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# Neil Young’s Pono Kickstarter Ended Today With $6.22 Million Pledged
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/neil-youngs-pono-kickstarter-ends-with-622-million/
- Published: 2014-04-15T13:45:04.000Z
- Updated: 2014-04-15T13:45:04.000Z
- Description: Neil Young's Pono Kickstarter campaign to launch a better-audio player and download store ended today, far surpassing it's original $800,000 goal. $6,225,354 was pledged by 18,220 backers during the campaign. This. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/neil-youngs-pono-kickstarte
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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Neil Young's Pono [Kickstarter campaign](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music?ref=hypebot.com) to launch a better-audio player and download store ended today, far surpassing it's original $800,000 goal. $6,225,354 was pledged by 18,220 backers during the campaign. This makes Pono, which will play FLAC or ultra-high resolution recordings, the third most successful fundraising project ever on the Kickstarter platform. Watch the original intro video featuring an all star cast of musicians extolling the virtues on Pono.

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

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