Well, the TAD speakers are USD 60.000/pair, require expensive amplifiers that are a lot more powerful than your older B&O system, and the jury is out on whether they are "the world's best sound" once you want to play around with that kind of money. They also challenge B&W's 802Ds for size. On the Sonus Faber Cremona I have

Many had projected shutting down FM by 2010, but the slow adoption of DAB has moved or removed that deadline. DVB-T has radio stations, as well, and many consumers are beginning to listen to those. Not so good for the industry, as the number of channels is limited to about 20. And DVB-H will offer internet radio to handheld devices in the home, car

TripEnglish: People often say that B&O is very much like Apple, and in a way they are. Apple is the last refuge in computing for people who want a simple experience in computing from a product that offers emotional gratification through form and material. Bang & Olufsen offers the same in AV, but my first iPod is dead. My second one is dead

Sweden decided to skip the transition. Germany likewise has pulled support, due to the extremely low percentage of DAB radios sold. Norway is reconsidering, and extending the deadline for the transition to all-DAB. The UK is giving it a long and hard look. But the crux is that the mobile phone companies and service providers want DVB-H, digital streaming

Well - what's flawed? I have a first generation Berry iMac with DVD-drive in my office. When I bought the iMac it was brilliant, it's still a great computer, but it's been retired because there are greater computers. The broadcasters of Europe got together and wanted to go digital with radio - DAB was the solution then, and potentially it

Well, try listening to DAB in a moving vehicle and you'll understand why. The technology was inferior from the beginning, and was implemented below its potential for true sound. The new DVB-H standard allows both audio and video streaming to mobile digital devices, has higher through-speeds and greater stability -- all the mobile phone companies

Erik-nl: It is targeted at rich oil sheiks, new russian millonares, rock stars and so on - WAKE UP ! Let's hope not, since this is not a market. The absolute majority of these people never make their own purchasing decisions, and instead have managers, designers, interior decorators, a/v consultants and numerous other go-betweens who provide to

One does hope that B&O will manage to pull through, but I don't share Dude the Bangers optimism as far as the product line-up and brand are concerned. Longevity of products. Agreed, that doesn't have to be a problem, IF the brand invests itself in developing an awareness about itself, its philosophy and why it makes the choices it makes

This is quite a "The Sky is Falling!" thread. I think the journalist could well have mentioned that B&O is making money - instead of a projected profit of DKK500'', they are on track to achieve DKK300''. Because today's investment environment is high-strung that was enough to have the share value of B&O plummet

I'm only using my Touch to control the music and film playback at home, which means I won't need the 32GB one - but it's probably a good one to have if you plan to travel with the Touch. Mine spends its time being charged in my AudioPro, and I can also control it remotely while it's in that dock. If I didn't have a music centre I