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What say you FootballAudioGuys?
It's for audiophiles. People for whom the quality of the sound is important enough that carrying around a little device to get it is not a big deal. This isn't for the masses or just your garden-variety gadget nerd and they know it.Love Neil Young, but this thing has tons of red flags IMO:
1. It's own music player. Just another thing for folks to carry around. Plus, it's not integrated with any phone. Big loss IMO
2. The market for this is likely very tiny. I'm a huge music fan, and even if this sounds better than what I'm currently getting with my $10/month spotify subscription; I'm not going to spend the money to get new hardware and repurchase all of my music
3. No tie in with a spotify/pandora - Spotify is freaking awesome....I basically never have to purchase another album or worry about backing stuff up, organizing files again.
For me to even consider it, they'd have to partner with some phone (which would probably be difficult b/c of the hardware that I assume is needed for the pono technology) and with a spotify type company.
I'm sure he'd be happy to make money on it, but it's definitely a niche thing and I get the sense that it's much more him performing a public service than chasing a buck.
He's always struck me as a massive whore.
Exactly. see first sentence of #2It's for audiophiles. People for whom the quality of the sound is important enough that carrying around a little device to get it is not a big deal. This isn't for the masses or just your garden-variety gadget nerd and they know it.Love Neil Young, but this thing has tons of red flags IMO:
1. It's own music player. Just another thing for folks to carry around. Plus, it's not integrated with any phone. Big loss IMO
2. The market for this is likely very tiny. I'm a huge music fan, and even if this sounds better than what I'm currently getting with my $10/month spotify subscription; I'm not going to spend the money to get new hardware and repurchase all of my music
3. No tie in with a spotify/pandora - Spotify is freaking awesome....I basically never have to purchase another album or worry about backing stuff up, organizing files again.
For me to even consider it, they'd have to partner with some phone (which would probably be difficult b/c of the hardware that I assume is needed for the pono technology) and with a spotify type company.
Yes, but the OP says it is an MP3 killer. It isn't. It is for a niche market.It's for audiophiles. People for whom the quality of the sound is important enough that carrying around a little device to get it is not a big deal. This isn't for the masses or just your garden-variety gadget nerd and they know it.Love Neil Young, but this thing has tons of red flags IMO:
1. It's own music player. Just another thing for folks to carry around. Plus, it's not integrated with any phone. Big loss IMO
2. The market for this is likely very tiny. I'm a huge music fan, and even if this sounds better than what I'm currently getting with my $10/month spotify subscription; I'm not going to spend the money to get new hardware and repurchase all of my music
3. No tie in with a spotify/pandora - Spotify is freaking awesome....I basically never have to purchase another album or worry about backing stuff up, organizing files again.
For me to even consider it, they'd have to partner with some phone (which would probably be difficult b/c of the hardware that I assume is needed for the pono technology) and with a spotify type company.
It, or something like it, will be in the long run as costs come down. New technology tends to be expensive when it first hits the market and then prices drastically decrease in subsequent years.Yes, but the OP says it is an MP3 killer. It isn't. It is for a niche market.It's for audiophiles. People for whom the quality of the sound is important enough that carrying around a little device to get it is not a big deal. This isn't for the masses or just your garden-variety gadget nerd and they know it.Love Neil Young, but this thing has tons of red flags IMO:
1. It's own music player. Just another thing for folks to carry around. Plus, it's not integrated with any phone. Big loss IMO
2. The market for this is likely very tiny. I'm a huge music fan, and even if this sounds better than what I'm currently getting with my $10/month spotify subscription; I'm not going to spend the money to get new hardware and repurchase all of my music
3. No tie in with a spotify/pandora - Spotify is freaking awesome....I basically never have to purchase another album or worry about backing stuff up, organizing files again.
For me to even consider it, they'd have to partner with some phone (which would probably be difficult b/c of the hardware that I assume is needed for the pono technology) and with a spotify type company.
