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# Pono Competitor Geek Wave Crowdfunds Over $1.3 Million For High Quality Music Player
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/pono-competitor-geek-wave-crowdfunds-over-a-million-for-high-quality-music-player/
- Published: 2014-07-14T15:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-07-14T15:15:00.000Z
- Description: LH Labs, a part of Light Harmonics, successfully completed an Indiegogo campaign to fund their Geek Wave "high-performance portable music player." Their campaign goal of $38,000 was dramatically surpassed closing. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/07/pono-competitor-geek-wave-cr
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LH Labs, a part of Light Harmonics, successfully completed an Indiegogo campaign to fund their Geek Wave "high-performance portable music player." Their campaign goal of $38,000 was dramatically surpassed closing Saturday with $1,323,073 in pleges. Geek Wave can be viewed as a competitor with the PonoPlayer but seems to be of interest to a different crowd than Pono's drawing.

The [Geek Wave campaign page](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geek-wave-it-s-not-a-next-gen-ipod-it-s-a-no-compromise-portable-music-player?ref=hypebot.com) describes the player as a "high performance music player you can take with you on the go, made for discerning ears." They state:

"We've taken the best ideas from the hundreds of different players on the market, and combined them with the high-performance features that we're known for, to create a no-compromise, high-performance portable music player."

**Geek Wave Indiegogo Pitch**

The "we" in question is [LH Labs](http://geek.lhlabs.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which is a part of [Light Harmonic](http://www.lightharmonic.com/?ref=hypebot.com).

Apparently they have a reputation that allowed them to outperform in a music hardware crowdfunding campaign that came after a large wave of such projects most notably the [PonoMusic player](http://www.ponomusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com).

Here's are some of the [specs](http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/43346-geek-wave-nears-800000-on-indiegogo/?ref=hypebot.com):

The highest resolution audio available – 32 bit/384 kHz PCM capable.

Drag and drop music management with expandable storage – Easy to manage from computer hard drives.

An intuitive user interface – offers a standalone player and allow the user to control it with a smartphone.

Ten Processor Cores – Uses both a dual core MIPS32 MPU from Microchip Technology and an eight core 500MIPS CPU from XMOS.

A large, interchangeable battery – user-accessible. After the expected two year lifespan of the rechargeable lithium ion battery, the user can easily swap in a new one.

Congratulations to LH Labs on a great job. I look forward to seeing future reviews of Geek Wave.

**More:**

- [Neil Young's Pono Kickstarter Ended Today With $6.22 Million Pledged](https://www.hypebot.com/neil-youngs-pono-kickstarter-ends-with-622-million/)

*Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith ([@fluxresearch](https://twitter.com/fluxresearch?ref=hypebot.com)) also blogs at [DanceLand](http://dance.land/?ref=hypebot.com). Send news about music tech startups and services, DIY music biz and music marketing to:*

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