The story about Jonathan Ive and the design team at Apple is a little more complicated. Surely Jony Ive was influenced by many designers but the inspiration for the Bondi Blue iMac came from a jelly bean factory. This was his first big success. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_39/b4002414.htm As a Mac user and Beosound 5 user, I would

[quote user="TripEnglish"] It appears as though the .m4a container / Apple lossless codec is available for download here for the Windows platform. I'll play around and see if it works. It has appeared so far that any codec installed on the underlying OS adds support in the program itself. That would mean with some minor "modding"

The base is included with the Beo5 in this offer. The configuration software is for a Windows PC not a Mac.

I purchased a Beo 5 today. The price was $600 less $195 for a Beo 4 taken in trade.

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Thanks for the information. I was looking at it incorrectly. I have started ripping using Microsoft lossless. I find the sound is wonderful on Beosound 5. I have also found that Beoplayer is better to use than Beoconnect which I was doing because I have a Mac. I have loaded Windows XP on my MacBook Air using VMware Fusion. It was an experience doing

[quote user="Rolf"] When having Beoplayer/Beoport in the Album view, simply drag and drop a coverart .jpg from the folding containing it and drop it on the "blank" album icon i Beoplayer/Beoport. Check out the built in Guide for the product, I am not at home at the moment but I seem to remember that it is refered to in the Guide

Since we are talking a little about the future 2 way remote, how will it work since all the products in the last 10 years are 1 way? Is it only for the Beosound 5?

My system works perfectly and does indeed sound better than my Beocenter 2. Kai I looked at the instructions and at least on the American version, there is only a SPDIF connector which is actually meant for the Beolab 5 but I suppose can connect to a digital amplifier or digitally powered speakers. Do you connect to a B&O Television and then have

My Beosound 5 was installed about 2 weeks ago and I love it just the way it is. The quality and design is outstanding. Fit and finish is first rate. I purchased it with intentions of using it the way it was described in the brochure as a music player. I have an Apple TV which is in a cabinet for video rental. I feel that I no longer have to buy CDs