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# Neil Young’s $800,000 Pono Kickstarter Is Live [VIDEO]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/neil-young-hopes-to-raise-800000-for-pono-on-kickstarter/
- Published: 2014-03-11T14:37:38.000Z
- Updated: 2014-03-11T14:37:38.000Z
- Description: Neil Young's campaign to fund high quality music player and download store Pono is live on Kickstarter complete with video endorsements from a plethora of music stars ranging from Flea to Sting. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/03/neil-young-hopes-to-raise-800000-for-pono-on-ki
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![pono](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a51181ef42970c-150wi "pono")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a51181ef42970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Neil Young's campaign to fund high quality music player and download store Pono is live on [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music?ref=hypebot.com) complete with video endorsements from a plethora of music stars ranging from Flea to Sting To Jack White. Pono will play FLAC files with bit rates up to 9216 kbps. Young's ambitious funding goal is $800,000\. With pledge levels ranging from $5 to $5000, a $200 pledge will get an early edition of the Pono player that will retail for $399\. Watch the video:

**[Pledge here.](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music?ref=hypebot.com)**

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