Neil Young's new "Pono" music player smashes 800k Kickstarter goal
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"Use it in your home stereo, car...and the difference in the sound will be amazing."
Which is it? I have to believe the quality of your speakers will be a big difference. will it be just "good" or truly "amazing".
I'm honestly surprised at the amount of pledges. They're basically selling a device on the hopes of hearing something amazing. I've heard flac audio and it is better. You don't need a $300-400 paperweight to pump out great sound.
Most consumers benefit far more from improving the acoustic system (speakers, headphone, room) than the playback system.
Once you have $200 headphones or $500 speakers and $500 room treatment, you might be able to hear a difference with lossless or 24-bit audio, assuming that the source material was recorded properly and not overly processed. But until then, a fancy music player or even FLAC audio isn't going to help much.
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SOUND SYSTEM:
1. For headphone playback, get good headphones.
2. For speaker playback, fix the room first.