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ARCHIVED FORUM -- April 2007 to March 2012 READ ONLY FORUM
This is the first Archived Forum which was active between 17th April 2007 and
1st March February 2012
Latest post 05-25-2010 9:19 AM by Stephan. 42 replies.
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05-21-2010 4:55 PM
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danezro



- Joined on 04-16-2007
- London
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WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Following on from the TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen
products ever thread it would be interesting to go the other way.
I haven't formulated mine yet but the Serenata would
probably be up near the top of the list.
If I was a gambling man I would put money that the majority
of the products will be from the last few years.
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nmartin771



- Joined on 02-18-2008
- Novi Sad, Serbia
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
hm ... this is interesting ...
1. Beocenter 2002 ( from Japan )
2. Serena, Serenata ( whatever )
3. Beocom 9000 ( mobile phone )
4. Beosound 5
5. Beovision 7 ( sorry to say but ... )
when your Black Label begin to taste like juice just take shot or two of Absinthe and
after that quench with some vodka, if you still feel juice like take beer
with grappa !
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nmartin771



- Joined on 02-18-2008
- Novi Sad, Serbia
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
sorry to say, beocom 2 is 7th place on my list on other thread 
when your Black Label begin to taste like juice just take shot or two of Absinthe and
after that quench with some vodka, if you still feel juice like take beer
with grappa !
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Evan



- Joined on 12-15-2008
- Ohio | USA
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
nmartin771:
sorry to say, beocom 2 is 7th place on my list on other thread 
My apologies Niko! I didn't study you're list obviously.
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andreabang


- Joined on 05-21-2009
- Italy
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
i "don't" like beosound 1,and beovision 8,
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wasti



- Joined on 08-29-2008
- Cracow, Poland
- Posts 112

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
I would also add to this list:
6. Beowatch - Wristwatch
7. Beomaster Terminal Remote Controller
8. Beocom 5000 Cordless Telephone
9. Beosystem 10 Portable Radio/Cassette Player
10. Beosound Century (not sure)
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macjonny1


- Joined on 11-08-2009
- Posts 355

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Oh are you sure about the Beowatch? They are awesome! I have one and it is incredibly retro-cool. A remote on a watch? Actually looks pretty classy in person IMHO!
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Medogsfat



- Joined on 02-21-2007
- *Moderator* Leeds, Yorkshire
- Posts 4,045

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
In no particular order as they are all have equally bad failings....
1. A1 CD storage cube - nothing special at all, looks like a rebadged IKEA flat pack.
2. Beocenter 2002 - Japanese c**p AND ugly.
3. Beosystem 10 - More of the above & doesn't even remotely try to look like B&O other than a nailed on brushed alumimium handle as an after thought.
4. Beocom 2. Beautiful but about as user friendly as a chocolate teapot.
5. A9 keyring - gimmicky & pretty but a bit sad.
6. Form 2 headphones. Not proper headphones nor proper portable ones either - fall short in both areas & aren't at all comfortable.
7. The curly red/black Beovox RL speaker cables. I cannot believe anyone would want these trailing arond their floors/walls ruining the lines of their B&O. To my mind a total design conflict for B&O.
8. ALL of the mobile phones from the 9*00 GSM series right up to the Serenata. Why bother??????
9. Beosound MP6. A very expensive 2nd rate (compared to iPod) Samsung device in a shiny case. Who were they trying to kid with this one?
10. Beo5 remote control.
The use of metaphors should be avoided like the plague. They're like a red rag to a bull to me.
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Michael



- Joined on 05-20-2009
- Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia
- Posts 245

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
evman140:Just thought I would add, as far as colors go, anything in green is kind of... well... just plain terrible.
+1
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TripEnglish



- Joined on 10-27-2007
- America
- Posts 1,595

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Don't agree with BeoCom 2, BeoVision 7, or BeoSound 5, but to each their own. Here's mine in no particular order:
1. AV7000 - useless
2. BeoSystem 1 - barely useful, huge
3. BeoVision 8 - ugsly
4. BeoVision 10's Hinge Wall Bracket - wtf
5. BeoVision 9 - worst sequel
6. BeoCom 5 - most likely to become a verb (Boy, they really BeoCom 5'd it!)
7. Serene - never worked, launched right before iPhone
8. BeoPlayer - need I say more
9. BeoSound 3 - no aux input? seriously?
10. BeoSound 6 - too little, too late.
There is scarcely anything in this world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey. - John Ruskin
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Flappo The Grate



