mypasswordis 775 Report post Posted March 17, 2017 Not sure which is worse, that ponosucks website layout or the fact that some idiot decided to make a DAP in the shape of a triangular prism, and a bunch of other idiots along the way didn't stop it from happening. Someone should make one in the shape of a horse and call it Ponee 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdipisReks1 1,662 Report post Posted March 17, 2017 Nobody bought any, so what difference does it make? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo 2,026 Report post Posted March 18, 2017 I purchased a Pono player at the Kickstarter phase. The damn thing sounds really good, I guess the Hansen engineering had something to do, but other than the couple of Herbie Hancock albums this edition had loaded, I haven't been tempted to buy any of the Pono's music. Since it has a big capacity due to the support of microSD cards up to 128GB, I use it when away from home for a few days. Not using it on daily commutes, the shape is just nuts and very impractical. I wish they had made it in a regular flat prism shape. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarlSeibert 581 Report post Posted March 31, 2017 Really poor timing on old Neil's part. Ten minutes after he comes out with a stupidly shaped (if great sounding) DAP, phones start supporting USB DACs and there's Red Book streaming and even rectangular DAPs mostly become small paperweights. Oops Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grahame 8,437 Report post Posted April 23, 2017 Meanwhile ... It's going to be called Xstream (no, really) http://pitchfork.com/news/73040-neil-youngs-new-streaming-service-is-xstream-no-really/ http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/neil-young-announces-streaming-service-xstream.html https://gizmodo.com/neil-youngs-painful-rebranding-of-his-music-service-won-1794565958 https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/22/15394224/neil-young-high-quality-streaming-music-service-xstream-pono http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-preps-new-high-quality-streaming-service-xstream-w478281 https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/neil-young-is-launching-a-high-fidelity-streaming-service-called-xstream/ http://www.spin.com/2017/04/neil-young-xstream-empire-streaming-service/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grahame 8,437 Report post Posted March 5, 2018 https://www.computeraudiophile.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/pono-is-officially-dead-r695/ "Pono lasted from December 16, 2011 until its dissolution on December 21, 2017. Based on the Delaware dissolution documents, Pono had an outstanding debt of $2,519,955 and its creditors moved to foreclose on its assets." 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robm321 515 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Rectangle > triangle? Or is there more to it? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltron 20,590 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Was just asking about Pono status the other day and correctly assumed that it was belly up. Oh wel, seemingly good intentions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dusty Chalk 6,590 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 6 hours ago, robm321 said: Rectangle > triangle? Or is there more to it? I doubt it. Weren't they oblique about the resolution of their files? Audiophiles like their numbers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grawk 6,994 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Nothing about that product made sense. Poor aesthetics on the player, smoke, mirrors and snake oil on the sound quality, and yet another file format that no one else adopted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kattefjaes 83 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) Oh, I thought the Pono stuff used FLAC- what did it use? Edited March 6, 2018 by Kattefjaes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grawk 6,994 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 oh, my bad, I guess it did, I remembered something different, but I guess by the time it became a product they'd given that up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robm321 515 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) Now that it's mentioned, I do remember some nonsensical claim(s) early on in an interview (I think) that got some people stirred up. Edited March 6, 2018 by robm321 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blessingx 2,761 Report post Posted September 19 Reviewing the end. The 21st Century Record Player 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
