I think you'll find the tooling for making it, the design, R&D and marketing comes into play. Huge amounts of investment for what is essentially a low-volume product, and this really bites in cost terms! I'm certainly not defending the £6,800 price tag - but the margins are probably not as mind-boggling as you might think. However

Good Idea! Lee

A lot of sense has been posted on this thread already. Some i agree with completely, and some i question - but all valid. One thing that MUST be remembered is that 90% of the times when we buy a premium product, we buy with our hearts - not out heads. When i first got into B&O, i saw it as a huge importance that the products were made by Danes

I'm sure we can/will. Shame, as i really liked Torben - he was a lovely guy! Lee

This is supposed to be a serious thread. I've got my black armband on here!

Peter for President !! I'll be your campaign manager. Can i have the office that overlooks the fields (not to worried about the sheep) Lee

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Well - no, the BL5's cannot show "X Factor" "Dancing on Ice" and all that other drivel in glorious technicolour, and she doesn't listen to loud music - so BL5's never really got a chance to grow on her! I'm lucky to have a wife that asks me for nothing financially. She has her own credit card bills, and her biggest

Well spotted Lawrence.. It makes me sad - but there are some pretty fundamental flaws in the B&O strategy in my personal opinion. I won't have a detailed rant on here though - i'll just outline one or two points. The first thing that really annoys me is the impression i get that Bang & Olufsen thinks of it's dealers that "you

Hello Claudiu HDR2 i find useless as i have Sky+ and i couldn't care less about BeoMedia so got a BV9 without it. I am absolutely delighted with the TV, and i am getting a huge amount of pleasure owning it. Even the wife, after going crazy when it appeared (calling it a monstrosity, and way too big) has finally admitted defeat and said she loves