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Pono (, Hawaiian word for "righteousness"〔) is a portable digital media player and music download service for high-quality audio. It was developed by musician Neil Young and his company PonoMusic, which raised money for development and initial production through a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pono Music - Where Your Soul Rediscovers Music )〕 Production and shipments to backers started in October 2014, and shipments to the general public began in Q1 2015. Pono's stated goal—to present songs "as they first sound during studio recording sessions", using "high-resolution" 24-bit 192 kHz audio instead of "the compressed audio inferiority that MP3s offer"—has received mixed reactions, with some describing Pono as a competitor to similar music service such as HDtracks, but others doubting its potential for success.〔〔〔〔 ==History== Writing in his book ''Waging Heavy Peace'', Young expressed concern about digital audio quality, criticizing in particular the quality offered by Apple's iTunes Store. "My goal is to try and rescue the art form that I've been practicing for the past 50 years," he said. Young is the Founder of Pono Music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Company )〕 In September 2012, Young appeared on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' with a prototype of the player, and reported backing from major record labels Warner, Sony, and Universal, with a full agreement with Warner. In March 2014, Young announced that Pono would provide "the finest quality, highest-resolution digital music from both major labels and prominent independent labels" using the FLAC audio file format. $6.2M of funding for the project was raised via preorders for the player using the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. In June 2014, Young assumed the title of CEO of Pono Music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pono (digital music service)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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