i was gonna hear some nice Porno music, banging tracks, chicka bowowow.
Sorry to disappoint Clit. But just think, with one of these you'll be able to hear every strum, lick and breakdown on your 'Now That's What I Call Porn 37' album with perfect clarity. Just as the musicians intended. -
RE: PonoMusic
StrumSolo > 12/03/2014, 14:18
A load of wankers listening to Dark Side Of The Moon, whilst using their Super Audio CD (SACD) version of it as a coaster.
It'll just be that, won't it?