And more important : DTS HD/DTS HDMA 7.1 will be converted to 5.1. So if you have a 7.1 setup, avoid the integrated player...

@Martin01 : That's not what B&O said : This is an integrated player, so it's only a reader like those you can find in a PC. So the player itself doesn't decode anything! If you buy an external player, you can do that (decoding the DTS HDMA in your player and sending the decoded signal in PCM 5.1/7.1 to your B&O system. If you buy

It also appears on the french version : this seems to confirm that some important changes will be made on the BS3, otherwise the FAQ would not have been different. Really interesting!

Concerning white cabinets, my dealer told me the opposite : he had a very dirty BV8 26" and I asked why... He told me that there was a lot of issues with the original coating, which gets really dirty, very quickly... But he said that now B&O has found a new coating, also with a soft finish, but more robust.

C'est foireux aussi en terme d'image : si tu connectes une TV au BS3, tu enverra un signal retraité par l'électronique du BS3, qui sera ensuite retraité par l'électronique de la TV. Résultat : surtraitement, et donc perte de qualité... Ce qu'il faut brancher au BS3, c'est un panneau LCD

Ok concerning replicas, I will try to avoid them unless I find something really good in real life. Concerning Ligne Roset, I have to say that it is one of the most known french furniture maker. I'm looking for the Smala and I have seen it aged many times : it seem to be of a very good build quality. I frequently meet the director of the french twin

3 possibilities : 1. The room was too small or difficult to analyse for the integrated microphone of the Beolab5, so that there were this lack of bass. 2. There was a material in the room, like wooden floor, that made the bass response misbehave, so that the Beolab 5 limited their bass level. 3. The beolab 5 were not calibrated correctly... There is

Concerning furniture, do someone knows about this (UK-based??) company : http://www.italianclassicsdirect.co.uk/home.php They have unbelievable prices on classic furniture, so unbelievable that I doubt they are serious. I'm thinking of buying a pair of Arne Jacobsen Swan chairs, but the Fritz Hansen ones are simply too expensive for what it is.

27

Bon, et bien je crois que B&O redevient vraiment intéressant en 2009... Il va falloir que je commence à économiser ;-)