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$300 FLAC Player Kickstarts Past $2 Million

posted by girlwhowaspluggedout on Thursday March 13 2014, @11:30AM   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.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by kbahey on Thursday March 13 2014, @01:14PM

    by kbahey (1147) on Thursday March 13 2014, @01:14PM (#15990) Homepage

    Assuming you are on Android ...

    I used TuneIn for a while, but then they started changing the app too much and it became annoying (can't remember the details now, but perhaps it was ads?).

    So, I moved to rad.io [google.com], which pretty much has the same line up of stations, which you can browse [www.rad.io] on their site.

    There is also vTuner [vtuner.com] which has an impressive channel lineup, but does not have an app by itself.

    It is however, embedded in many devices today, ranging from portables to full blown network receivers and home theaters. I found their app included in my flat screen LG TV, and also in Sony's network receiver.

    Here are some devices and manufacturers with vTuner support [vtuner.com].

    Both services allow you to listen on a regular desktop PC as well, though not from your app like Amarok or Clementine, rather, their web based flash widget.

    All of the above (rad.io, and vTuner) is free, with no subscription or fees. You just pay for the internet connection.

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