Musician Neil Young, who has also dabbled in songwriting and directing, has been working on a competitor to Apple's iPod for several years now, which is now close to seeing a release date. The PonoPlayer is a $399 digital music player that is designed to offer high quality sound, beating out Apple's iPod. The sound is described as "master-quality digital music at the highest audio fidelity possible," which allows listeners to feel the true emotion and detail of the music, "the way the artist recorded it." Young initially unveiled plans for the higher-quality digital music in 2012, after he revealed in
