Since hosting an image is too time consuming, I'll let you sketch it in your own head. (You know what they say about teaching a man to sketch versus giving a man a sketch) First I need you to imagine a large magazine. Now imagine a CD. Now lay the CD halfway off the right side of the magazine. There you have it. BeoSound 5. Let the salivating begin

Not an oath exactly (we're not as militant with secrecy as Apple), but at the time that most of us saw the BeoSound 5, it was not a fully formed product. In the year or so in between when it was first shown at the dealer level and the actual launch, things could change. The problem this poses is that once we start to really discuss it in detail

Each powerlink socket can handle up to about 10 speakers connected at any given time. This is not to say that anything close to that would be a recommendation, but it's feasible. Connecting 4 speakers to an audio system does not actually decode different information for rear channels, but simply replicates the front left and right (like in a car

Placement should be as flexible as any existing BeoSound if not more so. me-ow.

A sketch? Not wise for those in a position to do so. As for a preview, you'll probably have one after the new BeoVision 4 / BeoLab 10 launch is complete. Though the product has been delayed, there is plenty of it to give a tantalizing sneak peak. Anyways, I don't think B&O is capable of keeping a secret for that long. Knowing how many people

Wow! That sounds very interesting. Is this something you've done before or is it an experiment?

This fall. Stay tuned.

Amen, Beo-Ap. As for liking the BeoVision 9, it's the Kathy Bates of televisions. The specs are no better than the BeoVision 4 (which is being beaten with the same ugly stick as we speak) or the BeoVision 7 MkIII. I think that I wouldn't be so hard on it if the BeoVision 5 had never existed. The 9 is an immense technological improvement over

Flappo. It was only a matter of time. I don't entirely disagree when it comes to interface design. The last striking interface, in my opinion, was the BeoCenter 9000 and its later iterations. Unlike the frustrating BeoCenter 2 interface, it worked brilliantly and didn't feel at all forced. However, I think that the future of interface design

I'm not sure I could give you the software version by the SN alone, but the software upgrades are generally not expensive. As for the BeoPort, that's the bigger impediment. At this point it is not wireless and requires an ML run from computer to main system. It is brilliant when this is possible, but it is an understandable pain in the ass when