Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

$300 FLAC Player Kickstarts Past $2 Million

posted by girlwhowaspluggedout on Thursday March 13 2014, @03:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the digital-revolution-blues dept.

Marneus68 writes:

"Pono, the Neil Young-endorsed Kickstarter project, is drawing more and more pledges. Now past the $2 million mark (with an expected goal of $800K), this project aims to create a audiophile friendly FLAC player along with its ecosystem (and by that they mean their own music store and syncing application).

The device itself features 2 audio outputs, one 'specially designed for headphones' and the other 'specifically designed for listening on your home audio system'. The player is controlled by an LCD touchscreen, and its triangular 'Toblerone' shape makes it easy to hold it upright with one hand or to lay it flat on surfaces. The player, which has 64GB of internal memory, comes together with a 64GB microSD card.

The board and its components, as well as a 'pre-prototype' model, are pictured in the project's Kickstarter page.

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
$300 FLAC Player Kickstarts Past $2 Million | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 86 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by skullz on Thursday March 13 2014, @03:39PM

    by skullz (2532) on Thursday March 13 2014, @03:39PM (#15918)

    Oh cool, now I can be an audio snob and plug my $5 buds into this and 'gasiam about the "pure sound".

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Flamebait=1, Insightful=1, Funny=1, Total=3
    Extra 'Funny' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   3  

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 13 2014, @04:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 13 2014, @04:31PM (#15956)

    Beats by Dre

  • (Score: 1) by Fnord666 on Thursday March 13 2014, @11:29PM

    by Fnord666 (652) on Thursday March 13 2014, @11:29PM (#16123) Homepage

    Oh cool, now I can be an audio snob and plug my $5 buds into this and 'gasiam about the "pure sound".

    So don't buy it. This isn't the ACA; no one is forcing you to purchase anything.