PonoMusic - My Morning Jacket Artist Edition

itrainmonkeys · Sep 17, 2014, 02:38 PM

Great choice with Okonokos

johnnYYac · Sep 17, 2014, 05:21 PM

It should be the entire discography at that price...

buymycar · Sep 18, 2014, 07:13 PM

24 bit Okonokos?

EverythingChanges · Sep 18, 2014, 10:37 PM

Quote from: johnnYYac on Sep 17, 2014, 05:21 PM
It should be the entire discography at that price...

Agreed, and if they had to pick two, Circuital really? I just don't get the Pono. I'm happy with vinyl for a more audiophile listening experience, and Spotify fulfills any other void I could have with music save for just going to a show.

Albeit an interesting idea, this just seems like an expensive gimmick. I can't tell a difference in digital music past the 320kbps mark. Past that, I feel like I would be listening too hard for a difference instead of enjoying the music. Maybe that's just me.

Santo · Sep 18, 2014, 11:43 PM

I wonder which Okonokos track listing it will be. CD, Vinyl or DVD?

johnnYYac · Sep 19, 2014, 12:58 AM

Quote from: Santo on Sep 18, 2014, 11:43 PM
I wonder which Okonokos track listing it will be. CD, Vinyl or DVD?

Good question. Not the DVD, but I'm guessing the CD.

Santo · Sep 19, 2014, 02:23 AM

Quote from: johnnYYac on Sep 19, 2014, 12:58 AM
Quote from: Santo on Sep 18, 2014, 11:43 PM
I wonder which Okonokos track listing it will be. CD, Vinyl or DVD?
Good question. Not the DVD, but I'm guessing the CD.

Given that Pono is supposed to be the best digital replication of vinyl, you would hope that it would at least be the LP boxed set. But I agree, I think it will be the CD track list. Although how could one complain about any version of Okonokos?

buymycar · Oct 13, 2014, 12:23 AM

So the Pono Music store has sort of gone live (you can't buy any tracks yet). But no My Morning Jacket tracks or albums are up yet.

https://ponomusic.force.com/

logan5ive · Nov 07, 2014, 05:22 PM

So...has anybody received theirs yet?

jmoney · Nov 19, 2014, 11:20 AM

Quote from: logan5ive on Nov 07, 2014, 05:22 PM
So...has anybody received theirs yet?

Not yet nor received a shipping notification.

From what I can gather, they had production issues with the limited editions players. While they fixed the bugs with production they kept producing the regular edition players and started shipping those early. They have apparently worked out the production issues and should be shipping more limited edition players soon.

GO4IT · Nov 21, 2014, 10:51 PM

Since I ordered the MMJ edition, along with Mr White and others, I'm also waiting for mine. As long as I get it before X-Mas I'm fine. I won't have much time to play with it before then anyway.

buymycar · Nov 21, 2014, 11:32 PM

Quote from: Mr. White on Nov 21, 2014, 11:26 PM

I'd bet that My Morning Jacket Players fall into that category of album not available. A few weeks ago, a lot of MMJ's stuff was in the "Beta" version of the Pono Store. However, they disappeared a while back and there's only about 8 singles available at the moment. The Store is still in the works, and their pricing isn't even set yet. I just hope they get things worked out soon.

Not only did the albums disappear from the store, the links that I posted in this thread disappeared as well!

jmoney · Nov 24, 2014, 04:11 PM

I checked the address update they sent out in their last email. You can go there and make sure everything they need for shipping is correct and verified.

At the bottom it lists the status of your player. It says mine (and probably the other MMJ players) will be manufactured soon. Not sure on turnaround time from manufacturing to shipping, but I guess we will probably be looking at an ETA of around the end of December.

Anyone else's order status state something different?

jmoney · Dec 05, 2014, 11:26 PM

My order status has changed. Now it says the player will be shipped soon. Looks like it should arrive before Christmas!

GO4IT · Dec 08, 2014, 09:39 PM

Got the following e-mail message today about my MMJ-edition Pono player:

"We've got some great news for you today! Your PonoPlayer has shipped and should be arriving shortly."

Woo hoo!!

jmoney · Dec 10, 2014, 12:37 PM

Received my player today! I got #89 out of 94. Looks very nice! Giving it a charge now.

I took a few pics, but I can't figure out how to post them here from my iPad.

GO4IT · Dec 10, 2014, 06:01 PM

Got mine today. Here's the unboxing......

https://www.flickr.com/photos/89843352@N07/sets/72157647369942844/

APR · Dec 11, 2014, 02:20 PM

For you audophiles and vinyl fans with the good sound systems (that's you Mr. GO4IT), how does it sound? Are you using headphones? The photos look cool.

GO4IT · Dec 11, 2014, 10:07 PM

Quote from: APR on Dec 11, 2014, 02:20 PM
For you audophiles and vinyl fans with the good sound systems (that's you Mr. GO4IT), how does it sound? Are you using headphones? The photos look cool.

I've only used earbuds so far since I don't have high-end headphones.

By Sat I should have the cable I need to hook it to my stereo and I will do a comparison vs vinyl for Circuital and Okonokos Sat night. That's a tough test given how great my vinyl pressing of these two albums are. You are welcome to join me for the test and some libations.

APR · Dec 12, 2014, 09:57 AM

Quote from: GO4IT on Dec 11, 2014, 10:07 PM
Quote from: APR on Dec 11, 2014, 02:20 PM
For you audophiles and vinyl fans with the good sound systems (that's you Mr. GO4IT), how does it sound? Are you using headphones? The photos look cool.
I've only used earbuds so far since I don't have high-end headphones.

By Sat I should have the cable I need to hook it to my stereo and I will do a comparison vs vinyl for Circuital and Okonokos Sat night. That's a tough test given how great my vinyl pressing of these two albums are. You are welcome to join me for the test and some libations.

Great idea....that is a test I wouldn't mind taking! I got high-end headphones about three years ago and don't know what took me so long to get them. Good potential Christmas gift from Mrs. GO4IT.