[Ruben123]

Neil Young posted 2 updates in the Pono community. I won't copy & paste them here. They are kind of long. They are good news.

Look at how exactly the jack looks. And find one on eBay/AliExpress, solder it and done

 

[bmoregnr]

Does anyone have tips on a portable battery charger for use with the Pono.  What amps output would I need in this case.  Would I have any sound quality issues having one of these plugged in while playing the Pono with IEMs. 
 
I have zero experience with these so if any are working well for anyone here I would love some recommendations regarding what brands etc as I need to pull the trigger on one of these for longer trips.

 

[barondla]

Any USB charger will work. They all put out ~5volts. 2.1 amp chargers will charge the Pono Player quicker.

If you want one of those battery power stations , any with microUSB will work. Larger capacity battery will run longer. I like to have a couple. One small for portable use. A large one for home use/during power failures.

No problem leaving it plugged in. Ayre's Charles Hansen said his is always plugged into wall. I have noticed a very slight thickening in the bass with some USB chargers. It is probably just the slightest amount of very low level hum. Using balanced playback mode cancels this out in the Pono power supply.
Enjoy.

 

[Mark2010]

Are there any plans to sell the Pono player in Europe ?

 

[moodsmaster]

My Pono-Player suffers from low battery, so i want to replace it. As I'm not in the US, getting the battery replaced is very expensive and i think it's not so hard to do it on my own. The only question i have is the battery-type.
Samsung INR18650-35E Lithium-Ionen-Akkus
Would this one work?

 

[barondla]

Moodsmaster I would use the exact same brand and model battery the Pono Player shipped with. This disassembly video shows battery and everything else.
http://mikebeauchamp.com/2014/12/pono-player-teardown/

 

[moodsmaster]

I've read that article, but didn't find any seller with the exact same type of battery in Europa. So i tried to find an alternative.
Does somebody knows a place, where i could by the battery or is it possible to use another one?

 

[radicus]

Does anyone have experience with 200GB micro SD cards in the Pono player? What about 256GB? Thanks in advance!

 

[oneway23]

  Does anyone have experience with 200GB micro SD cards in the Pono player? What about 256GB? Thanks in advance!

Been using a Sandisk 200GB for over a year.  No issues and no worries...Can't speak to the 256GB variant, sorry, but I see no reason why that wouldn't work...

 

[rickhawk22]

  Does anyone have experience with 200GB micro SD cards in the Pono player? What about 256GB? Thanks in advance!

I have the Sandisk 200GB micro SD card in my Pono, and it works great!  If you stay with name brand cards, you should be fine.

 

[oneway23]

  I have the Sandisk 200GB micro SD card in my Pono, and it works great!  If you stay with name brand cards, you should be fine.

Sage advice.  Buy directly from Amazon or similar...Don't buy anything off-brand from Ebay.  A lot of fake cards out there

 

[radicus]

Got the Sandisk 200GB from Amazon. 78 bucks. Thanks!

 

[oneway23]

  Got the Sandisk 200GB from Amazon. 78 bucks. Thanks!

Nice!  Enjoy in good health!

 

[roadrat]

  Got the Sandisk 200GB from Amazon. 78 bucks. Thanks!

Amazon had it on sale for $60 last week.  Picked one up

 

[93EXCivic]

Can anyone compare the Pono player to the Cayin N5?
 
I have spent some time with the Cayin N5 and I am not overly impressed with it particularly at the slow load speeds and some of the build quality (the scroll wheel feels terrible and the rubber flap covering the SD card and charge ports is pretty crappy).