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Pono's mission is to provide the best possible listening experience of your favorite digital music.

Pono Music - Where Your Soul Rediscovers Music

Pono's mission is to provide the best possible listening experience of your favorite digital music.
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the PonoMusic Team
the PonoMusic Team
18,220 backers pledged $6,225,354 to help bring this project to life.
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Our Final Kickstarter Update

A Special Message from Neil

Happy 2015. As 2014 comes to an end, Pono is on the threshold of success. I would like to thank everyone, our supporters, Kickstarter and... Read more

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Your PonoPlayer Shipments Timeline and Other Important Info

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Production and Shipment of Rewards Status

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Updates on Shipments and Shipping Issues

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PonoPlayer Shipment Dates

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Correction to Update #46 on Go-live Dates

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Big Exciting News!

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Flashback Friday!

Hi all!  

Nostalgia for the Kickstarter inspired us to flip through old photos from the campaign. 

We found one we couldn't help but share with you all:  

Remember... Read more

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Attend a Keynote by Neil Young — for free!

Hi all, 


PonoMusic will be at the upcoming Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on October 13-16th. The keynote by Neil Young will happen on October 16th at 10AM - 1PM. 

... Read more
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Corrections to a recent article on Pono

Hi all,

An article recently came out with unfounded claims suggesting PonoPlayers pre-ordered though Kickstarter would not ship until 2015.

Our team wants to reiterate our commitment to all of... Read more

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You Backed Us, Now You Can Invest

Dear music lovers, 

You backed PonoMusic via Kickstarter, and now we’d like to give you the opportunity to actually own a piece of the company if you want to through... Read more

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More Clear Steps for Updating Your Community Profile to Receive Your PonoPlayer Reward

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Announcing the Launch of the PonoMusic Preorder Store & Pono Community

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Welcome our PonoMusic store moderators!

Neil Young’s belief in community and grassroots has been at the core of PonoMusic since its inception. He has kept a close eye on how Pono has been developing, and... Read more

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San Francisco Listening Party on August 1 for the first 50 backers that RSVP!

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Watch this amazing video of Neil signing your posters!

Hello to all you righteous people! Happy Friday!

First off, apologies for the delays in getting you your rewards. Per our recent July update, t-shirts and stickers were already shipped out.... Read more

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Pono Selects Omnifone to Power PonoMusic Service

Omnifone today announces that Neil Young’s PonoMusic has selected Omnifone’s MusicStation to power its high-resolution digital music service. Neil Young’s vision is to revive the soul of music lost to... Read more

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Neil Young Steps Into CEO Role At PonoMusic

Rick Cohen becomes Chief Operating Officer of innovative music ecosystem dedicated to “reconnecting your soul to music” by delivering music from the best available sources - including straight from the... Read more

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Pono Supports Rainforest Connection

Pono means righteous. When we began this journey, the soul of music needed a voice, and you, our backers, banded together to give it one.

Today, independently of Pono, I... Read more

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Pono Update- July 2014

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Pono Makes CNN's Top 10 Inventions List of 2014

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/06/tech/cnn10-inventions/?hpt=hp_c2

Enjoy!

Your PonoMusic Team

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Preparing to Transition to PonoMusic.com

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Pono Team's Progress - June 2014

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An Important Update about Payments & Backer Engagement

Hi Kickstarter community,

We have been working hard to field all your questions and comments as quickly and thoroughly as possible. Engagement has been a top priority for us from... Read more

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The First Time...

To our incredible Kickstarter community, 

Thank you for joining us in this whirlwind of a journey. It was amazing every step of the way, and we cannot believe it’s already... Read more

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Important Amazon Payments Update

Dear PonoMusic Kickstarter supporters, here are a few important notes about the payment of your pledges: 

1. If you received an email notification from Amazon Payments that you were charged... Read more

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Successfully raised $6,225,354 with 18,220 backers

LAST 24 HOURS!

Hi Kickstarter community,

Can you believe we have 24 hours left of our Kickstarter campaign? We cannot either!

Please get involved while you still can!

A few reminders about our... Read more

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Last 48 Hours. Thank You from Neil Young & the PonoMusic team.

