I was told that that all the first batch of Apple BeoSound 8s would be sold online, not on display. There is one DC BeoWorlder, Russ, for sure, but I imagine he is mourning the Redskins' loss right about now.

@Paul+++, I get what you are saying, but on the Internet particularly, it's one man, one voice. If you remember, you have used your market demographic knowledge of your universe to declare it's too expensive, lacks the proper features, and now it sounds bad. That's 3 on a match, so it is obvious you don't care for it. I have heard you

I have listened to this dock for hours, from ipad, iPhone, nano, and touch. Have auditioned it probably 30 times, plus hosted a party for apple employees. The only time it has sounded like crap to me was when the source was crap. While several have not cared or it, nobody (including a couple of snobs) have criticized sound quality. I mean nobody.

Somewhere between Zero and None. The BeoSound 8 is the new kid in town.

[quote user="®"] What file types can the BS4 now read? [/quote]. According to the documentation, WMA files up to 192, MP3 files up to 320. If you rip MP3 files with LAME encoding, I find that is a very nice recording that will play anywhere. For years I have used CDEX, a free utility, then sucked them into iTunes for use with iDevices. I dont

[quote user="tournedos"] [quote user="symmes"]I didn't know US apple store sells to overseas addresses. [/quote] Well, it doesn't. Clearly stated in the shipping & delivery terms. [/quote] Then it follows that the us apple store price doesn't necessarilly suggest uk pricing, as alluded to in an earlier post.

Where I live, we move the sound by tying beosound 8 to a wagon and dragging through our mobile homes.

Aargh. iPad is doubling today. Must be the cold. Sorry

[quote user="TripEnglish"] Two words: DLNA Compliant. (Well, one acronym and one word) [/quote] What is the significance of that?

In the US, Apple adds sales tax based on on of 50 state tax rates. I didn't know US apple store sells to overseas addresses. But if it is that much less cost in US, why not just buy it and find out. The price of beosound 8 sure isn't going to drop. Only Chinese tvs do that, or at least until there are labor and environmental laws there. Can't