[L8MDL]

You didn't pay a penny for PMW as it was free software from the Pono people. As they say, you get what you pay for! I see JRiver in your future - if you get it before January 7th you'll save $12.50US. Resistance is futile.

 

[doctorjazz]

Why does one actually need JRiver or PonoPlayer? You can just load music dragging and dropping files. The Ponoworld Player was the way to upgrade the software, but I haven't heard of any new versions coming out, suspect there won't be any.
(I actually like JRiver, and have purchased and upgraded it for a long time now, before I got the Pono. I'm using 21, think I'll use the code to go to 22 now).

 

[flatmap]

Why does one actually need JRiver or PonoPlayer? You can just load music dragging and dropping files. The Ponoworld Player was the way to upgrade the software....

Managing playlists and applying updates would be the main things I think.  And when you create playlists it is very very nice to have a library viewer to navigate and sort. 

 

[doctorjazz]

Makes sense, I don't make many playlists, either listen to albums or set the Pono to random play, let it make the playlist (gotten lazy in my old age).

 

[Koukol]

  You didn't pay a penny for PMW as it was free software from the Pono people. As they say, you get what you pay for! I see JRiver in your future - if you get it before January 7th you'll save $12.50US. Resistance is futile.

So they didn't sell the player by adding that we get PMW?
I actually don't remember.
 
Anyways, I need a program because I'm having trouble with 2-3K regions lately...they're too sharp.
Since the Pono doesn't have an EQ I need to reduce those frequencies in a program. (of course I keep the original unmolested files)
 
 
Being a Canadian, JRiver is over $50.00 so they can keep it.
I'll rip with EAC and adjust with Foobar and Audacity instead.
 
Resistance is easy in this case.

 

[L8MDL]

I find it to be a nice place for keeping all my music & video/photos. It's also a pretty good player with lots of dsp options. And there's always hope that the Pono store will reopen and sync with JRiver. I don't use it for adding files to my Pono as I prefer to "drag 'n drop".

 

[doctorjazz]

It's true, we never had to pay for the Pono version of JRiver (but, you periodically had to renew it, which was a pain).
I do both version of loading music, drag/drop and JRiver, depending on my mood. Sometimes I find JRiver won't send some files for some reason. Sometimes I find drag/drop loses the tagging. Six of one...

 

[Koukol]

I never used PMW to load music as well.
It seems faster and more convenient just to drag and drop.
 
What I'll miss is the Room and Spread effects for some of my crappy sounding bootlegs.
I also liked that I could use some aftermarket VST effects like Voxengo.
Then again Audacity and Reaper can use them.
 
Now I'm finding all the CDs I ripped with PMW are no longer tagged

 

[Venture Guy]

Just got my Silver Litz Type 2 balanced Pono cable from Ted Allen. Running Audioquest NightHawks balanced with the Pono is... Awesome!

 

[ganzosrevenge]

Just upgraded my headphones from HD598s to HD700s.  I'm amazed that even single-ended, the PONO can drive the HD700s to sufficient volume anywhere between 35% to 45%.  I loved what Moon-Audio's Blue Dragon cable did to my 598s (opened them up and fleshed them out a ton) and I'm thinking to get a balanced Black Dragon for my HD700s.  Reason: Send more power to the headphones, flesh out some of the spikiness in the 700s and fatten them up a bit.  

 

[ganzosrevenge]

 
Updated my PONO listening experience!!!!

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

Pono sounds crazy good with all higher end Senns, Beyers, AKG's, all these hp's have in common a brighter sig, and the Pono man handles them into perfect balance which many daps can't achieve.

 

[barondla]

Nice combo! Don't see many clear Pono Players. Bet this is a nice step up sonically. Adding balanced later will knock it out of the park.

 

[Venture Guy]

 
Updated my PONO listening experience!!!!

Do you think the clear Pono has better SQ than the opaque ones?

 

[FFBookman]

  Do you think the clear Pono has better SQ than the opaque ones?

I think the clear one allows more electrolytes through the case, enhancing the sound.