The iPod was rockboxed to allow me playing WAV and FLAC files without messing around with iTunes. This is my favorite player on holidays as the hard disk just stores incredible amounts of music. The iPod has the same file as the Pono, so it is a real face to face competition.
Will I replace one of my players with the Pono? No. The Sandisk is doing such a great job in offering best file support in such a small device for daily commuting, and the iPod holds my favorite collection of music for holidays. The design of the Pono is just a no-go in both use-cases but when it comes to have a player at the office, it might do a great job.
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I really do love simple solutions like the Tera-Player. Put your files on an SD card and put it in. Ready, go, listen. I wish the Pono guys would allow something like this for the player. Every one of us does already have digital music and wants a simple solution to listen to it. I can understand that Neil Young and his crew want to have some kind of control to keep the quality up. But does it really need a restrictive piece of software?
Another story is the design. For a portable player it is wrong: you cannot put it into your trousers for on the go. For a desktop solution, it is ok. But it is not sold as a stand-on-your-desk device and therefor I do miss a line-in option. Or at least some connection to use the Pono as a DAC for my office computer.
If you do own and love a Grado headphone, give the Pono a try. The RS2 and the Pono is such a great combination. If you do have a collection of high resolution tracks this might be the combo you have been waiting for. Neither the Grado nor the Pono are the best units for public music listening but at work or at home you might fall in love.
@triangle: yes, the player does have a triangle shaped profile. I should have added a picture to show this.
@size: Have a look at the pictures at the end of the article. There you have some other players to compare the size. It is longer than the iPod Nano G2, yes.
@point of view: thanks for the suggestions. I am going to try this if I ever get the chance to do another review.
I am pro blind listening tests,why? Simple because one remain more neutral,and not impressed for example by the build quality of a 2400 Euro Dap of simply the brands reputation. The blind test here was not about who is the best, but which sound they actually like more.what is the best anyway? How good can sound be? There are people owning an IE800, a AK240 and a Chord Hugo and even this people look how sound can improve forgetting the recording quality is the main point.
In the blind test result, they did not talk about absolute soundquality whatever that may be, but the sound the listeners like the most, and unfortunately for the audiophiles here, the majority liked the Apple sound the most, this is my last reply on this matter.
I wouldnt go so far to say you are wrong as audiophiles, but it is hard to admit when you buy a 1000+ dollar player to accept that some are equal as good as a 400 dollar or less player.The new iPod 6g is finally there, which you also doubt if it would come, and again, the total package is a price/ quality winner, unfortunately it is more a multi-media player than a strict music player, but I am sure those guys at Apple know what they are doing.
As I opened the cardboard box, I found a wooden box inside that was pretty nice! Inside that box everything was cheerfully sorted and simple: In the middle there was the player itself, next to it on the right side a leather pouch and on the other side a USB cable. The power plug was hidden under some kind words from Neil Young.
The USB cable is a type A to micro-B connecting USB standard cable as far as I could see. Unfortunately the power plug is useless for me as it does not fit the power plugs here in Austria. It looks like a US/Japan 2 pole version and I wish they would have just asked before sending the player with a wrong power supply. Other Kickstarter campaigns just do exactly that.
Notice: I want to hear the pure player. Therefor I never used an external or additional amp, DAC or anything else to enhance the sound/power of the Pono player. This part of the review will show the differences of listening to the Pono with three headphones. Can the Pono deal with their characteristic sound signatures?
I do not know what equipment the guys at Ayre used in developing the Pono, but the Grado and Pono combo is magic. At least with this acoustic song it brings up the feeling music should. It is like when you meet an old friend after several years and there still is something special.
How does the Pono player deal with it? The Grado is very clear sounding, again the sound stage is too small for the big orchestration with choirs, but still I can imagine sitting in the concert hall and listening to the trumpets, the violins and the flutes. Nearly 15 minutes of power and dynamics, ongoing with fiercely instruments. I never heard the Grado doing classic stuff this well. Impressive.
It's been a while since there has been as much hype around a portable audio product as there is around the Pono PonoPlayer. Pono is the company backed by Neil Young, which aims to deliver an ecosystem for "the best possible listening experience of your favourite digital music".
The PonoMusic Store promises to have the biggest library of high-res music for download, while the PonoPlayer aims to be the best portable machine to play it. Together, they comprise the PonoMusic ecosystem that Young hopes will "preserve the history of music, in all of its beauty and expression, for all time. Forever."
Beneath the hyperbole, the project has become the focus of the mainstream media when it comes to high-resolution audio. The Kickstarter campaign, which brought the project to fruition and should deliver the first PonoPlayers to customers later this month, raised a whopping $6,225,354, one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time - and generated almost as many news stories in the process. So all eyes are on Pono. And for now, the PonoPlayer.
We got our hands on one of the first PonoPlayers in existence at an Omnifone event in London. Omnifone is one of the largest business to business providers of music services in the world, and works with a huge number of services from Spotify to Sony Music Unlimited to Rara. And now Pono.
Supposedly number nine of nine PonoPlayers in existence, we had some time to hear a little more about the player from Matt White, Omnifone's audio expert, get our hands on the device, take a look at the hardware and software, and of course give it a listen.
A hands-on review is always a quick first impression of a product, and in this instance we were told the PonoPlayer was still, theoretically, a prototype. We'd assume it should be pretty close to the real thing with the launch date so near, and we were certainly invited to judge the sound quality. But for now, we'll assume both the hardware and software could yet be subject to final tweaks.
Firstly, it feels much lighter than we expect. Yes, it's absolutely chunkier than the average smartphone and most portable music players (PMPs), but it is comfortable to hold, the shape fitting naturally within the palm of your hand.
The yellow rubber casing helps on the comfort front and should presumably offer some protection should you drop it. It feels solid, though this unit's finish to edges and joins certainly had the feel in places of an early unit.
We're happy to report the Toblerone-shaped dimensions (5x2x1in) don't look or feel ridiculous in a trouser pocket. It's slightly bulbous but arguably less restrictive than much taller, wider, super-size phones, such as the iPhone 6 Plus.
This design allows for those better components, and for them to be given enough space to breathe to prevent electrical interference between them. It also means there's room for a cylindrical, more efficient battery. The PonoPlayer claims around 8 hours of battery life for continuous music playback.
There are three simple buttons for adjusting the volume and basic navigation, plus a touchscreen display. The buttons seem fairly responsive to our prods and while we wouldn't exactly say it's a premium experience, they do the job.
And it's more of the same with the LCD screen. It feels like a 'last-gen' touchscreen compared to the flagship phones around and, while it worked well enough - and we may well not have been seeing the final version, according to White - we somehow doubt it will be more than a 'good enough' user interface. 152ee80cbc
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