NFT: PONO! Anyone have one?

to love Neil Young.

349 or 399, when the catalogue expands a little more ill get one for sure

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which was which, with my friend changing from one to the other. What can I tell ya...at least for me it was a phenomenal difference.

It is a often hard to guarantee that you will have equal loudness to insure a fair A B test.

Do you need $200 Monster Cables to enjoy this music?

Fails blinded tests
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(Pearl Jam Autographed Edition). I also have a Fiio X5. There is a huge difference (to my ears) listening to 24 bit files using Pono/Fiio.As you know I'm a huge Bruce fan & the release of live concerts like 12-31-80 & 12-31-75 have blown me away. Pono's shape actually is good at either holding in your hand or putting on a counter. If you are testing the waters for the first time & don't want to spend the cash on a Pono, Fiio came out recently with their X1 which you can get on Amazon for only $99.Both use Micro Memory cards. You can find plenty of sales on 64GB & the price of 128GB is starting to come down.

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player. There's plenty of others that will sound amazing with well recorded high res music.

In comment 12239636 Wuphat said:

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That's not a good test. The average person doesn't appreciate/hear differences in sound enough to pay 350 for an upgrade. That's why most people use their phone and are happy with 128 kb MP3.

A better test is among people who do appreciate higher fidelity (and so obviously do think they can hear a difference).

Just like all the dumb studies and taste tests done with plebes and gourmet food- they're worthless.

Only a true appreciator of gourmet food can appreciate gourmet food. Regular folks not being able to tell the difference between "regular" and "high quality" proves nothing. Only those with discerning tastes can tell the real difference.

In comment 12239950 Cam in MO said:

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Just like all the dumb studies and taste tests done with plebes and gourmet food- they're worthless. Only a true appreciator of gourmet food can appreciate gourmet food. Regular folks not being able to tell the difference between "regular" and "high quality" proves nothing. Only those with discerning tastes can tell the real difference.

Are you claiming that a musician and a non-musician have the same ability to differentiate between different sounds? Maybe stick to bragging about your sexploits?

In comment 12239956 chris r said:

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In comment 12239950 Cam in MO said: Quote: Just like all the dumb studies and taste tests done with plebes and gourmet food- they're worthless. Only a true appreciator of gourmet food can appreciate gourmet food. Regular folks not being able to tell the difference between "regular" and "high quality" proves nothing. Only those with discerning tastes can tell the real difference. Are you claiming that a musician and a non-musician have the same ability to differentiate between different sounds? Maybe stick to bragging about your sexploits?

Do musicians have different ears than the rest of us? Bigger ear muscles?

Sure in a general sense you are correct that different folks have different levels of hearing.

knowledge of a topic in a condescending way and then realize you just said something incredibly stupid.

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I could not find one yet for 24 bit, but the premise is the same.

through a computer's speakers? And would the computer be a reasonable intermediary when plugged into an amp connected to high end speakers, or would that in itself diminish any differences in sound quality?

even if you used the very best sound card and high end headphones.

Similar to the "garbage in, garbage out" concept, the source material is the most important factor.