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Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Jonathan — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:14:50 GMT

This is pretty funny....

http://m.messandnoise.com/discussions/3176394

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

djs — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:54:34 GMT

This appeared in the Australian magazine SmartHouse in 2007:

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/TVs_And_Large_Display/Industry/P5V6F4R2?page=1

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Step1 — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:47:35 GMT

I simply like this for the BS factor - not quite a magazine review but likely to get out to more non-hifi people!

Comment from youtube -

Ratje1a

10 months ago

Scaramanga: paranormal is right... Bang en olufsen is made by philips, samsung, thomson, and other korean and chinese brandt: *open it!!!* and you will see! Í am technician and have a audio store.. Real hifi freaks puke when they hear the word "bang and olufsen"

This is a product of the 70's , 80's... the products in that time where fully made by philips Netherlands and Belgium.

Yes, It was 100 percent a philips product at that time.

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

joeyboygolf — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:53:33 GMT

Craig:

Just found this from a review of the Beocom 2 by GQ magazine........

Even the most masochistic consumer will resent the two-column number pad,a bewildering design choice that complicates what should be a simple act: dialing.

Craig

I Agree with this !

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

tournedos — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:47:18 GMT

vikinger:

B&O is basically Bose but with a Scandinavian name."

This may be a geographical thing but I wonder where the Bose association comes from. To me, all "Bose" has ever meant was that black telephone booth strapped to the ceiling at a club that makes my ears bleed.

(and the car audio system in some '90s Cadillacs - never heard one, though)

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

vikinger — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:37:59 GMT

Someone asked which was best, B&O or Bose? The alternative answers are a hoot. Here's one:

"Stay away from both. You can get better quality for your money if you buy separate components and speakers from brands like marantz, boston acoustic, psb, pioneer elite, NHT, NAD.
The simple fact of the matter is that bose has withdrawn any of their equipment from being tested by audiophile magazines and their set ups in stores like Best Buy are kept away from other sound equipment so you can't directly compare it to other products. B&O is basically Bose but with a Scandinavian name."

Graham

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Evan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:21:04 GMT

I was resisting from posting other threads because they aren't actual reviews, but I'll go ahead and do it after a day's worth of searching for the bad, or do I mean, the good stuff?

Anyway, I found this last year sometime. This is kind of interesting as these people are conversing over a review. Then we come along to talk about them!

Praiseworthy

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Jonathan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:05:07 GMT

Clearly this reviewer spent a lot of time with the product:

Bang & Olufsen’s BeoSound 5: looks daft, but hey

by Devin Coldewey on November 12, 2008

First, I have this to say about it: if this device works as well as its website, I hope it’s banished to the innermost receses of the earth. Please, web designers: no more autoplaying music and pointless intro videos that show nothing. And especially no music that continues to start up 10 seconds after you stop it, again and again and again. Now, on to the product.

It’s an mp3 jukebox of a form factor that has never been tried: supremely awkward. Apparently composed of a rectangular prism intersecting with an oblique column, this gadget was not created with subtlety in mind. I believe the guts are found in the base, and the control interface uses only that silver disc and the buttons thereupon. Honestly, though, why would you get this? It’s ugly as sin and if you’re going to cough up for a nice central mp3 controller, why not go with a touchscreen, either wireless or embedded? No, this appears to be strictly for attention-seekers and interior designers making a “music room” or something. Feh!
[via Acquire]

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Jonathan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:59:36 GMT

Not so much a review, but a comment posted on a review of a Serene:

Comment from: pat the ex

B&O designs arent so hot in truth, they look very sleek at firt glance but it becomes apparent that its often design for designs sake, and that type of minimalism is a bit to 80's. my friend has a system in his house and the remote control is a mess ugly and dumb, the speakers look like bread bins and the smoked glass door on the cd changer is a gimick and prone to dropping off.

nah they are over rated

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

DrDimitris — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:55:09 GMT

So here is my finding! As he concludes:

"Finally, as an audiophile worried about non audiophiles and about what they can do, I must alert them about buying B&O products: if you want the best audio reproduction possible, please try other products"

You can read the whole review HERE

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Craig — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:54:49 GMT

Just found this from a review of the Beocom 2 by GQ magazine........

Even the most masochistic consumer will resent the two-column number pad,a bewildering design choice that complicates what should be a simple act: dialing.

Trying to find a copy of the full article.

Craig

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Step1 — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:30:33 GMT

vikinger:

Third attempt at a posting.

Look here!

Graham

As for Bose at least they are innovative enought to compensate the small size with better material and architecture in the speaker unit

Now that made my jaw drop!

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

bayerische — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:25:57 GMT

burantek:

B&O BeoSound 2000 - A Definition Of Trash

"Stay away from Bang and Olufsen, they are terrible and very evil."

Another one, just for laughs (not written garbage but definite buffoonery) covered by BeoWorld HERE.

Nakamichi? Who?!

Neakedmichi?

Darn...

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

vikinger — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:22:01 GMT

Third attempt at a posting.

Look here!

Graham

Re: Competition Time - Laughable Reviews...

Evan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:34:34 GMT

I am getting very tired of that man's words. So much unnecessary talk...

But I suppose thats the point right now

His specificity of competing products probably only comes from his ownership of those very products.