Waarom zou van aan/uit schakelen de electronica kapot gaan? En waarom zou dit gelden voor de beosounds en niet voor de TV's? De reden dat bij mij 's nachts de electronica van de standby afgaat is niet het verbruik maar mogelijk brandgevaar. Brand onstaat in woonhuizen meestal in electronische apparatuur.

Given the fact that in different periods different types of music "emerge"or are popular, perhaps B&O did produce the systems/speakers that were fitting the musical preferences of the time, so they will sound different. I mean, the 70s/80s/90s all had their specific sound, at least in popular music that is. B&O's official statement

Again, a speakers-question: these days some real 70s nostalgia shows up; it makes me think about the sound of the speakers from that period, B&O produced some very good hifi speakers in these years (I own a pair of s45-2), how do they compare to the speakers of the 80s and 90s, beolab 8000 vs M100/M120? In other words, is there any progression in

Beosound 1 is a very special product, timeless design. However, it's unbelieveable it hasn't got RDS, especially because it's a portable radio.

Aside of al the fuss about what B&O should do/have done/do wrong ect, let's focus on what one can buy at this moment from the productrange: I think the combination beosound 4 + beolab 9 is the best value-for-money at the moment from B&O. (cheapest but most efficient player + very good but not the most expensive speaker). Any comment on this

B&O should not make the same mistake as BMW did with their "I-drive" system; technology for the sake of technology, without connection to the actual customers, middle aged and wealthy, who want something "hands-on" and easy to use. A beosound 5 without a CD player? A lot of people buy CD's and will continue to do so, downloading

I have both a 9500 and 9300 and i think the 9500 sounds better, warmer more detailed sound. 9300 sounds a bit "flat".

I thought that the change from beocenter 9500 to beocenter 9300 simplified the CD player that was used (from 16 bit to 1 bit bitstream), but in the following text is it explained that it's actually an improvement. Can anyone comment on this? http://library.thinkquest.org/26171/gforce.html

Hearing (acoustic) music through a pair of s45-2 rosewood speakers on their stands is very near hearing a live orchestra, they cost around 20 euro's each these days.... However, there is a difference in sound between the CD players; beocenter 9300 sounds a bit more mettalic/flat than the 9500, the CDX is very good too.

The designers in Struer for sure must have been also considering these options when developing the coming beosound 5. I don't think downloading music files wil make physical musiccarriers like CD/SACD obsolete, at least i like the "real" thing to hold in your hand, reading the book/text/lyrics that goes with it, and putting it into the