wtlc2zpx: WMA Lossless is around 50% less than the original size. Here is a sentence that will soon appear in the Beosound5 web site: "BeoSound 5 is a two-component solution, consisting of the master unit BeoSound 5 and the socket unit BeoMaster 5. The socket unit includes all circuitry, memory and Internet connections in a storage space capacity

wtlc2zpx: A little bird told me that B&O will indeed recommand that we use WMA lossless. Not being a PC guy, can someone say if the standard Windows media Player can encode to WMA lossless? What is the approximate compression rate? p. Compression rate is approx. 56% Windows Media player does indeed rip to WMA lossless.

Another reason not to buy a BV7

Jandyt: What a riveting website. I wake up each morning and run downstairs to click on it again. It just seems somehow as thought B&O haven't got the hang of this sort of thing - other web promotions have also been achingly poor - the "think up a slogan to describe our speakers" somehow leaps immediately to mind - some of the winners

Well I have to say the excitement of creating my own "circle" was totally underwhelming - did I send it to anyone...........er, no, I don't dislike anyone that much! Surely they intend something exciting to happen before the timer runs down - if not it could be the dullest product build up I've ever witnessed!

I missed the PD "live" last night as I was out wining & dining but I've conscientiously read the whole thread, post by post, this morning and.......... Whadya know - I've won sod all again Congratulations to all those that did win (especially Nigel, maybe you can use the alarm to remind you when the Wed© Thred starts) I've

If played on a player that doesn't support HDCD decoding, the peaks can have additional compression that isn't expanded during playback and so is audible. Personally I wouldn't persue if I didn't have a suitable decoder and given that the available titles are pretty much the same as SACD I would probably go that route and get the increased

I don't see how we are "stuck" with CD's - high resolution audio has been available for several years in the SACD and DVD-Audio formats (albeit incorporating copy protection schemes) however they just failed to take off, it seems the general public is happy with CD quality and recently have shown they are quite prepared to put up with

Hassan: Hi steve do you know the tuned part kit part number? Thanks Hi Hassan, as you have similar questions spread across 3 sperarte threads it's difficult to keep up - the answer you want is in one of the other threads but I've copied it here - ..............the B&O part number for the replacements is 8480128. They were certainly available

Tom: 9 LEE: Stupid Countdown, Naughty Countdown.. in your bed, now! Who's idea was that countdown!? Personally - I blame jandyt........... it was his idea