[Headmusic]

Haha. Pretty sure I have one if the only ref1 in Melbourne. We should catch up and form the rarest of combinations lol

I'm in Melbourne too and I have one! Been testing out at various hifi stores since i got it! LOL!
 
But the battery life is crap. I don't think I've gotten more than 4 hours, I only listen to FLAC and now DSF files...I'm still waitng for the PONO accessories, like headphones and a case, perhaps?

 

[Kerouac]

OK, so around 4 hours playtime is maybe ''normal''?
Maybe they tested it at Pono for 8 hours with mp3's@128kbps with very low volume and no screen on

 
I've put my brightness already around 20% and try to use the screen not too much.
When I listen with my V6S, 25% volume is enough (for my 1p2 I need almost 50% volume though)
I guess (not sure) listening balanced maybe drains the battery almost twice as fast?

 

[olddude]

I'm getting at least 6 hours.  Volume nowhere near 50% though (ouch) and screen is set to Off after the shortest time possible.  

 

[doctorjazz]

 
I must say my Kickstater PON sounds great. Had it since mid-December the only complaint is it's battery life is crap, and it would be nice if it had remote smarts.

I have tried it against the AK100 and the AK sounded better, but the PONO is half the price. 

DSD and FLAC both sound wonderful, and after burn-in the device sounds utterly wonderful thru my PrimaLuna Valve amp - BETTER THAN VINYL!!

+1 on SQ


and +1 on batterylife


 


Like I mentioned before, I prefer the sound out of the Pono over that of the DX90 & X5


 


Concerning batterylife: what do you mean with crap? How many hours playtime do you get out of your full charged Pono?


One of these days I will check how much it is exactly for me, but I'm sure it comes nowhere close to the advertised 8 hours. I think for me it's around 3 or 4 hours.


Is this normal or do most of you Pono owners out there get more hours out of it?


 


When you have the chance you should try some 24bit VINYL rips on your Pono. Yesterday I listened to Led Zeppelin I & IV vinyl rip and oh man, does that sound good!

May I ask, how are you creating the 24bit vinyl rips?

 

[CarmenC]

http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Lipstick-Sized-Portable-External-Technology/dp/B005X1Y7I2/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_4_31HF?ie=UTF8&refRID=00E8PP1P5NGT7TYPVA1Q

Plug one of these into the USB port of your pono and double your battery life.
$12.99.

 

[Koukol]

OK,
 
with the talk of battery life and time it takes to charge lately...today around 1:00pm I recharged my Pono when there was still about 1/4 power left.
Right now SEVEN AND A HALF hours later my Pono is only about 90% charged!
???

 

[olddude]

Charged mine Sunday- it was at 10% or so, gave me a low battery warning.  Gave it a bit more than three hours and it was just about fully charged.  I'm using the Pono charging block and USB cord included with my Pono.  I've never run my battery all the way down, but maybe you could try that, see if it will charge better.  I've done that with my iPhone and it helped.  Try at your own risk, as I've never done it.  

 

[Sam Edwards]

  +1 on SQ

and +1 on batterylife

 
Like I mentioned before, I prefer the sound out of the Pono over that of the DX90 & X5
 
Concerning batterylife: what do you mean with crap? How many hours playtime do you get out of your full charged Pono?
One of these days I will check how much it is exactly for me, but I'm sure it comes nowhere close to the advertised 8 hours. I think for me it's around 3 or 4 hours.
Is this normal or do most of you Pono owners out there get more hours out of it?
 
When you have the chance you should try some 24bit VINYL rips on your Pono. Yesterday I listened to Led Zeppelin I & IV vinyl rip and oh man, does that sound good!

I prefer the HDTracks releases of these. But maybe we're listening to different 24bit rips. 

 

[Koukol]

  Charged mine Sunday- it was at 10% or so, gave me a low battery warning.  Gave it a bit more than three hours and it was just about fully charged.  I'm using the Pono charging block and USB cord included with my Pono.  I've never run my battery all the way down, but maybe you could try that, see if it will charge better.  I've done that with my iPhone and it helped.  Try at your own risk, as I've never done it.  

I already ran the Pono dry once.
I'll have to pay more attention now...cheers.

 

[Ham Sandwich]

  OK,
 
with the talk of battery life and time it takes to charge lately...today around 1:00pm I recharged my Pono when there was still about 1/4 power left.
Right now SEVEN AND A HALF hours later my Pono is only about 90% charged!
???

 
I've never had it show an 100% green line for charge.  Max charge has been what appears to be about 90% of the green line.  I don't know if it's possible to get the green line 100% full.
 
I don't know what my typical play time is before the battery gets too low.  I don't time it or pay that close attention.  Recently I've been using it with my LCD-2 and a balanced connection.  The LCD-2 and PonoPlayer seem to pair well for my sonic preferences.  Battery life might be around the 6 hour mark with that combo.  Maybe?  But I really don't know cause I don't pay attention.  I listen to it throughout the day on and off.  When the battery gets low I plug it in.  The battery life is adequate.  I prefer better sound over battery life.  6-8 hours of battery life is worth it for this type of sound quality IMO.  It's driving my LCD-2 without the need of an external portable amp.  That's a big bonus.  No external amp means one less thing to bother with and to charge.
 
And it sounds great to me.  Very pleasant and enjoyable to listen to. A type of headphone sound presentation that makes me want to keep on listening. There are players that sound more aggressive and energetic, but those players don't make me want to keep on listening for album after album.  The PonoPlayer hits the spot for me for the style of music listening I like.

 

[olddude]

I listen to mine for about 32 minutes (the time it takes me to walk two miles) and then for another 10 or so minutes after I get back to my house.  So about 45 minutes a day.  I charge my Pono every 7-9 days.  I'm running it balanced into my Shure 846, and I believe balanced uses a bit more power.  No files less than 16/44 and lots of 24/x and DSD.  And I agree, I've never seen the little flag on the end of the green line get all the way to the right after charging. 

 

[Koukol]

Does anyone know which one will work with the Pono?
I can only find "Ultra" now.

 

[PalJoey]

  OK,
 
with the talk of battery life and time it takes to charge lately...today around 1:00pm I recharged my Pono when there was still about 1/4 power left.
Right now SEVEN AND A HALF hours later my Pono is only about 90% charged!
???

Are you charging it from the computer's USB socket or from a mains adapter?

 

[Koukol]

 

  OK,
 
with the talk of battery life and time it takes to charge lately...today around 1:00pm I recharged my Pono when there was still about 1/4 power left.
Right now SEVEN AND A HALF hours later my Pono is only about 90% charged!
???

Are you charging it from the computer's USB socket or from a mains adapter?

Of course the main adapter.

 

[Koukol]

Somewhere in this thread someone posted a link to a Ghent Audio connector for the Pono (1/8 output to two rca's males)
Does anyone know how to find it?
I searched "Ghent" and just went through 75 pages and couldn't find it.
 
I'm not looking for a new link but the link posted earlier as I need to see where it took me.