My dealer told me that the "Encore" is going to be a simplified BS5... What? Shouldn't it be getting more elaborate?

[quote user="Tillquist"] [quote user="bayerische"]Why so, only because it was built by someone else? Bang & Olufsen is going to sell it to accompany their products, right? Hard to say from a picture, but in the picture it doesn't exactly "scream" quality... Have B&O gotten the plastic craze? Hope not. [/quote

[quote user="Tillquist"]No, it's not at Bang & Olufsen Product [/quote] Why so, only because it was built by someone else? Bang & Olufsen is going to sell it to accompany their products, right? Hard to say from a picture, but in the picture it doesn't exactly "scream" quality... Have B&O gotten the plastic craze

[quote user="Puncher"] [quote user="bayerische"] I'm not amazed by it. The design isn't really what I would expect from B&O. But it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I'm not in need for a iPod dock. Don't have one, and will probably never need one. (maybe in my car) [/quote] Trust me - it would look daft

[quote user="Alex"] [quote user="Roger"] but we could add the "BeoSound 8 XL" as a start... [/quote] WTH is a Beosound 8 XL ?? Like a Whopper Burger XL ? [/quote] It's a pair of BL5's with an ipod dock.

I'm not amazed by it. The design isn't really what I would expect from B&O. But it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I'm not in need for a iPod dock. Don't have one, and will probably never need one. (maybe in my car)

I buy them for the design, quality of workmanship. That they are Danish. (that making them scandinavian, like me) Love the sound quality. Not from all speakers, but they have put out extremely good speakers in the last 10 years, some very good ones before that. Active speaker technology. Definitely a wise move for B&O. Integration and link-possibility

Here's a quick pic...

Correction, the red button is there once again on the bs9000. Because of the EU standby power consumption laws. Saw it two weeks ago at my dealer.

[quote user="Paul Winn"] Hi Michael, By more personal, I think we are talking about B&O catalogues during the 1990s and very early 2000/2001. They were beautiful and would feature a person in his or her stylish very expensive (totally unaffordable) house somewhere in the world. They would say how wonderful their product was and there would