I remember the first time I went out there (I live back east, but you might be aware that BOA is in a Chicago suburb) and saw the Plasma windmill in the court there where the B&O shop is located. I can't recall any specific statistics, but they do a measurable percentage of the nationwide business of many of the brands they carry. I don't

TWG, I too have been impressed with certain aspects of the Sonos system, but it is not a complete solution and my loyalty to Bang & Olufsen comes largely from the completeness of the solutions. If I need a Sonos controller for one task and a universal remote for severl others, then this is not the experience I wish to have. Nor is it the experience

Linder, might you live in the Chicago area in the US? I also agree with some of your ideas. Especially that a software environment like Apple TV is essentially the future. I also must say in Apple's defense that the limitations of their platform are largely a byproduct of the strictures of content protections. As content originators find ways to

As we say in freedom loving America, I may not agree with his opinion, but I'll defend with my life his right to hold it. I can assume that 355f likely comes from a very genuine place. It's like my parents being extremely frustrated with my sister over the years for always coming home too late, leaving her bedroom and bathroom a mess, etc. They

Tom: "To Be Determined" Linder: my music is in all different formats from WAV to 128kbs. I would say only a small percent (5% or so) is lossless. Recently I've been ripping at 320 (or something) kbs. I have long avoided buying music with DRM encoding and generally buy CDs, rip them, and sell them back to a record store or borrow from friends

Mason, It really depends. I will buy it as both a collector and someone who has well over 100GB of music versus 20 or so CDs. To me, the all digital concept makes sense. If you have not fully embraced this lifestyle, the BeoSound 5 might be premature. You have to be ready to give yourself to IP radio & digitally stored music totally. If you are

Linder, Happy troubles! as we say. I think it's great that many of the members here (myself included) have had to find ways to deal with multiple audio systems. I recall recently a part of a thread where many people confessed to having a BeoCenter 2 and a BeoSound 9000 in the same room. To answer your question, part of that (the BeoMedia integration

I appreciate everyone's participation, but we seem to have veered off topic a bit. I don't think I was unclear on certain members' opinions of Bang & Olufsen televisions, I was interested in what they would see as acceptable compromises or alternatives in order to either increase quality, reduce cost, keep closer pace with mid-grade

Here's my guess, having seen the physical BeoSound 5 plus a film on the interface (this doesn't really enlighten one to the actual capabilities, simply how it will look and how you will interact with it). I think that it will be exactly what many have been looking for on the day it's launched and will grow into what others are looking for

If the BeoSound 5 doesn't have coverflow, a touch screen, an affordable price, a multi-terabyte hard drive, support for lossless codecs that have yet to be imagined, human emotions, a socket panel that supports multiple HDMI inputs with 48fps, THX certification, a single hair from George Lucas' beard, the traces of Jacob Jensen's former