Check this: http://www.schallplattennadeln.de/ You get re-tipped cartridges for a reasonable price, don't ... repeat ... DON'T buy new old stock on ebay as the materials used tend to age and the needle will break / not work for long... I bought a MMC2 Shibata there and I am more than happy, delivered in no time (2 days in Germany) and really

Hi Keith, what do you mean by "its a starting point for future system" do you think the encore will be able to use this feature in the future or do you think the encore will be stand alone and never use this ( which would be very disappointing ) ... Bests regards Stephan

Hi there, can someone tell me/us, which functions are available if you have a Beosound 5 Encore / Beo6 setup? Best regards Stephan

Boring design ... I'd expect something more radical from B&O BUT with a LOT more usability compared to the Serene / Serenata fails... This looks like any other XXX (insert OS name here) phone ... I want a Beocom 2 in small!

I got my MMC2 from Axel and I'm very happy with it. Delivered in 2 days, nice chat with him on the phone and the quality is stunning for a reasonable price... Give it a try, you will be happy. Best regards Stephan

Yeah I know but in this case ( The Mars Volta ) the "The" is an essential part of the name as there is another band called Mars Volta ( without the "the") ... Anyway I got used to it ... I remember a band called "The The" I just wonder where the Beosound 5/Twonky will sort it to.... :-)

alenvprekrsku: The Master of manipulation steps down before he will die, and leave the world seduced by immense power of human shallowness. Very poor comment, especially from a shallow person like you.... ( offense intended ) Ultra

You don't need a special branded NAS, in my case a Western Digital Live NAS server ( amazon, around 100 Euros for 1 TB) does the job.. its even available in larger sizes and you don't have to invest a fortune ... I have 2 of them ( one is running/always on, the other one is in cold standby as a backup) The drives are reasonable fast, quiet and

You want to pin that on your living room wall???

Don't buy the Beo6.... you will use it for some time and get back to the Beo4 again... I promise! I bought my Beo6 with the Encore 2 months ago and have used it 3 times in total... guess if they ever release the Wifi update to anable 2-way communication the remote makes more sense (to me...) I will sell my Beo6 via ebay this weekend... Best Stephan