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iPhone beats Pono in blind test
David Pogue did a blind A/B of an iPhone vs a Pono and most people preferred the iPhone.
http://screen.yahoo.com/yahoo-tech-video/pogue-review-ponoplayer-171032215.html http://www.yahoo.com/tech/it-was-one...496883039.html The test has many flaws but I find it still interesting. It seems that he uses the iPhone 6 and I was surprised to find a clear improvement in the sound versus older iPhone. I guess they changed the DAC to a better one. Let me put my flame suit on first |
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Wow, that stings
But if you notice, some of those people are using ear buds. Some are using decent headphones (I think). The main flaw though, is that these people are right off the street and really don't care about SQ. I wonder what would happen if the same test was tried with golden eared AA subscribers Honestly, when I started in this hobby, I didn't know what I was listening for, and I couldn't really describe "good sound" vs. "bad sound" nearly as easily as I can now. I wasn't exposed to much "good sound" so I didn't know what was possible. That's what it takes. |
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The first thing golden eared AA subscribers would do is order all new WW cables and some new tubes for the iPhone. After a few hundred hours break-in we would want to test again and then get everyone's opinion before making up our minds. If the regulars here all agree we might say it's better. Of course we would still need to order a few more tweaks to help clear up any jitter in the wireless.
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Randy... Looking at the signatures around here it's pretty obvious we're not that herd minded. There's just about every brand and setup one can imagine. Just having some fun with my iPhone.
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Yeah, I missed the grin icon on the first read. Sorry.
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I listened to a Pono with good headphones (HD650s) and was underwhelmed.
My A&K AK100 II sounds a LOT better, IMO.
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This could be a blow to the whole HD files as the Pono is what the public will hear about. |
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I read this.. and now I want to place an order for this:
So I can connect my iPhone to my car. |
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