Mr10Percent: No Moxxey, I have not lost the point of the thread. The thread is about the departure of TBS from B&O and the cause of that departure. The opinion of the majority of contributors to this debate cite the product portfolio, technical level, product quality, wow factor and retail price level as the reason for his departure. No, I'm

355f: On many occasions when i have posted regarding pricing I have had the response- well if price is an issue you cant afford B&O and this raised for me some interesting points. It seemed unlikely that B&O purchasers are so stupid they dont look at other products- 335f, I think in fairness that's exactly my experience with the majority

Mr10Percent: Hate to say it but I think most of you are putting the force of your relative frustrations with B&O as a cause of the “parting of ways” between B&O and TBS. I think you've completely missed the point. Personally, I coudn't care less about the CEO of B&O or other corporations. My argument - as with many other

Alex: Agree on this the WOW is somehow lost. But then its all about design again. Or not ? I think the WOW is a combination of three elements: fantastic design, excellent product, realistic pricing. Feeling like you've got something that's solid and well designed, looks like it adds value to your home and you go away and believe that paying

9 LEE: 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

Bingo: Shouldn't Bang&Olufsen go back to a pricelevel like ten years back and not get stuck with the same prices, even when flat panels LCD or Plasma got cheaper and better every year? I was wondering this morning what are the most expensive elements of the £6K BV7-32 (without the BS3)? My conclusion? The LCD technology - surely the most

Henry: I thought I might also point out that the Christmas bought Nintendo Wii cannot be played on my BV8 as their is not enough space to literally plug in the scart cable into the back of the TV. A design embarrassment or what? Funny how the Nintendo Wii seems to be working in the picture of the BV8 and Nintendo Wii on the B&O site. Out of interest

Bingo: And when people are gone and changed their home configuration to some other brand, it is hard to get them back. Exactly like my landlords who, worryingly, are archetypal B&O customers. Late 40s, property porfolio of 8 flats in Bath, do not really understand modern technology and from the generation who keep their electrical appliances for

355f: I think you have gone way over the top here!! I agree with some of your points but what about the good products. Lab 3, 9, 5 BS3, BV9 believe me the technology in BS3 is NOT six years behind!! Being positive here, I'd also agree with you. The BL3, BL9 and BL5 are superb, well-engineered and designed B&O objects. The BS3 is also great,

Flappo The Grate: the bv8 is £3k and doesn't have dvb-t as standard , in fact no bno tv does !!! the beosound 3 is the biggest joke - no dab on a £500 portable radio . wtf are bno smoking in denmark ?? wacky baccy ?? Actually, the BV7-40 does, in the UK, although they've added this to the overall price of the TV, as standard :) Flappo