As much as I love Neil Young's music, this pono thing just makes me sad. It's so full of FUD type audiophool nonsense that, as Neil Young would say, "it hurts my ears". It turns out that at least it is not going to be some magical new format as initially reported. Instead, they are going to have a pono store that sells FLAC files in different versions (16/44.1; 24/48; 24/96; 24/192). So hi-rez FLAC files are nothing new (already have this, HD Tracks, etc.). They will evidently be overpriced just like hdtracks. But if more competition makes downloadable lossless files more mainstream (i.e., "itunes for lossless") then that's not entirely a bad thing. But a portable player that can play FLAC? Heck, we already have various versions of that. And I don't even want FLAC on my portables.
Regarding use of Pono player as a home player. First, it has only analog out (so can't connect to your DAC). 2nd, it can only play what it can hold in its internal memory cards (which can be switched in and out). 3rd, it is not a network streaming player (more like an ipod that can play FLAC), and 4th, one can't synch two or more pono players. Bottom line: it is an ipod that can play hi-res FLAC files, may or may not have a really good DAC built in, and that has limited memory. I have no use for such a player. I have two ipods that I haven't used in several years now. Away from home, I have a few things on my ipad or iphone, and what I don't have there, I can use spotify for while travelling. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > SqueezePlay *Spares:* VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Streaming - Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101167 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
