Neil Young and PONO music

[marty]

According to the USA today, Neil Young is launching PONO music which will offer "studio master quality music in an online store and a $399 Pono Player". According to Young, "we want to move digital music into the 21st century". As most of you probably know, Young has long advocated compressed MP3 as a despiccable format. This should be interesting. Does anyone know more?

 

[Asamel]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music

 

[Ron Party]

Apparently Ayre (Charlie Hansen) developed the digital and analog circuitry, based at least in part on their work in developing the QB-9, QA-9 and KX-R Twenty, for the PonoPlayer.

 

[RBFC]

Young raised over $1.5 million in about 24 hours. Rock stars & other celebs chipped in heavily, according to what I read.

Lee

 

[bfalls]

According to the USA today, Neil Young is launching PONO music which will offer "studio master quality music in an online store and a $399 Pono Player". According to Young, "we want to move digital music into the 21st century". As most of you probably know, Young has long advocated compressed MP3 as a despiccable format. This should be interesting. Does anyone know more?

I have had prototype PONO player since last fall and it is amaingly good for a portable $400 piece. Neil has spent a concerted effort in the last 2 years meeting with music industry executives and artists to build support for this approach - it is great to see they exceeded their goals yesterday getting it off the ground.

Bruce

 

[MylesBAstor]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music

It's interesting to see who in the high-end participated in the project.

 

[rblnr]

What will be great if it happens is a coordinated marketing plan to the masses touting high quality formats/playback. Hasn't happened since CDs.

 

[hvbias]

Apparently Ayre (Charlie Hansen) developed the digital and analog circuitry, based at least in part on their work in developing the QB-9, QA-9 and KX-R Twenty, for the PonoPlayer.

Can you say where you got this info from? I see that Ayre is mentioned in the Kickstarter campaign, but there isn't much detail beyond that. A Charles Hansen developed hi-res portable player gets me quite interested in this.

At one point wasn't Neil also pursuing Meridian?

 

[JackD201]

Can you say where you got this info from? I see that Ayre is mentioned in the Kickstarter campaign, but there isn't much detail beyond that. A Charles Hansen developed hi-res portable player gets me quite interested in this.

At one point wasn't Neil also pursuing Meridian?

It's near the bottom of the Kickstarter page.

 

[Lee]

The greatest value to this project may be to kickstart Apple into a 24 bit iTunes store.

 

[Lee]

What will be great if it happens is a coordinated marketing plan to the masses touting high quality formats/playback. Hasn't happened since CDs.

Agreed!

 

[mep]

They could call it "My little Pono."

 

[hvbias]

It's near the bottom of the Kickstarter page.

I mean where it specifically says he designed the analog and digital circuits. Because above that line it credits people from Semiphore Systems for designing the "hardware, firmware and electronics". I imagine Charles will have much to say about it on AA when he can!

 

[Bruce B]

This would have been revolutionary 5 years ago. Now it has to play catch up before it's even launched!

 

[Ron Party]

Can you say where you got this info from? I see that Ayre is mentioned in the Kickstarter campaign, but there isn't much detail beyond that. A Charles Hansen developed hi-res portable player gets me quite interested in this.

Here.

 

[jfrech]

Apparently Ayre (Charlie Hansen) developed the digital and analog circuitry, based at least in part on their work in developing the QB-9, QA-9 and KX-R Twenty, for the PonoPlayer.

I heard the same. was launched in austin a few days ago