What you are hearing are the normal limitations of a mono loudspeaker in a unit that is intended for background listening. Increasing the bitrate won't improve things. To my ears, the BeoSound 3 has a good sound, for those occasions where I want to have something playing in the background. I use it for audio books, for which it is absolutely perfect

@355f Interesting input. Yes, the market is moving in different ways. In the "west" we are still hankering to the convenience of having our music in our pockets, but awareness IS growing of what one is missing out on. Yet there are way too many high-end suppliers of audio equipment, and competition is fierce. I got my LAVRY DA10 dac for under

Ah, your dealer is repeating what I consider a B&O fallacy: that the public embracing mp3 necessarily means a move to low quality, and not high-end. The high-end market, worldwide, is increasing - not falling. However, if you look at the music market overall, then the sales of CDs are falling, as people opt for buying mp3 music, or illegally downloading

Google's our friend. This turned up: http://usstock.jrj.com.cn/news/2007-06-07/000002308322.html

Have a look over at the official B&O site - there are some discussions there re. connectivity: http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=183

He-he. He'll eat crow. Could be he's thinking of the relative voting power of the shares. Thanks for the clarification!

I doubt you can call them the best sounding earphones in the world, as there are such a large number of types. However, BBC Music Magazine reviewed earphones in their October 2006 issue, and they gave the A8s five stars and nominated them as "This month's star product." The review stated that "they do full justice to the sound coming

The first one, with the jazz musician, was made by two young filmmakers as a commercial demonstrating their talent. It was made without any participation from B&O, on their own initiative, and it was shown during the Commercials Festival in Cannes a few years ago, during the Young Directors' Showcase. The second commercial belongs to a series

Christian: soundproof: Am I wrong in remembering that 60% of the shares in B&O are still in the hands of the descendants of the founders? And that only 40% are on the exchange? It is a little more complicated. I DK we typically have two classes of shares A and B. A-shares has 10 times more voting power than B-shares. The descendants control the

Am I wrong in remembering that 60% of the shares in B&O are still in the hands of the descendants of the founders? And that only 40% are on the exchange?