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Originally Posted by troutman
Overpay For All Your Favorite Classic Rock Records At The Pono Store
http://www.stereogum.com/1727599/ove...no-store/news/
The Pono store is live, and whaddaya know, that #### is expensive! Ever since he rolled it out on Letterman, Neil Young’s high-quality digital audio player already seemed like a product designed strictly for boomers with money to blow. The Pono player’s $400 price tag seemed to confirm that, and now that the Pono store is live, there can be no doubt. If the featured selection didn’t tip you off to the target demo — along with three Young solo releases, the front page highlights new releases by the likes of Foo Fighters, Wilco, Jack White, and Tom Petty plus ancient releases from the Doors, Led Zeppelin, and CSN — the prices will do the trick. Young’s seminal After The Goldrush will run you $21.79. White’s recent Lazaretto costs $24.99. Feel free to pay $17.99 for the self-titled Doors album you can find in any used record bin in America. Reflektor is retailing for $18.29, and it doesn’t even score well on the audio quality rating meter thingy that accompanies each release, see?
Doesn't seem that bad when you consider what people pay for vinyl.
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Don't waste your money on high resolution audio files. For 99% of people they'll be indistinguishable from CD audio, or even quality mp3s.
Monty from xiph.org, who created Ogg Vorbis, explains it very well.
http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
Here's some tests you can use to prove it for yourself.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/91-aud...-take-2-a.html
http://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php