I would vote for the BeoLab 10 for both sonic and aesthetic reasons. I find the low end much more taut in the 10 and like the "AV7" look that it gives. The STB bracket is a very minor cost to make the alteration.

In all honesty, I don't personally are where a product is made most of the time. As time goes by, country of origin is less an indicator of final product. These days it's difficult to get a complex product that isn't partially manufactured elsewhere, so it also seems too big a chore to worry about. It does, however, seem to be an issue for

Sorry for my part, chaps. Sometimes the above cartoon is all to accurate!

Here's an interesting angle, not often discussed directly. A lot of us miss Jacob Jensen for one reason or another. He's almost completely responsible for the type of company we are today. David Lewis, on the other hand, while completely familiar to us, never seemed to hold the same public post in the company that Jacob did. I wonder if whomever

Maybe we've got it all wrong! Maybe there are dozens of fervent Bang & Olufsen supporters over on www.kuroworld.org! Trying to defend Bang & Olufsen on Bang & Olufsen forums populated by Bang & Olufsen fans has proved to be somewhat of a fool's errand. I only frequent one other forum and the thought of it devolving into such

I agree. Making an expensive product cheap doesn't make any sense. If it can't be built where it should be built, then leave the cost what it is. What I think we're all looking for is not a top tier product with a deflated price, but a genuine well-considered middle range. If we truly develop these products, why bother with building outside

Sorry Razlaw, but it appears that we've happened on a vicar's tea party. We have to take people's sensitivities into account while they trash us on our own front lawn!

There you go. As you can see I've retracted any and all levity. Return to your knitting ladies.

Oh please! If there's one place for irreverence on this board it's Razlaw/355f fights! Without a little bawdy humor the boards might actually melt!

-deleted- I thought Brits were known for their senses of humor! Puritanism and manufactured outrage is usually an American specialty!