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Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

saf — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:03:04 GMT

Best: Adding BL5s to my setup. Probably, I should also mention BV5 which has been a relatively simple & classy & robust piece of kit doing exactly what I expected it to do … it’s worked very hard and looked gorgeous delivering thus a lot of pleasure for years, while endless discussions on things “future-proof” raged here on BeoWorld - remember?

Worst: (Conventionally) the Philips based DVD1 – total rip off & fatal malfunctioning (‘smartly’ after guarantee expired) & cosmic price of “repair” (which the dealer with a sad smile didn’t “suggest”) - here I almost feel cheated by B&O, indeed! I bought this thing immediately after it’d been launched, the outcome of which really made me more suspicious of doing so in the future… Then again, on other occasions I’ve been treated truly nicely by B&O so my perception is I’ve been more than compensated for this little nuisance.

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

Ahmet1 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:53:41 GMT

Best products;

1- BS 9000

2- BL 5

3- BL 9

Worst; DVD1

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

AdamS — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:21:09 GMT

Best: Beovision Avant. I love it!

Worst: BeoCom 2. Despite 2 new handsets and 3 new base stations, it simply would NOT work in our house!

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

msinn — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:31:54 GMT

The best product: BeoVision 9

The worst: none, my B&O dealer kept me from buying those (like DVD2, BeoMedia1)

msinn

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

vikinger — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:57:39 GMT

Best item for picture and sound: Avant 32 DVD. Best value: pre-owned BC1 (little used for £420 with Beocord V8000). Worst item: the video stand that came with the BC1 which I replaced with a wall mount from Lifestyle. (I've removed the stub support from the video stand and it now makes a great side unit with the V8000 on top and the freeview/cable boxes below- so maybe it's not a worst item after all!)

As for the Serene love-hate relationships above- it's actually a great phone for calls and texts but not great value. As I've said in other threads, the camera is easy to use if you look down at the display (like an old twin lens reflex camera), and despite its resolution/size limitations and no flash it's incredibly good in low light situations.

Graham

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

sensotronic — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:39:17 GMT

for me its the Beocom 2 my boyfriend bought me on our 1yr anniversry, but my first ever purchase was RL1000 @ £200 back in 1993 it took me 2years to save for them.

Jon

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

pf85 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:54:11 GMT

Best - it started my B&O passion. Beocenter 7700 from 1986, still working today as on first day

worst - remote key fob - flimsy, not worth it

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

Roger — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:48:22 GMT

I guess a comment is due: I do not use it is as a smartphone, I hardly text but talk a lot When I am stuck in a hotel somewhere - the ability to pop up the speaker and take a warm bath while I listen to some great music is simply wonderful. Sad to say that I listen to more music through the Serenata than the BL5´s

Roger

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

nmartin771 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:55:31 GMT

Roger:

Best: 1) Serenata, 2) BL 5, 3) BV9

Worst: 1) BeoMedia 1, 2)V8000

Roger

Interesting ..... Serenata before BL5 and BV9 !

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

Roger — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:53:14 GMT

Best: 1) Serenata, 2) BL 5, 3) BV9

Worst: 1) BeoMedia 1, 2)V8000

Roger

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

Bieele — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:45:00 GMT

Best:

BeoSound 9000; pure magic !

Worst: Difficult to answer, but if I had to pick one:

BeoTalk 1200; I still use it and it looks ok and works, but operation is very difficult (not up to B&O standards)

Bieele

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

beocool — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:36:29 GMT

Best
Beosystem 7000, it looks good, the CD-player is excellent and I love the Beolink 7000 which is the best gadget I've ever seen. Very close second are my Beolab 3's. They sound amazing, even though on some tracks I think they are a bit lacking in bass. I might trade up to Beolab 9's someday.

Worst
Beosystem 2300. I find the glass doors annoying in daily use. But I still like it...

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

nmartin771 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:31:21 GMT

Jandyt:

Best B&O item-------- Serene. Sod you all!

I just waited for Andy to say this

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

Jandyt — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:21:55 GMT

Best B&O item-------- Serene. Sod you all!

Re: Whats the best item you ever bought from B&O ?

burantek — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:57:40 GMT

fine, let me tip the cart! i love my serene(s)!!! people that know i am an applefan are shocked that i do not have an iphone (perhaps someday - i do use an itouch for remoting though). the serene simply does everything i need in a phone, and does it elegantly -and so far, w/o any issues whatsoever.

at any rate...

best: bm2400 -nothing more, nothing less! the definitive all-time b&o statement (IMHO, of course) -i have one on every day -all day!

worst: wow, i love everything, but likely the beocenter 2200 -even perfect, it was not very good. i have made it my 6 year old's first piece of b&o...