THOSE BASTARDS

THOSE BASTARDS

RIP

Well I read that as porno.

I read that as Bono

You DID buy a Pono, right Sup Forums?

Remember in the Kickstarter video where Rick Rubin listens to FLAC on the Pono and talks about how mind blowing it is as if he's not more responsible than anybody for the death of audio quality in rock music?

HEY LABELS, I HAVE THIS GREAT IDEA FOR A PRODUCT THAT WILL NEVER SELL AND MIGHT BOOST YOUR NET BY .0000000001%. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RENDER OUT HIGHER RESOLUTION VERSIONS OF YOUR ENTIRE CATALOG OF MUSIC.

definitely the record labels and not the fact that its a fucking prism, who the fuck wants to fit that shit in your skinny jeans

>electronic toblerone
my sides

If it was shaped like a regular music player people MIGHT have bought it, who the hell pays 400+ for a portable player that feels like a fuckin massive toblerone in your pocket

Normies don't care about FLAC or mp3, they probably listen to their music with cheap earbuds or beats so it doesn't matter if it's a 128kbps mp3 or a FLAC anyway. Only audiophiles would buy this, but they're too autistic to go outside so they don't need a portable audioplayer.

>Only audiophiles would buy this, but they're too autistic to go outside so they don't need a portable audioplayer
This, most audiophiles already have they dedicated external DACs, and they can use an iPod classic with that mod that lets you play flac and wavs (cant remember the name, but you know what I mean)

Stop reading pitchfork

How is it better than flac?

Pono was the best music player, the issue is the "best" never actually wins. Only the best marketed.

I'm currently using an 80GB iPod Classic but I'm running out of space and a significant portion of my music is only in 128kbps
What are my best upgrade/replacement options under $250?

read that as yoko ono

Your iPod classic can play 320.

Yeah, but I'm almost out of storage on that thing, and if I convert from 128kbps to 320kbps I'll probably exceed its capacity

I've got over 40 million tracks on my iPhone. It's called Spotify!

delete the shit music

>
There is no shit music
I have flawless taste

if only

Sure you do buddy

Lol you have an 80GB iPod of 128kbps music, I guarantee you have shit taste.

I concede, I have shit taste
But my excuse is that I've been gradually importing my library of CDs over the course of several years, and the first few years I didn't give a shit so I just imported everything as 128kbps

It isn't, because for all intents and purposes it IS FLAC. (there's no point in getting WAV and DSD is a failed dead meme)

Get a 160GB iPod Classic.

Audio quality argument is bullshit when artists upload all their stuff to Bandcamp now which requires master’s in FLAC or WAV and you can download in whatever file format you want. Neil Young missed the gun by half a decade

The format has barely anything to do about sound quality, the mastering is the MOST important part

Use your phone or buy a used HTC One m8 and stick a 128 / 256 Gb SD card in it.

Enjoy one of the absolute best DAP you can have with stereo front facing speakers and one very powerful headphone amp.

Okay then he still fucks up cause it’s easy to get proper mastering or else people wouldn’t bother and half ass it and not make as much money.

>if I convert from 128kbps to 320kbps I'll probably exceed its capacity
You have to be baiting now

The sound quality of this thing compared to a high end phone is marginal at best.

If you are buying a high end DAP, dont expect to get massive improvements in sound quality compared to your phone, your headphones are the most important part. But some phones have trouble driving stuff like balanced armature or things that have an impedance thats not 16ohms

>phone
>speakers

they dont put effort into mastering, they just make it loud as possible because they think thats what sell albums

Let me guess - You have a phone with a single shitty mono speaker. Say something shitty like any Samsung or pre iPhone 7

Why would I be baiting
If I'm almost at 80GB now with primarily 128 kbps files, reimporting my albums at 320kbps will probably end up pushing me over 80GB

Doesn't matter. Same with laptop speakers - shitty integrated speaker is a shitty integrated speaker. Always separate speaker(s) or headphones.

I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he keeps his audio archived in .flac or .wav, and that by "converting from 128 to 320kbps" he really meant changing the "convert to..." when syncing his phone. You can do that in Musicbee and most other audio programs.

Most of my music is stuff I own on CD, and when I first started ripping to my hard drive I did it in 128
I meant re-ripping it all as 320

Get a fiio

The speakers on my U11 sound great tho. Even to the point where i dont bother to use my wireless Sennheiser momentums, HD800 or my main speakers, LS50.

HAHAHAHA DID THEY EVEN GET TO RELEASE IT?!?

>Neil "Old And Out Of Touch" Young

>mfw audiophile musicians are so autistic that they won't even let other people listen to their music unless they can hear the drummer tap his toes