- Joined on 04-16-2007
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
bm8000 ? have you been drinking ?? :)
that's one of the most amazing dsigns of all time ever !!!
personally i'd cite the completely awful bv8 and it's dust trap design as the worst bno ever , utter disaster in every way , looks cheap as anything too..eeeurgh
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j0hnbarker


- Joined on 04-16-2007
- LS28/GB
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
evman140:
Don't forget the beocom 2!
Oi!
President, Beomaster 8000 Appreciation Society
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j0hnbarker


- Joined on 04-16-2007
- LS28/GB
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Flappo The Grate:
bm8000 ? have you been drinking ?? :)
that's one of the most amazing dsigns of all time ever !!!
Got to agree with you Flappo! Whenever people visit my flat, all they want to do is touch the BM8000 and ask if they can see it working. This is from non-design/non-AV people too. There's something about the whole system set out in a line, as the designers intended, that is just awesome 
President, Beomaster 8000 Appreciation Society
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Dave


- Joined on 04-17-2007
- Brisbane, Australia
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Bluddy hell look at you lot!
these are all just opinions and they clearly all differ.
I love the serenata design, BV8 design, BV9 design, beo1 design, BV3 yellow colour, green beolabs, bm8000, only things i would concur with are the beo 5 and the beosound 5 (but the BS5 just because it's a piece of shi* to setup.
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”
Your health and well-being comes first and fore-most.
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Flappo


- Joined on 05-22-2010
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
I's also nominate the DVD1 HDR1 etc etc boring black boxes ..
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Craig



- Joined on 03-29-2007
- Costa Del St Evenage
- Posts 4,855

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Can't believe none of you have said the Beotalk 1100/1200. Not a bad looking product at all IMO. However, it really is the only B&O product I have ownwed. Where I had to use the instruction manual nearly all of the time.
Craig
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We
learned to talk and we learned to listen..
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Peter


- Joined on 02-12-2007
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
I agree - a stinker! And no internal battery so any loss of power and the time resets! A thorough pain!
I though the 8000 would wind you up! However I stick to my thoughts. Remove the heat sinks and put the power amplifier out of sight, and I agree about the aluminium and perspex design. Had one for years but prefer other systems. It is also far too big! 
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Craig



- Joined on 03-29-2007
- Costa Del St Evenage
- Posts 4,855

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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
Peter :
Thought you would agree Peter. It was not until I had one that I realized just how bad they are. Good news is it sold on Ebay last night and has gone in the post this morning. Never to be seen again. 
Craig
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We
learned to talk and we learned to listen..
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futurist


- Joined on 04-17-2007
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
I love my BeoTalk 1200! It looks ultra-schmick on my white wall, all cables concealed. A power loss does require a time reset, but this is about a 30 second task. I always know who is calling just by listening anywhere in my (admittedly small) house, to the name announced. And I never have to talk to anyone I choose not to. I never have to do anything to it - it clears its own memory to ensure sufficient space. I was apprehensive reading about its reputation here, but I've found it (perhaps peversely) to be simplicity itself! Have I been a little strenuous in my defence?!
The BeoCom 2 also seems a maligned object - I find mine terrific to use. It's easy to navigate to the phone book, the finish and weight feel perfect, and what other phone elevates the task of a phone call out of the mundane in the same way? I feel like I'm on the set of Space Odyssey 2001 each time I use it.
Finally, to me, the BV10 bracket is a gorgeous exercise in engineering minimalism - it uses only the material necessary to perform its task (which, having installed a BV10 is to cantilever a considerable weight off the wall), is razor-thin, discreet and beautifully made. Superfluous (and dare I say decadent ) motorisation not needed. The location of the power socket on the BV10 is a real clanger however...so close to the edge of the frame and almost inaccessible, even to smallish hands like mine.
The upshot of course is that these objects are all imbued with values directly related to the disparate expectations and experiences of their users. Why else would responses to the same products vary so?
Stuart
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Stan


- Joined on 04-17-2007
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Re: WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever
I guess I'm a kool-aid drinking true believer... I love my BS5, Beo5 and Beosound 3s (I have 2). I also like the looks of the BV8, and don't mind BeoPlayer that much... still use my BeoSound 2... (also a closet BeoLab4 and BeoWireless happy owner - these last 3 haven't been mentioned, but they will be).
Ok, I don't like everything. I don't like the BeoCom 2, BeoCom 5, BeoTime or BeoSound6. I always thought the BV7 was too "in your face" - although, I find myself weirdly attracted to the big one - perhaps I think "in your face" looks better on a TV that actually is "in your face".
Stan
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