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  • 09-28-2011 11:27 AM

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    And an Aston Martin with B&O speakers is really cool!Smile

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  • 09-28-2011 4:03 PM In reply to

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    And driving the car with your Nikes on, taking a glance at your Rolex while listening to your ipod music in the car ...

    ... hard to beat!

    Ralf

    My Beo: Beosound 3000, Beolab 4000, Beo 4 DVD,  Beolab 5000/Beomaster 5000, Beovox S45.2 with Stands, Beosystem 7000 black with Beolink 7000, Beolink 1000, F1000 (3 cubes), Beovox 5000, Beovox 3000, Attyca 1.

  • 09-29-2011 5:06 AM In reply to

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    One weird thing about this "cool" list - how is Google cool, as a brand? You can't wear it, there's no Google badge on your tech equipment and most people wouldn't think "wow cool" when they discuss Google.

    And surely most people on the street associate Google with the search engine.

    So how does the brand become cool?

  • 09-29-2011 5:58 AM In reply to

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    moxxey:

    One weird thing about this "cool" list - how is Google cool, as a brand? You can't wear it, there's no Google badge on your tech equipment and most people wouldn't think "wow cool" when they discuss Google.

    And surely most people on the street associate Google with the search engine.

    So how does the brand become cool?

    I have no idea...

     

    Most of these lists are purely made up by someone IMHO.

    -Andreas

     

    BLab5, BLab5000, BLab8000, BV10, BS9000, BS3, Beo5, Beo4, BLink1000, BLink5000, BLink7000, A2, A8, Form2

     

     

     

  • 09-29-2011 6:58 AM In reply to

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    As mentioned in a recent post I think it's a group of arty types in roll necks, drinking sparkling mineral water, flicking through magazines..

     


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  • 09-29-2011 9:43 AM In reply to

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    air-headedness of "cool lists" aside, Google's as cool as any of the others. They have a reputation in the USA for being a forward thinking employer and very youth oriented (all cool attributes). They also give everyone free e-mail, free picture hosting, web apps, and the best search engine in the world, which is very likely the most useful thing on all of the internet. So I think it's earned it's spot on a stupid cool brands list. 

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  • 09-29-2011 10:50 AM In reply to

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    They also give everyone free e-mail, free picture hosting, web apps, and the best search engine in the world..

    I give my kids free food, free clothes, computers, phones - and the best cuddles in the world..

    However - apparently, i'm not cool.

    Erm

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  • 09-29-2011 1:08 PM In reply to

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    TripEnglish:

    They also give everyone free e-mail, free picture hosting, web apps, and the best search engine in the world..

    I give my kids free food, free clothes, computers, phones - and the best cuddles in the world..

    However - apparently, i'm not cool.

    Erm

    LOL, know what you mean :-)

    Give them time to mellow on you !!

    First B&O (1976) was a Beogram 1500 ... latest (2011) change has been to couple the BL11 with the BL6Ks *sounds superb*

  • 09-29-2011 2:37 PM In reply to

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    9 LEE:

     

    TripEnglish:

    They also give everyone free e-mail, free picture hosting, web apps, and the best search engine in the world..

    I give my kids free food, free clothes, computers, phones - and the best cuddles in the world..

    However - apparently, i'm not cool.

    Erm

    And when your grandkids come along you can join me as a 2nd coming cool dude.

    I was never cool as a parent but apparently creaking joints & expelling groans when standing up is the latest in uber cool Cool

    (personally I think being an on - tap unpaid babysitter is the real reason)

    The use of metaphors should be avoided like the plague. They're like a red rag to a bull to me.

  • 09-29-2011 2:48 PM In reply to

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    I don't see Triumph motorcycle on this list?  Only Ducati.  I guess you don't have to be cool to be successful! 

  • 09-29-2011 8:48 PM In reply to

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    Top 10 coolest brands

    • Aston Martin - new commercial James Bond has made it uncool
    • Apple - cool, but verging on uncool due to rapid popularity and world dominance
    • Harley-Davidson - coolish, in a midlife crisis sort of way
    • Rolex - not so much anymore..a bit old man-ish
    • Bang & Olufsen - ubercool 
    • BlackBerry - too errr.... 'banker-ish' 
    • Google - useful,not really cool though
    • Ferrari - ewww when I think of Ferrari I think of old dudes with gold chains and skimpy bathers
    • Nike - cool if you like to exploit 3rd world child workers
    • YouTube - cool for stupid teenagers and their 15 minutes of fame

    My B&O: 2009 Catalogue and Pricelist

  • 09-29-2011 9:50 PM In reply to

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    ROI on kids,  long......but priceless!

    My Beo:

    Beosound 2500, Beolab 8000 x 2, Beolab 9, Beolab 6002, Beolab 4000, Beolab 4, Beosound 9000 x3, Beosound 5, Beomaster 5 1 TB, Beosound 5 Encore, Beovision 10 46 x 3, 10 40 x 1, Beolink passive zone x 3 w/ beovox 2.  All connected via MLG and an Atlona 8 x 8 matrix HDMI switcher.  Additional non B & O sources: iPort FS-2 x4, Samsung 6700 3D Smart Blu Ray(Pandora, Netflix, Hulu plus,You Tube, many more), Dish HD DVR x2, TVIX HD Slim1, Sonos Zone player 90 (works seamlessly with Anubis.fm, AUPEO!, Deezer, iheartradio, JUKE, Last.fm, MOG, Napster®, Pandora®, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, SiriusXM™ Internet Radio, Spotify®, Stitcher SmartRadio(tm), TuneIn, Wolfgang’s Vault®, and downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks) , Apple TV, Mac Mini. Lutron Radio Ra 2..... Control via Beo 6, IPhone and IPad.  Yet to come...climate control, energy dashboard, vid conferencing/web cams.

  • 09-29-2011 9:54 PM In reply to

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    http://www.coolbrands.uk.com/expert-council  

     

    When you go to the Cool brands web site Harley-Davidson is not on the list?

  • 09-30-2011 6:29 AM In reply to

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    who is the 'expert-council' in the above url - I would like that job!!

     

    Maybe we should have our own cool brand list?

  • 09-30-2011 6:40 AM In reply to

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    danezro:

    Maybe we should have our own cool brand list?

    What a great idea!

    Right.  Let's be having some suggestions.  Once I've got 50 or so brands, i'll launch a poll and we can have our own 2011 Cool Brands list..

    Lee

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  • 09-30-2011 9:30 AM In reply to

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    a starter  for ten, in no particular order 5 brands that spring to mind....

     

    Jaguar

    Superdry

    Guinness

    Barcelona FC

    Virgin

     

  • 09-30-2011 10:00 AM In reply to

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    air-headedness of "cool lists" aside, Google's as cool as any of the others. They have a reputation in the USA...

    But this list was based on UK people from the street. I can 100% asure you that most of them do not understand what "Google" is as a brand, what they are like as an employer or anything else.

    Plus a search engine would never be regarded as "cool" by anyone I know. No-one.

    Which is why I questioned the UK-based survey.

  • 09-30-2011 9:08 PM In reply to

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    a starter  for ten, in no particular order 5 brands that spring to mind....

     

    Jaguar

    Superdry

    Guinness

    Barcelona FC

    Virgin

     

    are we having all/any brands or consumer oriented brands ?

    for example IBM is a well recognised brand but I don't think its stirs any hearts on these forums Laughing

    First B&O (1976) was a Beogram 1500 ... latest (2011) change has been to couple the BL11 with the BL6Ks *sounds superb*
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