Nice! Best regards,

In response to mobeyone's query about our (Sausalito Audio's) working relationship with B&O: From my standpoint, the work situation was extremely collegial, friendly and creatively open on the research side of things. There was a team of sorts in the Acoustics Department, headed up by Poul Praestgaard (who was the White Knight for the BeoLab

I assume you (saf) are asking "How does the sound compare?" between Ulysses, the Truly Ugly Monstrosity and the BeoLab 5. Ulysses is right up there with the absolute best loudspeakers I've ever heard. In general, I like the top end slightly more than the BL5, and for a while I revoiced my BL5s to match Ulysses. I stopped doing that because

You've told the story pretty well, Andy. A few corrections: the "Ugly Monstosity" you refer to is actually called "Ulysses" and it is a fabulous speaker! Ulysses never made the trek to Denmark - it was designed by Manny LaCarrubba in 2001, at the same time that the BeoLab 5 was being developed. The trek to Denmark happened with

Pretty good, Andy! Actually, we referred to the original dual enclosure as "the Negative Dolly Partons." Those were actually made out of concrete! Modleing clay came later! Thanks for the really nice thread! Best,

Yup! Her name is Laura. Good memory, Andy! Thanks for the genius vote! Just don't say I didn't warn you. Best,

I'd like to thank David, Ian and Graham (of the King St. store in Manchester) and Lee (BeoWorld, of course) for making my visit possible and so pleasant. You guys are great! Thanks for the great crowd, for the pub, and for the really nice shop-talk in the Chinese restaurant after. I really enjoyed myself, and learned a lot about the Briish market

Off the top of my head, I'd vote for the BeoLab 1. Utter clarity and simplicity, and almost perfect proportion. Beautiful! Penta would run a close second, I think. Best,

You better go easy on the Nobel Laureate part! Thabnks for the thought, though. Best,

I would be very surprised if B&O made provision for CODECs (such as HD-AAC) in the BeoLab 5 any time in the near future. There is virtually no source material available other than a minuscule amount of upsampled recording work. Also, the industry trend has been very protective about digital signal paths, so that at present there are no discrete