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Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

xegoon — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:32:45 GMT

R Patton:
1.) Sound quality:
Playing the same file, the BS6 is always better
2.) Price
BS6: 125 € per Gb (aprox.), including A8
iPod Touch: 14 € per Gb (aprox.), without A8
3.) Ease of use/incorporation with B&O system, Beo 4
BS6: not BeoLink compatible
iPod Touch: BeoLink compatible via STB Controller (BVs owners...)
4.) Reliablity, user friendly
Well, I think that it depends on the user...
5.) Easy download platform, storage, ability to delete/add music from memory
BS6: really easy with BeoPlayer, WMPlayer & iTunes. Easier with BeoPlayer: you can add & delete at the same time.
iPod Touch: actually, who don't know iTunes??
6.) Bling
Everybody knows the iPod Touch, but only a few of them know the B&O's BS6...

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

dilznik — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:45:33 GMT

jk1002:
ee I am not that organized. Most of my CDs were ripped way before this whole coverart thing begun. To go now and take a day or 2 and download all missing coverart ... I have mostly compilations .... No thank you .... At the same time the new Ipods do not look like they would be great to use without it ..

If your IDv3 tags are all set up correctly and the albums exist on the iTunes Music Store, iTunes will find the art. If they're not then either the tags are wrong (in which case blame the Winamp user that ripped them) or the albums aren't on iTms. You can find them on Amazon easily enough or if you have a Mac just use this http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=findalbumartwork

That said, I never use cover flow. I don't miss my missing album art much, not that it happens often. Usually just with some indie and that existed and died in the 90s.

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Peter — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:15:49 GMT

You can do 'guess the song' whilst in a group - not really music but amusing!

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Puncher — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:12:47 GMT

Peter :
..............Totally pointless but can have its uses!

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Alex — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:35:36 GMT

I have tonnes of compilations too, iTunes handles them fine! It allows you to group Compilations together, and even specify a certain artist for the whole album, which is handy when you've got a compilation which was put together by a certain artist.

I initially 'sorted out' my library about 10 months ago, and it was about two night's work then, at around 8,000 songs. Didn't take that long...

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

jk1002 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:32:02 GMT

See I am not that organized. Most of my CDs were ripped way before this whole coverart thing begun. To go now and take a day or 2 and download all missing coverart ... I have mostly compilations .... No thank you .... At the same time the new Ipods do not look like they would be great to use without it ..

So for me less is more, I would prob consider a BS6 but my old Ipod is still running strong and I would miss Video I think.

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Alex — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:53:05 GMT

I've had no issues with iTunes organising my library. It's just a case of making sure as you add CDs, they're tagged correctly, not a case of going through your whole library every few weeks.

I'd say my library of 13,000+ is very well organised, and they all have album art. I don't spend much time looking after it either...

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Peter — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:43:57 GMT

Not had any problems with album art - except for some classical music. I don't use iTunes store really - just CDs or LPs.

You can control an iPod with a Beo4 if you get one of Ridax's docks.

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

jk1002 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:15:09 GMT

I am actually turning into someone who does not appreciate the Ipod anymore. At least the latest models. What bugs me the most is, that I am forced to put in time to organize the library or get the music from the Itunes store.

What I liked about prior Ipods was, that I could manage my collection with little effort. Now, I have to scramble to get the Album art as everything is centered around visual navigation.

I think this is nice, but for me, most of my CDs will not get their Cover Art correct neitehr do I want to chase it. And having all these missing pictures makes coverflow like navigation - well - ugly.

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

R Patton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:03:47 GMT

Sounds like the i-Pod will be the direction to go. You are correct Peter, the BS is not controlled by the Beo 4. What about the I-Pod?

Roger

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Spiros — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:49:34 GMT

Can be an option but if you connect it through the docing station then you might have the chance to forward the music to the right speakers!!!!

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Peter — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:47:00 GMT

I have the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The iPhone will actually play music through the tiny speaker! Totally pointless but can have its uses!

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Spiros — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:43:41 GMT

Totally agree!!!

Although I went for the iphone. Of course less capacity but still an excellent mobile phone!!! And I'm not even a Mac user!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

Peter — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:18:21 GMT

I don't think the BS6 is controllable with the Beo4.

To be honest, get the iPod Touch. The BS6 is a rebadged Samsung with a poor user interface and the sound quality was criticised in the last review I saw. The iPod Touch has reasonable sound quality and is very very easy to use. If you wish to integrate your digital music into your B&O system, you need a computer and some music software. If you are getting the iPod, you can use it as a remote for your music with your BS9000. The simplest and cheapest way is to get an Airport Express and use iTunes in your PC or Mac. The computer will send music wirelessly to the Airport Express and you attach this to your BS9000 via the Aux socket. The iPod can hold up to 32Gb of music - which is quite a bit! Get A8 headphones though.

Beosound 6 vs i-Pod touch opinion

R Patton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:58:16 GMT

Well count me as one of the last to join the portable MP-3 players crowd.

I am looking in to purchasing our first player and have narrowed it down to two, the Beosound 6 and the i-Pod touch.(I know two totally different players but they are my choices)

I love our local B&O store but I don't want to abuse them in seeking advice on non-B&O products. They have shown me the BS 2 and 6, but I have no experience when it comes to the i-pod products. From what I can tell, the i-Pod does so much more and for a lot less, but I'm not sure if doing more is that important or is worth complicating my life or frustrating me or my wife to the point we would not use it. Plus so many of the i-pod products appear to be a "fill it up and throw away" product.

I really want something that is compatible and plays nice with our B&O systems (Beosound 9000 MkII, Beosystem 2500, Beosystem 1) and can be plugged in or docked and controlled with the Beo 4 and played on our linked system and that we can take our music with us when we are away from home..

I do not have a Mac System and do not anticipate getting one. Also, I do not use/have i-tunes, beoport or beoplayer, nor do I know what is actually needed so I am staring from scratch.

My preference order/criteria is as follows:

1.) Sound quality

2.) Price

3.) Ease of use/incorporation with B&O system, Beo 4

4.) Reliablity, user friendly

5.) Easy download platform, storage, ability to delete/add music from memory

6.) Bling

Any advice offered from those of you who have experience with both the Beosund 6 and i-Pod Touch would be appreciated.

I'll be patient, I know it may take some time for you to stop laughing at the digital player virgin.

Thanks,

Roger