Sorry folks, but it's a bug-bear of mine when people who know absolutely nothing about B&O start waxing lyrical about the brand and products, then come up with the old 'uber stylish ultra expensive' chestnuts.  

There have actually been some reviews where i've physically thrown down a magazine forcefully in a mixture of despair and disgust after reading utter inaccurate drivel where the 'reviewer' clearly hasn't been within 100 metres of a B&O product and has obviously been asked by his editor to 'knock up an article' about a new or existing product.

I've seen and met some of these people on a few of the B&O launches i was kind enough to be invited to.  They were the ones that ate the food, drunk the free wine, then fell asleep during the presentations..

So - for a BeoWorld T-Shirt, CD's, BeoWorld Mousemat & Coaster Set and whatever else I can lay my hands on in the 'BeoWorld Goodie-Room' - I want you to find some utter garbage that's been written about B&O by total buffoons.  The best one (or is it the worst one) wins...

Off you go..

B&O BeoSound 2000 - A Definition Of Trash

"Stay away from Bang and Olufsen, they are terrible and very evil."

Another one, just for laughs (not written garbage but definite buffoonery) covered by BeoWorld HERE.

Great finds Jeff. I had never seen that video before. Definitely burst out laughing!

That first one sounds like a nakamichi advert.

Surely this must be some kind of joke...

Jeff,

That "soupcraze" guy used to have a review of the BS9000 where he compared it (negatively) to 6 portable CD players attached to a piece of wood.  Something like the 6 portable CD players would sound just as good and cost thousands less.  Not sure what happened to it - I looked for it a few years back and it was gone.

Stan

Stan:

Not sure what happened to it - I looked for it a few years back and it was gone.

Well, here is his "review" of the BS9000, perhaps not the same one you saw... I love his comment about it not having a radio.

I find it amazing that people can write "anything" when they clearly have seen "nothing."

burantek:

I find it amazing that people can write "anything" when they clearly have seen "nothing."

That's the beauty of the internet Jeff - there's no intermediary to do the filtering!

I thought his review was mildly amusing actually, and I don't think he tried too hard to cover up the fact that he was talking bullocks and had probably only ever looked at a picture of a BS9000. He obviously has a passion for Sony and Yamaha though...

I am getting very tired of that man's words. So much unnecessary talk...

But I suppose thats the point right now

His specificity of competing products probably only comes from his ownership of those very products.

Third attempt at a posting.

Look here!

Graham

burantek:

B&O BeoSound 2000 - A Definition Of Trash

"Stay away from Bang and Olufsen, they are terrible and very evil."

 

Another one, just for laughs (not written garbage but definite buffoonery) covered by BeoWorld HERE.

Nakamichi? Who?!

Neakedmichi? 

Darn...

vikinger:

Third attempt at a posting.

Look here!

Graham

As for Bose at least they are innovative enought to compensate the small size with better material and architecture in the speaker unit

Now that made my jaw drop!

Just found this from a review of the Beocom 2 by GQ magazine........

Even the most masochistic consumer will resent the two-column number pad,a bewildering design choice that complicates what should be a simple act: dialing.

Trying to find a copy of the full article.

Craig

So here is my finding! As he concludes: 

"Finally, as an audiophile worried about non audiophiles and about what they can do, I must alert them about buying B&O products: if you want the best audio reproduction possible, please try other products"

You can read the whole review HERE

Not so much a review, but a comment posted on a review of a Serene:

Comment from: pat the ex

B&O designs arent so hot in truth, they look very sleek at firt glance but it becomes apparent that its often design for designs sake, and that type of minimalism is a bit to 80's. my friend has a system in his house and the remote control is a mess ugly and dumb, the speakers look like bread bins and the smoked glass door on the cd changer is a gimick and prone to dropping off.

nah they are over rated

Clearly this reviewer spent a lot of time with the product:

I was resisting from posting other threads because they aren't actual reviews, but I'll go ahead and do it after a day's worth of searching for the bad, or do I mean, the good stuff?

Anyway, I found this last year sometime. This is kind of interesting as these people are conversing over a review. Then we come along to talk about them!

Praiseworthy

vikinger:

 B&O is basically Bose but with a Scandinavian name."

This may be a geographical thing but I wonder where the Bose association comes from. To me, all "Bose" has ever meant was that black telephone booth strapped to the ceiling at a club that makes my ears bleed.

(and the car audio system in some '90s Cadillacs - never heard one, though)

Craig:

Just found this from a review of the Beocom 2 by GQ magazine........

 

Even the most masochistic consumer will resent the two-column number pad,a bewildering design choice that complicates what should be a simple act: dialing. 

Craig

I Agree with this !

I simply like this for the BS factor - not quite a magazine review but likely to get out to more non-hifi people!

Comment from youtube -

This appeared in the Australian magazine SmartHouse in 2007:

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/TVs_And_Large_Display/Industry/P5V6F4R2?page=1

This is pretty funny....

http://m.messandnoise.com/discussions/3176394