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Should this have a (2012) tag? Neil Young did end up releasing music in this format with his Pono player, which failed[0]. [0]: http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i

• mark-r 8y ago
  Yes, this has been their position for many years. The associated video is good too: https://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml https://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml
• floatingatoll 8y ago
  Footer of the page suggests 2024, not 2012, as the latest edit date. You can ask the mods to add it by emailing them (link in HN footer).
  • floatingatoll 8y ago
    2014, sigh.
• Applejinx 8y ago
  It did fail, but note that it did sound freaking awesome. I have one. The thing rivals all the rest of my studio gear which includes a Lavry Black and a MOTU 16A capable of 24/192k (which doesn't actually sound better than the Black, but does spec better) The Pono is kind of 'polite' sounding, and possibly not the most mastering-grade accurate playback compared to far more expensive DACs, but by God it sounds good. If you come across any at pennies on the dollar you'd be a fool to not snap them up, it's an extraordinary little piece of tech. (if you do and you don't want them, give 'em to me!)
• classichasclass 8y ago
  Oh, golly, that hot yellow mess. I bought one and it's still in a desk drawer somewhere. The audio sounded great, but the device itself was rather dire. Here's my notes on it at the time: https://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2015/01/and-now-for-something-completely.html https://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2015/01/and-now-for-somethin...