Hi all:
Guess this could be the start of an opinion thread more than a fact establishing one. However, having seen a Loewe CRT "in the plastic" today by chance in a charity shop window I am very surprised that the uninitiated or those that wish to speak unfavourably about B&O band these brands together.
I could have easily mistaken the aforementioned television for a Sony or Samsung of the early 2000s. I do not remember what model it was - it had a silver case and the model was written down the right hand side of the cabinet near the screen. The remote was not particularly inspiring either. If this was a Bang & Olufsen CRT up for £35 in a charity shop window I would have snapped it up. I might even have been tempted to buy the Loewe if it looked like it was worth the effort of carrying it home but it really wasn't.
I recently joined AV Forums and whist I think it is an invaluable source of information on a whole manner of products, it is also full of B&O haters who provide less than accurate information (in my opinion) about the brand saying things like Bose, Loewe and B&O are lifestyle products and not worth half what the rrp is (not verbatim but you get the gist).
Obviously not everyone has to be of the same opinion - if they were half of the conversations that people have wouldn't exist as there would not be a need or desire for the mutual exchange of ideas etc. However, I have never seen such vitriol espoused about an inanimate electronic object or range of inanimate electronic objects as that espoused about B&O and was just wondering why supposedly intelligent and articulate individuals do this.