click here<\/a> to read the post). That’s why I offer FLAC and uncompressed files for download.<\/p>\nI personally don’t see any real benefit to restricting customers to only FLAC files. John says that customers won’t even need to know what type of file to download. They will get the FLAC files and Pono will play them. That will require the Pono software to “uncompress” the FLAC files in real time to produce the digital stream converted back to analog by the DAC in the player. I suspect the decision was influenced by the smaller file size of FLAC files and the metadata than the fidelity of FLAC files.<\/p>\n
The ability to choose an .AIF or .WAV file would enhance their download site. I know it takes a lot more time to prepare all of the different files types (iTrax.com offers up to 21 different versions of the same track!) but I think audio consumers are smart enough to decide for themselves what they want. I think they are.<\/p>\n
John also talked about why music consumers will flock to Ponomusic, “Simplicity and availability. With the other sites, the user has to choose between AIFF, ALAC, WAV, or FLAC files, and needs to know why they are choosing it. Most people don\u2019t know the difference, or simply don\u2019t care. They just want high-quality music, and that\u2019s it.”<\/p>\n
The interview did provide a glimpse into the sources for the Ponomusic site. They say they’re going to offer the “studio master” in a high-resolution digital format. But then you read that they will deliver the highest quality files available from the labels.<\/p>\n
I don’t believe that Neil and the Pono team will be doing new transfers and masters of the album offered on their site. We’ll simply have to wait another 6 months in order to get the straight story on the content and the player.<\/p>\n
All I can say is, it must be nice to have a lot of famous musician friends willing to support your better music initiative. I can’t help but wonder how much money Metallica (and all of the other artists) is getting from of their “signature” Pono players? Aren’t they known for producing ultimate fidelity, dynamic rich records?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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