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Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

macjonny1 — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:39:16 GMT

I love my BS1, I have it sitting in a corner in my dining room on the metal stand made for it, connected to a sonos zoneplayer via the Aux input. Great little player. Don't use the CD much but the mechanism is a work of art.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

soundproof — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:35:17 GMT

AdiS:

I can´t understand why B&O don´t update the BS1. MP3 Cd-Player and SD-Card socket or maybe socket for an Ipod instead of the CD-Player and they could sell much more BS 1 in future!

Too simple. You want a solution where you have to move the music from your iPod to a separate storage disk, and then manually enter all the song info using the Beo4 without a display showing you what you are writing. Then you're talking!

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

Electrified — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:14:49 GMT

mattyd:
When Bang & Olufsen are thinking up an idea (in idea land) they have to put aside the next number (ie BS7). If they do not deside to make that product or idea, they can not use that number again. Which is also why BeoSound 5 came out after BeoSound 6 because the BeoSound 5 was being thought up before BeoSound 6 came out.

Hope that clears it up!

Seems awfully "mathematical" (IF>THEN).

I hope they're a tad less rigid in their development than what you say. Being Danes, I highly doubt they're acting like old school Soviets.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

mattyd — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:07:29 GMT

Beofan2:

but what about BS7??? the BS between BS6 and BS8.

When Bang & Olufsen are thinking up an idea (in idea land) they have to put aside the next number (ie BS7). If they do not deside to make that product or idea, they can not use that number again. Which is also why BeoSound 5 came out after BeoSound 6 because the BeoSound 5 was being thought up before BeoSound 6 came out.

Hope that clears it up!

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

Evan — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:32:13 GMT

AdiS:

I can´t understand why B&O don´t update the BS1. MP3 Cd-Player and SD-Card socket or maybe socket for an Ipod instead of the CD-Player and they could sell much more BS 1 in future!

I smell a project!

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

folkdeejay — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:45:24 GMT

I agree.

I have two Bsnd 1's and they are used daily - one mainly for Radio 4 ( speech based UK radi ) and the sound is superb.

Truth is, it should have been updated for CD/mp3 capability years ago and adding a USB/SD input can't be beyond those clever Danes - given every £80 bit of plastic crap has one built in, they can't be too costly.

Better still - why not just replace the CD mech with an ipod dock.

Look at this - http://www.sonos.co.uk/products/zoneplayers/s5/default.aspx?rdr=true&LangType=2057

Doesn't sound (quite) as good. But there's a lot of tech in there. Half the size. One third the price.

Importantly - it suggests the basic form is appealing and saleable.

Its a shame... but when BSnd 1 launched it was £590 - it's now about twice that - so perhaps it is inevitable.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

AdiS — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:43:49 GMT

I can´t understand why B&O don´t update the BS1. MP3 Cd-Player and SD-Card socket or maybe socket for an Ipod instead of the CD-Player and they could sell much more BS 1 in future!

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

beocool — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:25:20 GMT

Too bad, I really like the Beosound 1.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

BenSA — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:04:37 GMT

Well I suppose that couldn't keep selling it forever but it was certainately a very good product. Obviously it wasn't meant as a main system but perfect for a spot where you needed some music.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

jc — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:56:40 GMT

@Alex;

Agreed, the Beosound 5 is a very good design, I think Mr Hermansen does his job well. His A8 headset also is a much copied masterpiece.

Nevertheless I think the beocom 5 will prove to be a mistake, has nothing B&o to it, for shure isn't going to be a classic design, it simply doesn't stand out of the majority of phones on the market. A much cheaper Siemens DECT phone is a better design.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

Karel Uyttendaele — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:48:50 GMT

I'm a very happy BS1 owner... and find it sad to see it being discontinued. The looks and sound of this sculpture keep on amazing me! But.. time and technology keep on evolving ...

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

Alex — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:22:22 GMT

jc:

Besides as a design it's really a work of art. It seems to me that the same cannot be said of the new B&o ipod-dock.. As with the beocom 5 I'm thinking B&o design is following the wrong path here..

Agreed on the really crappy new dock product but what's wrong with the BC 5 ????

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

jc — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:54:20 GMT

"old hissy FM"??

My experience with the Beosound 1 is one of very good FM reception, even better sound than coax cable.

Most people listen to ipod with compressed music files so I wonder were this ipod adoration comes from..

Besides as a design it's really a work of art. It seems to me that the same cannot be said of the new B&o ipod-dock.. As with the beocom 5 I'm thinking B&o design is following the wrong path here..

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

jk1002 — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:17:30 GMT

Even if they discontinue now I am sure until inventory is sold it will be a year. Always always keep in mind that they do not End of Life topsellers.

I think only few people buy CDs players these days. If I would start from scratch today, I would think very very hard about it.

Re: Beosound 1 discontinued?

TripEnglish — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:42:21 GMT

The B&W Mini Zeppelin? I'd rather just sit in silence.