pono

there is a proper line out included also, so you can hook it up to any system.

sure, as long as you don't plan on taking your music with you.
the converters in the yellow thing are supposed to be as good as you can fit in a portable. versatility has it's advantages too.
i guess adding a digital out would be a good idea?

seems some of the backers are requesting same. this might look interesting in one or two years.

mainly because you can't fit good converters into a phone. to add to that, most mp3 listeners simply don't give a crap about dynamics & harmonics, so to them the idea of having a separate player just looks like a step back in time. this is a niche product, and that's why the big boys are not playing ball (yet). with phones becoming ever thinner, it's hard to see this technology being adopted by the bigs at all.

I don't think were are gonna see the back of mp3 anytime soon, even industry standard manufacturers like pioneer don't support FLAC on the topline CDJ's. I think people have collected huge amounts of mp3 over the years and aren't will to upgrade their collections...

And besides, I am will to sacrifice sound quality on a portable device ..for the convenience of carrying one single multi function device like a phone. So long as it drowns out the other people on the train/bus/plane & i don't have to talk to them

If this thing had a line-in and could make high-rez recordings as well as a player...it might be interesting.