I would like to ask for your comments on beosound 3, the portable radio player... i conern mainly on the sound quality and the radio signal quality, thank you.

i have a beosound 3 for a year now, and i am very happy with it. i use it mainly as an alarm clock (listen to it with a8 a lot while my girlfirend is trying to sleep next to me), take it to the bathroom, carry it to the balcony... it is just fine for what i need it for. the loudspeaker sound is amazing for its size, but nothing compared to a beosound1, as it is only a mono speaker. but even at high volume, the sound stays clear and never distroted. the main advantage of the bs3 is that it really can be carried wherever you take it, and that is very cool.

the radio signal quality is very good, especially if you compare it to any standart radio. the first time i switched my bs3 on at home and heard the voice i was used to, it sounded much clearer than i was used to, especially the articulation of some words.

if you want to use your bs3 in bedroom or bathroom, then go and get one, but if you would like to use it in a larger room, then save/ spend some more money for a bs1.

 ... and - slightly against my expectations - it seems not to cause any questions after they scanned your hand luggage at airports. So far only once was I asked to take it out of my bag and explain what the thing was. Just pressed the aerial button and pointed it towards the officer ... he gave up and by I headed for 

I love mine. It sounds great and I also use mine mainly as a bed side clock. I listen mostly to A.MEM (SD card) when I am upstairs, its great in the bathroom. Every B&O nut should have one.

The BS3 does have a wall connector if you don't want to use the rechargeable battery... right?

 

s 

No the power lead plugs into the base of the beosound 3. The wall bracket is just a piece of plastic.

love mine too, ideal for garden-music AND shower music.

Sounds great in a car too.

britops:

... The wall bracket is just a piece of plastic...

...witch i do not use. does anybody? i find it does not match to a portable radio to fix it on the wall...

They missed an AUX in my opinion to connect an MP3. There is no easy way to get from Itunes to SD card so I would want to connect my Ipod rather then fiddling with the cards. The B&O approach to MP3 is neat,  I understand you won't need a PC but still having an AUX would have made it a better package for those with Ipods.

really don't agree with that!

what is the point in connecting a portable mp3 player to a portable radio? in some kind, the bs3 can itself be considered as an mp3 player. itunes to sd-card is not very easy, right, but it is not impossible.

regarding sound, the bs1 is better, but it is a different category of product!

>>what is the point in connecting a portable mp3 player to a portable radio?<<

it seems that all of you give very positive comments on its radio signal quality and also the audio quality. That's good.

In my place, those B&O shops are all in-door, so it is hard to give a superior performance in radio to impress me. I wonder if it is so outstanding to be the "Best" portable radio nowadays.

In my strictly biased opinion, it *is* the best *portable* radio available today.  Focus on the portable.  If you don't think you'll have the need to carrying it around much, buy the BS1.  I have both.  The BS1 is fixed in my office.  I use my BS3 in the kitchen and outside by the pool and patio.  Plenty of power for these uses, and I've never run out of battery (it really willl play for ~6 hrs at a fairly high volume).

Agreed that the BeoSound 3 is the best portable radio around. The sound is absolutely second to none, and the build quality/finish is fantastic.

once again, thanks for all your opinions.

I like the design and sound quality of the BS3 but would never buy one. Not to include either AM or DAB means that it useless to me. I cannot listen to cricket which is the major reason for a portable radio for me. Huge shame!

What disappointed me is that the alarm function only works on the radio. Not the SD card. Sound is very good though, given the size of it.

 

Craig 

Craig,
good news. The alarm function also works with the SD card.
1) Select A.Mem and the title you would like to hear while waking up
2) Stand By
3) Timer / select Alarm time
4) Store
5) now you can even continue to listen to Radio and turn off...
Beosound 3 will then start up in the morning with your song selected from the lovely SD card.

regards, Peter

pf85:

Craig,
good news. The alarm function also works with the SD card.
1) Select A.Mem and the title you would like to hear while waking up
2) Stand By
3) Timer / select Alarm time
4) Store
5) now you can even continue to listen to Radio and turn off...
Beosound 3 will then start up in the morning with your song selected from the lovely SD card.

regards, Peter

 

Peter thanks for that information. Always thought it was Radio only the alarm. Seem to remember it been a problem for a lot of members when it first came out. Think my dealer even told me this too.

 

Craig 

The Sleep timer is only on Radio, that is the main cofussion.  :-)

Mr. Friend:

The Sleep timer is only on Radio, that is the main cofussion.  :-)

 

By Sleep timer you mean where it plays for X amount of time before turning off.

 

Craig 

Craig:

By Sleep timer you mean where it plays for X amount of time before turning off.

that's it. you can choose 15, 30, 45 ... minutes

Time to be nice to SHMBO I now want a BS3.

 

Craig 

Peter:

Not to include either AM or DAB means that it useless to me. I cannot listen to cricket which is the major reason for a portable radio for me. Huge shame!

Peter, I wholly agree with you regarding the lack of AM.  What is your understanding of why they would leave it out on the BS3 and BS4 (and any other product)?   I listen to AM radio here in the states all the time and have to turn to my Proton 320 Clock Radio in the bedroom or listen in the car now.  It couldn't possibly cost very much to add something as mundane as an AM Tuner.  

I really think there is a disconnect between the public and the designers.  Look, i know you will never make everyone happy but they should take advantage of the people here and enlist our services (for free) for feedback and comments on upcoming products. I'm sure it would reduce the amount of complaints and issues tremendously.  I mean, it doesn't take a genius to realize AM radio still plays a big part of people's lives.

Steve