What my comment meant, was that I do not like that sharp tone of the Pono, it makes it sound like an acoustic guitar to me, not what I would be looking for in a baritone.
I already own a Kala cedar top with Living Water strings on it, which has a great tone, I also have a Lani spruce top baritone, & I quite like it's slightly more sharp tone, but it is not like that Pono. Of course we all like something different from our ukes - you called the Kala 'muddy', I call it 'mellow'.
I think this comparison was good, as it used the same strings on two quite different baritones, & clearly showed the difference between them.