I think it is about expectations - what you (or I) have grown to expect from B&O. Like a fine wine from well known vineyard. And, just because we've come to expect iThingies to be 'docked' doesn't mean they have to be. I get quite annoyed when I want to use my iPhone when it is docked. It is not easy to use and feels fragile stuck

[quote user="TripEnglish"] I wasn't "maneuvering" at all. When it comes to rhetoric, I prefer to splash about. I was simply prompting a more thorough critique from a poster who seemed to leave his opinion in far less complete a state than our industrial designers. For those not trained in ID, at college your work is subjected

To reduce things to their basic form is one thing but a circle is a circle. Pure, indeed. The easiest part of designing is coming up with the form. The hardest part is getting the details right. I think they started ok but didn't finish the job!

Interesting responses! I am a minimalist when it comes to design. But minimalism still requires a degree of aesthetic 'flow' (unless you are from the school of Memphis). B&O have been masters of the design process, producing things of great beauty as well as practical. But here they have thrown out all their design aesthetics. Two circles

A couple of comments re the Beosound 8 see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/5291366933/ I have been a B&O enthusiast for 40+ years. I have owned a few systems and still do. You'll find that the poster of the Flickr image is too. I find the look of the Beosound 8 absolutely awful. I know people are enthusing about it but, just because