In Reply to: RE: Why Pono? posted by AbeCollins on January 28, 2015 at 12:58:12:
It's not like there was a reservoir of 24 bit albums waiting for a retailer. The dividends will be paid going forward. (Like I wrote above, their catalog is already massive for 16/44 altho you might as well just get the CD from Amazon for less $).
As far as the player, it seems that the SQ is competitive with much more expensive units yet is priced similar to an iPod (see reviews from Darko, Lavorgna, Hull). Pono is probably not keen to sell 24/192 files to novices and have them use an iPhone and earbuds for playback. Thus, a high-quality player priced competitively. Moreover, the Pono player can be used as a transport/DAC in a home system (see LaVorgna's review).
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