[quote user="jk1002"] I wouldnt mind running a Mac Mini type of serve to support media streaming. The Beomedia is essentially nothing but a PC, so you have a computer on anyhow. [/quote] This would be a great idea! I recently purchased a Mac Mini as my iTunes server.

Thanks Phil, The Beosound 5 encore I going to guess will allow one to use any Windows PC with Beomaster 5 software or maybe Beoplayer. Beo6 should be interesting. Speculating on these things is always fun.

[quote user="jk1002"] The BS2 is sold here for 300US$ with the A8s, it came down significantly. If you love it, buy another one before they disapear, their days are certainly counted. I have an Itouch, be warned, the sound is crap. I would consider it for movies though. Since the BS2 will at somepoint soon disappear, I would get that first

Thanks soundproof. Although I knew all the items you listed, I guess I wasn't doing a good job of explaining what I had in mind. I rip CDs in iTunes using the Apple losslesss format. If I am going to copy files from iTunes to Beosound 5, I convert the lossless files in iTunes to 320 bps AAC. I then copy the AAC files to BS5 using Beoconnect. I would

[quote user="soundproof"] [quote user="linder"] Apple allowing 3rd party companies to play Apple lossless music on other media servers would be the big change. [/quote] Not sure I follow? There are various 3rd party solutions that use only a part of the Apple platform, while providing other playback chains - and it is in lossless

More information on BridgeCo which is the company making the chips that will enable Airplay on remote speakers. http://www.cnbc.com/id/39062683 B&O can certainly sign up for this technology and include it in future products. I'm not so sure about the graphical interface is all that important. I would probably stream from an iPhone or iPad. Maybe

[quote user="BeoNut1"] At the risk of beating a dead horse (an American expression), but in the hope that B&O reads these forums: http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/26627/ [/quote] The horse probably isn't dead but tired. Airplay is indeed interesting and I am sure that everyone in the audio/video world knows about it

While we are talking about Apple, I am afraid I don't understand why everyone thinks the possible B&O iPod dock is a must have item. I do have an iPod which is actually my iPhone 4. Why would I put my phone in a dock to play music through my system? Do I need an iPod touch to make all this work in addition to the iPhone? Beosound 5 does need

[quote user="TripEnglish"] [quote user="PhilLondon"] The death of B&O will come from Apple. Wherever they are in competition with Apple (MP3 players, Mobile phone), they've had to give up, as Apple also has great design and ease of use, but at a cheaper price point. The day Apple produces a TV with mutimedia capabilities

I have been setting the resolution at 600 by 600 which seems to look best on the Beosound 5 screen. I am only doing this when I have the CD and scan the cover myself. When I manually scan the CD cover, I scan at a high rate and then reduce the size. However most of the iTunes covers will look good.