jandyt:

Men in white coats will take you away for that, Richard!

Andy T.

jk1002:

I mean let's face it, for most of us this will be far to expensive. if it matches the BL5 in price, it would be a 20k$ device, Plus another 20k$ for the BL5 speaker. I am fine with a 10 or 15k for a stereo but going u to 40 is a very long way. 

 For the Berlin event, nobody says it but it can only be the upgraded BV7 with the BS3 in the back. There, I stated the obvious.

JK 

Nope!  

I wasn't thinking. I am so fixated on TVs, is not even real anymore. Serenata. There, I stated the obvious.

 

 

Shhhh!!

Too late and even worse I posted a link to better pictures of it under the serenatamobile.com thread.

 

Sorry for spilling the beans .... looks very very nice though.

 

 

Well this is what we saw yesterday. The same size as BS4 but don´t compare design. It´s more like a tablet PC with a big screen. I think you can operate BS5 at this screen but we were not told. It has a big nav. wheel in alu placed in the right side. From the video shown I understood this wheel is for navigating through your music collection etc. In the corners at the buttom alu wheels known from BS4. It´s placed in a 30 degree angel on a black "foot"

So can it be that it is pretty much a like a huge 2 way remote, with the core of the unit somewhere hidden? Maybe with different mounting options, so I can have it on a stand, on the wall, just carry it around, probably from room to room?

 

JK 

Hmm, does it have a CD drive??

This screen will link to the Beomedia 1

jk1002:

I mean let's face it, for most of us this will be far to expensive. if it matches the BL5 in price, it would be a 20k$ device, Plus another 20k$ for the BL5 speaker. I am fine with a 10 or 15k for a stereo but going u to 40 is a very long way. 

 For the Berlin event, nobody says it but it can only be the upgraded BV7 with the BS3 in the back. There, I stated the obvious.

JK 

OK. So no reason to get excited...

tom:

jk1002:

I mean let's face it, for most of us this will be far to expensive. if it matches the BL5 in price, it would be a 20k$ device, Plus another 20k$ for the BL5 speaker. I am fine with a 10 or 15k for a stereo but going u to 40 is a very long way. 

 For the Berlin event, nobody says it but it can only be the upgraded BV7 with the BS3 in the back. There, I stated the obvious.

JK 

OK. So no reason to get excited...

Who said it cost $20k US?

Ray 

>>Who said it cost $20k US?<<

 That was posted here earlier, that it would match the BL5 price wise.

http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/post/38384.aspx

 

Roger is usually a very reliable source. 

 

I agree that Roger is a very reliable source but I also doubt that BS 5 will cost 20 K US dollars. In the earlier postings we were also talking about a different product with transluant alu etc. But we will all know later.

Beofan2:

I agree that Roger is a very reliable source but I also doubt that BS 5 will cost 20 K US dollars. In the earlier postings we were also talking about a different product with transluant alu etc. But we will all know later.

I really don't see that price as realistic. Can anybody really justify paying for BL5 twice? How much difference will it actually make on the sound of these already unreal speakers.

I honestly don't think it could cost any more than twice that of the BC2, unless......  unless it floats in mid air.

If it does cost upward from $28000 AUS, i'll be horrified. It won't sell like hot cakes either!
 

David, I think you may be wrong.

Regardless of the price, BeoSound 5 will certainly sell. We have to remember that many and probably most B&O customers are multi-millionaires that would still buy a BeoSound 5 whether it was priced at $20k, or $40k.
This is what my dealer tells me when he sells a pair of BeoLab 5s.

I can't wait to see this baby!

if i understood correct its a screen in a black rubber case with some cool wheels and wifi. Without doubt this is worth 20k !!!!

no 20k is to low. I forgot the black stand. its worth 40k

Sorry it was late, using a wrong word! Of course I meant transparent! From what I saw Friday I can´t imagine a price like 20 K. Karel told me not to jump into any conclusions, I think we´re doing that right know. Tom, don´t hesitate to get excitet about BS5, I´m looking forward to the launch of BS5. I think it´s a very promising product. I don´t know about the twoway possibility but I´m pretty sure that they will use the ideas and technoligy known from Beo5. Will it have a CD drive, well I think so but I have also wondered there to insert the CD. From the video BS5 looked very light and easy to handle. I´m sure it will have different placing options.

Hello, visited my dealer yesterday for planning my B&O AV system for my new house. He told me he was in Struer last week and has seen and played with the BS5. From what he told me it is suposed to integrate Beoport and Beomedia in one box. It has a wheel for controlling all the functions. It is supposed to be revolutionary as they have deposited ten patents for the wheel! The version had a 250GB memory, but it is only an early version. It should come out with the biggest memory available to B&O at launch of the product. He didn't mention any drive, which doesn't mean that there isn't one built in.

From discussions it is supposed to be a kind of central digital music storage with access to songs stored on PC. It cannot store videos, only music. As I am planning to buy a BS 3200 he mentioned that in the future I could plug out the 3200 and plug in the BS5 instead and it would work straight away.

 I will meet my dealer again at the end of next week for my future set-up. I will ask him more questions (did not have much time yesterday) as he seemed quite open on giving feedback from Struer.
 

Welcome to BeoWorld petz!

And thanks for your information. Dealers are usually a little quiet about items they get to see in Struer, but sometimes you can squeeze out some interesting details.

All I can say is that there better well damn be a CD drive on the $20k - $40k BeoSound 5, otherwise B&O really can keep the one I may have even considered buying!

I can buy a 500GB external memory drive for £80 at PC World stores, sorry! But I really really cannot believe BeoSound 5 would not have a CD drive. I think this might be another question Lee should be asking the boss tomorrow!

Don't jump to conclusions Henry! We still aren't sure exactly what this 'digital media' concept is going to be about. It may not be a replacement for a CD player, so don't assume it should have one.

I am with Henry on this one and think this is something which must be cleared up in that does it have a cd drive or not?