I recall being 9 years old, breaking the seal on my dad’s fresh LPs, giving them a clean and accidentally spilling LAST cleaning fluid everywhere with that darn dropper, then copying them to audio cassettes for […]
At THE Show, I got a new perspective on cables. Cables are a highly contentious topic in our industry, and it was refreshing to spend a few minutes with David Salz, Designer and Founder of […]
Neil Young, who I feel needs no introduction here, sat down with more than a dozen media outlets on Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia to discuss the Canadian launch of his sometimes controversial high-res Pono […]
It was the best of times. It was the not-best-of-times. But whatever it was, and wherever it lies on the Arc of Interesting, 2014 saw some pretty amazing stuff and some truly inspiring stories, and […]
Enter Pono Well, it happened. I got my Pono player. For those of you not keeping track, Pono is a music service, a portable digital audio player, a lifestyle experience, and more, that’s supposed to […]
by Paul Ashby After being wooed with the Pono headphone experience, the organizers herd a group of nine of us into a darker, un-airconditioned room. It’s unfinished, the concrete floor covered with a rug, with […]
by Paul Ashby Flashback to Summer 2003 Apple’s iTunes Music Store had been up and running for awhile, but its only content was music from major labels. I was working at an independent music distributor […]
Time for an update on three crowd-funding projects I happen to be invested in. Yep, that’s me. A sucker for novelty and slick marketing. Oh well. Pono Music Looks like Pono is officially a “go”. […]
Have you heard the news? It’s huge! Awesome! Amazing! Life changing! Apple is ready to (finally) move on high-resolution downloads. Okay, fine. It’s not news. Apple has apparently been toying with this change to iTunes […]
You’ve probably heard of Pono by now, right? Or maybe visited (or perhaps even invested in) the Kickstarter campaign for the project that musician Neil Young (yes, that Neil Young) has been raving about for the last year or so? […]
Pono is still kicking the crap out of Kickstarter. Fundraising goal? Bah, who cares. Crushed! Neil Young’s baby is currently cruising past $2.5M and with 30+ days left, so I feel comfortable guessing that he’s […]
Pono hit Kickstarter today with a bang. The retail pricing on the new high-resolution portable audio player was set at $400, but the first 100 early birds snapped it up at 50% off. And yes, […]
Chris Connaker at ComputerAudiophile has the scoop on the Pono Player coming soon from Neil Young et al. For those of you that missed the teaser blitz last year, Pono is not a digital Toblerone, […]
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