Pono means righteous. It is a Hawaiian word, the one, the pureness. On behalf of Pono, we thank you for helping us give music a voice. You have helped to... Read more

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Clarifications Regarding Update #23 & the PonoPlayer Design

Clarification about the PonoPlayer Output Impedance

Some have expressed concerns about the output impedance of the PonoPlayer being 5 ohms. It is important to note that it is trivial to... Read more

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More about the PonoPlayer Design

Many of the more technically inclined have asked for more details about what is so special about the PonoPlayer design. Charlie Hansen, founder of Ayre Acoustics, and one of the... Read more

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Important Info about the Stretch Run of our Kickstarter

Dear Kickstarter backers, 

Here we are, with just 6 days left of our PonoMusic Kickstarter campaign. Your support has been overwhelming and gratifying, and we truly appreciate it. You... Read more

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A Message to Artists, from Neil Young

A message to Artists:

First, we say “thanks” to all of you artists who have been here with Pono since the beginning. We are deeply grateful for your encouragement and support.... Read more

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ZZ TOP!

Happy Monday, everybody! We added ZZ Top to our Artist Signature Series. Like the Grateful Dead, we will be imprinting their infamous emblem directly on the player. Enjoy!

Stay righteous,... Read more

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International Shipping and European VAT

International Shipping Charges – Very Important!

You are responsible for adding $15 to your pledge total if your ship-to address is outside of the continental United States. Canada and Mexico... Read more

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CHECK OUT OUR NEW VIDEO!

Happy weekend, everybody.

We just posted a video where "Unsuspecting Teens Try Pono." We hope you love it as much as we do.

Here are a handful of quotes from... Read more

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GRATEFUL DEAD!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

We just added GRATEFUL DEAD to our Artist Signature Series! 

Have a righteous weekend!

-PonoMusic

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When it rains it pours...

We also just added ELTON JOHN to our Artist Signature Series!

Go get 'em!

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KINGS OF LEON!

We're pumped to share that we just added Kings of Leon to our Artist Signature Series.

Enjoy!

XO

the PonoMusic team

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THE EAGLES!

We are excited to announce that we just added the Eagles to our Artist Signature Series. 

..............go get 'em!

Our very best,

the PonoMusic team

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Founder's Message

Here we are at the halfway point. My experience here at Kickstarter has been life changing. After banging my head against the walls of venture capitalism for almost three years,... Read more

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Artist Testimonials! Check 'Em Out!

Hi all,

Have you seen our Artist Testimonials on www.ponomusic.com? We just added the Foo Fighters!

 Enjoy!

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A Note from our CEO

Saturday morning – just checked the site, and again, I’m gratified and thrilled to see the support for PonoMusic. Thank you. 

We are honored by your interest, your passion for... Read more

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PonoMusic Quality Spectrum

Hi everyone, 

We created a PonoMusic Quality Spectrum visual for your viewing. Check it out! (You can also see it on the main page.)

The PonoMusic.com Store uses FLAC (Free... Read more

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Two More Artist Signature Series Players Added!

Hi all,

For those who were asking for Neil Young & Crazy Horse Artist Signature Series players, they are UP!

Also, for those asking for more indie artists, we added... Read more

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A message from the CEO of PonoMusic

Wow! Thanks to all of you, we crossed the 10,000 PonoPlayer mark yesterday… and we are both gratified and delighted that so many people have pledged their support to the... Read more

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More Answers To Your Questions

Hi all, 

As our CEO John Hamm stated this morning, we are working on staffing up to better respond to your questions in a timely manner. 

In the meantime, we... Read more

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A Note from our CEO

Hello to the PonoMusic Kickstarter community! 

We are so grateful to all of you for your overwhelming support of PonoMusic. I want to apologize to those of you that have... Read more

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More Rewards Monday!

Hi everybody! 

Many of you have asked for more t-shirt color options, so your wish is our command. 

Those who pledged for a t-shirt, or want one in the future, we... Read more

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A Message from Neil Young

Thanks everyone for all of your support. It has been and continues to be gratifying to me to see how many of you are supporting Pono and our revolution in... Read more

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Happy Friday! MORE REWARDS!

Hi all,

We are so incredibly grateful for your support that we have been really working to get more rewards for you! So here we have it...

We added 30... Read more

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Some answers to your questions!

Hello backers!

We have gone through tons of your questions/comments/messages and have worked to respond to many of them. We came across a handful that address similar issues, so we... Read more

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Dearest backers,

We are absolutely thrilled and overwhelmed by the amount of LOVE we have received from AROUND THE WORLD in just the past 24 hours. It's incredible. Your... Read more

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