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$300 FLAC Player Kickstarts Past $2 Million

posted by girlwhowaspluggedout on Thursday March 13 2014, @03:30PM   
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.

• Re:I have a better idea Re:I have a better idea (Score: 4, Interesting) by hatta on Thursday March 13 2014, @07:42PM

  by hatta (879) on Thursday March 13 2014, @07:42PM (#16057)

  I go full Stallman with my music, and I'm perfectly pleased. Got a cheap Sansa, put Rockbox on it. Listen to live music from archive.org freemusicarchive.org, magnatune.com, Jamendo, etc.

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• Re:I have a better idea (Score: 3, Funny) by SleazyRidr on Thursday March 13 2014, @08:05PM

  by SleazyRidr (882) on Thursday March 13 2014, @08:05PM (#16066)

  What about when they all go out of business, what then?

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