Second update:
Pono Progress
PONO is in transition. We are moving our amazing collection of high resolution music to a new source, one that will offer the same quality and selection PONO has always provided. Some of you may wonder what happened to PONO and why the transition to our ‘under construction’ store was so sudden.
At this point I can only tell you that one of the largest corporations in the world, a server of low resolution music to millions, was responsible for PONO having to find a replacement for a critical part of our high resolution music infrastructure. PONO was one of approximately ten sellers of quality audio to have their supply shut down with less than a week’s notice. This is the disruption we are experiencing together. Many of the other music services shut down at the hand of this multi-national corporate giant may never recover. These services were all capable of offering high resolution music and are now off the market. PONO however, will recover from this shocking event and return, serving you the best quality music available. We are now in the process of this recovery.
When we return, among other improvements, our new store will feature a greatly improved and simplified experience when adding PonoMusic to your PonoPlayer.
PONO is fighting on your behalf to enable the choice to buy quality instead of the compromised products now offered to consumers in the field of music. We will not be stopped from attaining this goal:
"Quality whether you want it or not".
Remember, the PONO Promise will always be part of PONO. We are constantly working with our record companies to enable the creation of improved files of your favorite music where it is possible, i.e. where the original masters are of a higher quality than what is now available. The technology exists to make this happen for you the music lover and PONO is dedicated to accomplishing this task on your behalf. Wait til you see what we can do together in the Pono Community.
PONO ON!
Neil Young
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