Neil Young's Pono idéa

[fettoken]

Apparently there's a new type of music player which focuses on the new format (flac?) that you apparently need to buy a "pono player" to experience. Thoughts?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Aren't pono players free on the net anyway?

 

[dysfunction]

Flac isn't new format...it's just not used very much

 

[caLLous]

I don't see it taking off, I can play FLAC on my phone after all. I would think that smartphones have taken a huge chunk of the music player market and it was a risky one to venture into nowadays. Their selling point seems to be the quality of the reproduction thanks to the fancy circuitry inside, I guess that will get the audiophiles excited.

 

[TdC]

well, that is kind of smart, what they do with the two output jack thing setting up a balanced circuit. I'm not sure if I like the idea of having to buy a two-jack headphone to enjoy it though. as to "pono share", egads man, I had two different walkmans that did that like...20 years ago!

 

[dysfunction]

@TdC

It isn't new! It's been around since 2001!!
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

 

[TdC]

I was objecting to your "not used very much" statement

 

[DaGaffer]

I was objecting to your "not used very much" statement

Well, in comparison to other formats, it isn't.

Is this player the Toblerone shaped thing? Saw it on Gizmodo ages ago. Seems a bit old skool to me, but I guess there could be a niche market for it, but I don't know why you'd buy this over a Sonos system.

 

[TdC]

Well, in comparison to other formats, it isn't.

once you've gone FLAC you can never go back!

 

[DaGaffer]

once you've gone FLAC you can never go back!

Couldn't care less. I've got tin ears.

 

[Ch3tan]

I can use flac with my phone, so this is a just a fad for high end audiophiles and fools

 

[old.Osy]

I honestly read the title as "Neil Young's Porno idea"...

:/