My query about both of these solutions is that of the wall switch. I realise for my ceiling light, I could bypass the wall switch and control it only with the Beo4. The device woul dbe mounted on the ceiling - so the touch switch would be useless, unless I had a ladder! Ideally, I would like to retain the option of turning the light on/off/dim from

DO YOU HAVE TO SHOUT?!

soundproof: As to the original topic - according to reports in the Danish media, B&O sales have been abysmal during Nov/Dec, and that's not good news. Things have come to a pretty pass for our cherished brand. Unless mega-discounts have been offered, I think pretty much all retail's had a crap November/December, really. I'm not sure

All formats can have ID3 tags (or similar) embedded, except for WAV. But there's no point using WAV when an identical result can be achieved using less disc space using a lossless compression format like WMA Lossless, FLAC or similar.

Derogatory?! Surely you mean detrimental....? I was only saying what I read, which appeared to be on some authority (as posts from one individual contained a lot of specific detail). I apologise if it was incorrect, but it wasn't me making it up! I still won't buy one, as I don't need it until I've bought quite a lot of other stuff that's

Stop being facetious. I will not buy it now for three reasons: 1. There are possible HDCP issues, and without being bothered to test it in detail I can't be sure it works. HDCP is pretty much the only thing it can be that might be preventing HD Audio in your case 2. I don't need one yet. 3. You'd be an idiot to buy old hardware if a new

moxxey: They are? That's not true. They'll have to at some point! I'm only saying what I'd read in another thread. The v5 software update included support Adaptive Sound Technology, which requires hardware that doesn't yet exist, and the poster telling us this information said the new hardware DSS modules were meant to be released

355f: Already explained in detail on the previous thread time and time again- im not going over it again and again so that Razlaw and trip can rubbish it all over again- its pointless. I'd agree with Martin that this hasn't been explained. I just read the whole of the other thread, and the total detail of the tests was effectively 'plugged

TripEnglish: 1. If you rip in a lossless format, is there a reason that you could not use a program like Switch (I use this on my Mac) to switch to either another lossless format or even a compressed one. In other words, is one format more or less "lossless" than others or have some qualities which would make them sonically desirable. Lossless

Personally, I love Windows Media Center (which you'll have if you're using Windows Vista), so I rip all my cds to the only lossless format that understands (WMA Lossless). I also have an iPod, so lossless would not only be impractical, WMA is incompatible. To this end, I essentially have two music collections: WMA Lossless and MP3 192k. A program