Opinions on "pono"

warrenpridgeon · 2014-07-23T08:34:41+00:00

I'm putting this here cos it's related to the recording side... but mods please move it if it's in the wrong place... http://www.ponomusic.com/ I'm not sure what to think of this... We know MP3's lose some quality... One of their FAQs lists this: "Generally speaking, mp3 files have a bit rate of 192kbps or 256kbps. These are highly compressed files, and are smaller in size than higher resolution music files. The good news is that you can keep a lot of them in a small amount of storage on a portable player or mobile device. The bad news is that they’ve lost a lot of the musical information that often reveals the most pleasant and satisfying aspects of the music – mostly it is the sense of realism, and dynamics, and detail that higher resolution recordings typically capture. On the “low end” of higher resolution music (CD lossless, 16 bit/44.1kHz), PonoMusic files have about 6 times more musical information than a typical mp3. With ultra-high quality resolution recordings (24 bit/192kHz), the difference between a PonoMusic digital file and an mp3 is about 30 times more data from which your player reconstructs the “song”. "

Attila

PONO's now available in SA pricing 7.4k to 10k for a limited edition

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-hifi-systems/rosebank/brand-new-dave-matthews-band-limited-edition-pono-player-only-325-issued-worldwide-303-of-325/1001232269510910391455509

doc-phil

Eyoh! That's expensive. Is the seller having a laugh trying to market it as an investment? That's just a really pricey ipod. For that kind of money I'd rather buy a decent hi-fi amplifier.

Attila

Doc its not digital sound 128k sampling its full spectrum analogue sound

Malkav

I just don't see the point of this, if everyone just stepped over to flac and that became the standard then we'd have something that is higher quality than cd and this whole thing would be invalid.

Some of the artists I listen to have picked up on this and put out flacs that are encoded at the highest possible standard straight out of the mastering project. 44.1 can suck it ?

doc-phil

Attila Barath wrote Doc its not digital sound 128k sampling its full spectrum analogue sound

Yeah, I get that, and I understand the marketing behind the product.

For me the difference in enjoyment between 320kbps mp3 and FLAC (or whatever the format it plays) is not worth the price.

I will reserve judgment on the product itself for now until I have a chance to listen to one, but even if it does live up to the hype and marketing, I still think it's over-priced.

Mixerboy

Attila Barath wrote Doc its not digital sound 128k sampling its full spectrum analogue sound

It's 24 bit 192khz digital

The improvements in going any higher than 44.1khz are negligible.

Seems like a nice audiophool gift for the rich dentist who already has the fancy hi fi with directional, burned in, R10 000 speaker cables etc.

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