An interesting post and one I will digest for a little longer replying fully,but on point 1 I think B&O have started that process by pulling out of developing new landline phones or mobiles after current product lifecyles have been completed. A issue for me is how B&O will come up with products that will make existing customers want to replace

Happy new year everyone! All the best for a great 2010! Simon

[quote user="DoubleU"] [quote user="kokomo"] A point I forgot from my earlier post - how would I ever have realised that a "Young Ricky Wakeman" played Mellotron on "Space Oddity" without the album notes? Truth is Puncher, many young people in this "download it for free, listen, delete, download something

Jonnie I am sorry that you are going though this and that you are the one who has been left out of pocket. That said, I do have some sympathy with Paypal in this situation. Presumably you became aware that the speakers were on sale and then decided to conduct the transaction privately in order to avoid eBay fees etc. Having declined to conduct the transaction

[quote user="kokomo"] Remember, some young people have never used the word 'record' (as in disc) and have no memory or concept of what such a thing ever was, unless of course they consult a history book (online of course). Similarly, most very young people only know of a CD because their parents have them at home. They don't buy

Thanks everyone, there have been many thoughful and thought-provoking replies. The various approaches are of course not mutually exclusive and am sure most of us will still own and play vinyl and CD's for many years to come even if we succumb tothe lure of the cloud. For the uninitiated (as I was a few weeks ago) 'cloud' music services like

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> I would be interested to know whether or not people agree that services like Spotify are the future of music? As I type this I am listening to Roger Waters on Spotify on a Laptop that is in turn attached to my Beosystem 5000 and S45-2's . Compared to something like the Beosound

The Form 2 is probably only for someone who must have B&O at all costs! I would say go for the A8's or possibly the Sennheiser PX100 or PX200 which are available here in the UK at most 'Department Store' outlets alongside the Bose, Apple etc. Simon

[quote user="Peter "] This site has always been a friendly and amusing place and this is entirely down to the members. Lee and his team of moderators, of which I am honoured to be a member, can provide the place, but it is the generous spirit and will to help of the members that marks this site out. I wish each and everyone on this site a

I don't think the gap is big enough to merit another product being developed to fill it. Simon