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Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

elephant — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:49:43 GMT

kallasr:
No idea about the sound - the shop owner wanted to show it but "network problems / have to replace the router / linksys/cisco..."
How will they ever sell these if you cannot listen to them?

we took our iPhones along with our favourite mysic to test so that was OK

but when we asked for an internet radio demonstration we ran into network issues as well

so we heard the sound - and learned that its placement relative to your ears was important

but also realised networking could be a challenge

but the main reason for no immediate sale to us was a lack of colour availability

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

kallasr — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:35:05 GMT

Saw it in real life just today... sort of disappointed.

I have to agree - no a B&O look and feel , not heavy enough, no alu.
This was the dark grey one - from the pictures I prefered the light grey one.

No idea about the sound - the shop owner wanted to show it but "network problems / have to replace the router / linksys/cisco..."
How will they ever sell these if you cannot listen to them?

BUT: if sound is better than what competitors can do I can see all the apple kids carrying these out of the stores (sorry - using apple hw myself ;-))

Let's not forget - it B&O Play!

Best regards
Ralf

PS: Just ordered some outdoor non B&O speakers that I will atttach to a sonos amp (in the basement - I can run small speaker cables to the ouside) and use the ipad / napster combination to run that one. Found out that for Airplay you even need napster mobile which I don't have / don't want - so I need another sonos ;-)

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

Bentleyman — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:10:11 GMT

Dave:
lunch box.

Lunch box, small picnic hamper, fishing tackle box, woman's vanity case......

Looks pretty dull, cheapo and distinctly non bang & olufsen to me...

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

Dave — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:45:01 GMT

Beolit 12.

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

rmclachlan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:59:28 GMT

nor have I - but then I am not sure which product you are talking about.

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

Dave — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:30:01 GMT

rmclachlan:

I really like the Beolit 12, pretty fresh, although I can see the retro aspect of the design also. By contrast the Philps Fidelio is pretty derivative of the type of design B&O have been producing over the last two decades. Remove the Philips logo and replace with B&O logo. Add a few perforations on the aluminium finish and bingo - instant B&O product.

Huh? That Philips product is more the size of the BS8, The beolit 12 is a small portable music player, the size of a lunch box. I haven't seen anything better on the market which is this size.

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

rmclachlan — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:12:51 GMT

A very happy customer.

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

mr_anders_son — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:01:38 GMT

maillotpa:
Slt Christophe J ai eu le mien deja 1mois now je l ai achete a B O Ternes a Paris super son j en suis content . A plus.

Ehh what are you saying?????

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

maillotpa — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:40:21 GMT

Slt Christophe J ai eu le mien deja 1mois now je l ai achete a B O Ternes a Paris super son j en suis content . A plus.

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

mr_anders_son — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:02:03 GMT

Now!..but only UK, Denmark, France, Germany and Netherlands

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

Chrisreunion — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:42:34 GMT

Does anybody know when BeoLit will be available on BeoPlay's webstore? The press release said february, but half of the month is already gone and there's nothing new on the official website..Danish speed again?

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

beocool — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:26:41 GMT

mr_anders_son:
I have reset it but no different Ok anyone else had bad connection to Beolit 12? My router stands aprox 5 meters away and beolit setup says it has less reception and when I put it beside my router it says good! And I have tested 2 different routers..... going back to my dealer....

The only thing to do... I hope you get it sorted soon.

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

mr_anders_son — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:57:09 GMT

I have reset it but no different Ok anyone else had bad connection to Beolit 12? My router stands aprox 5 meters away and beolit setup says it has less reception and when I put it beside my router it says good! And I have tested 2 different routers..... going back to my dealer....

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

mr_anders_son — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:33:06 GMT

I change from my Dovado(once per day I had to restart it)but same issue....I shall reset BL12 and see if it helps

Re: BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

moxxey — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:10:59 GMT

mr_anders_son:
I have used mine for a week now and I have some trouble with wifi....it drops the connection all the time My router(netgearWNDR3700v2) is standing 5 meters away!! I think it has bad wifi range!!

Try a different wi-fi channel? I get dropouts with all sorts of equipment, including an Airport Express. It happens. I played around with various channels (after leaving the router on "automatic") and since manually selecting channel 4, never had a single dropout (as no-one ever seems to use channel 4, so there are no conflicting channels).