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tropeslave Pop Culture Addict from Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
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#1: Mar 12th 2014 at 10:42:27 AM

Neil Young launched his project Pono that consists of a music player PonoPlayer and digital music service PonoMusic. The PonoPlayer will be sold for $399 whereas its "high-resolution" digital albums will likely cost between $14.99-$24.99 apiece.

Details about Pono:

  • Its audio file format is in FLAC.
  • 128 GB
  • 192 kHz, 24-bit
  • store from 1,000-2,000 high-resolution digital albums

Neil raised the $800,000 he needed for Pono in less than 10 hours via a Kickstarter campaign.

What do all of you think?

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edited 13th Mar '14 5:29:44 PM by tropeslave

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#2: Mar 13th 2014 at 3:14:48 PM

I don't see this unseating the iTunes music store (or even becoming the runner-up, really) but I applaud Neil Young's decision to use FLAC. Maybe this can become the Bandcamp for major label artists.

edited 13th Mar '14 3:15:12 PM by MetaFour

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