Pono: Player for true audiophiles

Rejoice with excellent quality of sound! The project of the Canadian rock musician Neil Young - sensational PonoPlayer music player - gathered on Kickstarter $ 6.2 million. The initial goal was to amount to $ 800,000, but the idea has been so successful that it has supported 18,220 people. Delivery device will begin in October for $ 399.

The player boasts a large LCD-display, flash drive 128GB and promises a "great sound quality." Talking about their child 68-year-old Yang explained that the main objective was to "breathe" a unique record sound in a modern gadget. "All that we started for real music. We want to move it with the help of the figures in the XXI century, and PonoMusic perfectly cope with this task. We are terribly worried - because they are not doing this for myself, but for the people in your life whom music plays a big role. "

Yang said that PonoPlayer capable of playing music tracks at a higher level than the iPod. Together with the launch of the device, and earn special service PonoMusic, which allow you to search and buy tracks both major and independent labels. All music will be available in PonoStore store in FLAC format, which will allow to achieve excellent sound quality. Of course, these tracks will "weigh" more MP3, but the built-in 128 GB memory which can be expanded with a memory card, it is enough to download the audio files 5000.

Player Project "with the perfect sound quality" and had not left wondering Canadian rock musician. He advised Steve Jobs about the new iPod models that can please the ears of the true audiophile. However, the project was at an early stage and was finally collapsed after the death of Steve Jobs.