Wouldn't sound so special - the drivers aren't symmetrical.

There are three types of 'encoding' you can use: • Uncompressed - basically what you find on a CD, or what WAV and AIFF files usually contain (referred to as PCM from a technical point of view) • Lossless - sounds identical to the above, and no information is lost, instead it is effectively 'densely' packed. Works in exactly the same way as a ZIP file

It's an LCD display. I haven't seen faulty pixels on an LCD display in about 2 years.

B&O are no longer making any peripheral products such as DVD players with the exception of the BC2. They're focussing on TVs, HiFis, speakers and phones.

It's worth noting that you don't actually need to daisy-chain speakers connected to a BeoLab 2, as it has two PowerLink outputs.

No, the quality of the pre-amps will not be as good, as the volume scaling will be handled by Windows' own sound-system, which also doesn't allow pass-through.

You can't do it with BeoLab 8000s because they don't have dual PowerLink sockets. There is a T-Adapter available from B&O which allows you to daisy chain them though.

It's difficult to say to be honest. The difference was more down to the protection. The mk2 is more reliable if you play at high volumes...

You're going to need to talk to your dealer unfortunately! Anything we can do here would just void your warranty.

It was mainly the thermal protection which changed. They do sound different, but I wouldn't really say one sounds better than the other, just different.