Agree. The design is poor, especially the stand. ( By the way, is Minimalist now " Nordic " ? ). And Georg Jensen ? Someone didn't do her homework, or more likely does not know what she is talking about.

The B&O staff at the Rodeo Drive store had one for a few days recently. The finish is outstanding, and the picture is equally clear, sharp, and distinct. My only problem was viewing the entire picture: One had to be sitting, or standing back quite a bit to take it all in. And of course, the other issue of my wife. That is, not having a commercial

There are 35 Christmas Holiday stations available currently under the Holiday genre on Beoplayer N.RADIO. We usually select Das Weinachtradio at this time of year as it features a non-stop A-Z variety of German, English, European, and North American Christmas music. The station broadcasts 24 x 7, which might be helpful to you as a MOTS alternative.

Greutzi Heribert; BeoVox 1 Exzellente Klangqualität aus ungewöhnlichen Lautsprecherstandorten Der BeoVox 1 ist ein Passivlautsprecher, der äußerst diskret in der Wand oder Decke untergebracht wird und über den das Master Link-System auch Räume oder Außenbereiche erreicht, in denen bisher auf herausragenden Klang

Hallo/Greutzi You might like the Beovox outdoor speaker. The Beovox performs well for us in the Alps. as well as the Tropics without moisture, saline-humidity cold or heat problems. The Beovox can also be ML linked, and controlled with a Beo 4 remote. The installation and connection was not difficult.

I'm no longer working in Kew Gardens, and come to think of it, not even in Great Britain. However, I do not use the local radio feature at all on our main Beosound: Only N.RADIO. Now and then I use the FM radio on a Beosound 1 and Beosound 3, but very rarely. There is just too much available on internet radio.

Scuba; I used one for years without problems. This was the European B&O model, DIN plug, with an optional smoked plastic cover that snapped in over the reels. Before the Beo 5, and CD, Mp3, etc. this was about the only way a HI-FI enthusiast could sit back in his or her Eames chair, smoking jacket on, pipe in hand, a glass of good wine in the other

Good advice to leave the drive running, if you can. Specifically, it is the bearings in the hard drives that begin to wear down and fail when the HDD is turned on and coming up, or turned off and coming down. For that matter, it is the same condition one faces with with an aging HDD in a PC. If you can audibly hear them grinding, or getting louder,

Like the gold-plated Beo 4. If there is a market for these products, go for it.

Very good. Please post your experience and final preference when you can for the other members.