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Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Chrisreunion — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:41:18 GMT

It' s funny that only 2 days after wirting my post about BeoSound 6 on the official B&O website, they came out with a 3-page (!) press release about it, almost replying to all my concerns & criticisms..so they do read the forums sometimes! They say the bass boost was optimized for use of the player with the A8 earphones (which simply means : our earphones lack bass..).

The tech specs say Windows XP and USB 1.1, but the user guide says Vista & USB 2.0 compatible...so I'm lost!

And why did they remove the radio feature from the original Samsung?? Radio is an audio source, and this player is a BeoSound..so?

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

tgibbs — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:00:24 GMT

Bring back David Lewis !!

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Daniel Seiler — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:48:22 GMT

Quite disappointing somehow. No special design, no special or smart functions, no style, old technology. I don't know, but this one is definitely nothing for me.

I hope Serenata Phone will be better than this, because actually this is just a boxed samsung player...

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Santiago — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:18:38 GMT

The only correct feature is the battery 40hours playing time, but the design is boring, and ALL the rest is BAD

probably a good device in 1998 - 2000 period though...

I'll keep my BS2 some years more and the 12,5GB in SD memory cards for music (growing...)

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Puncher — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:59:16 GMT

Well done Peter - ever the diplomat

I think this is a monumental own goal by B&O's Marketing Department - everyone who follows the brand can see its nothing more than a half-hearted attempt at best, based on an already outdated product and the chance of attracting a new "youf" following is zero because of the ipod, the price and its limited availibility in the high street.

They would have had more impact making polished steel "skins" for iPods!

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Peter — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:36:59 GMT

I think it is probably aimed at a different market than us. More for the style conscious youth rather than the B&O fan. Unfortunately I think events have overtaken them in the shape of the iPod Touch so I can't see it making much impression. It is being sold on sound quality so maybe a listen is called for. The good thing will be that they have not invested too heavily in this particular model by the looks of it.

For those with BS4 and BS3, the BS2 still seems the sensible option.

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

avus17 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:22:26 GMT

Hello BeoSound 2 again, good bye BeoSound 6

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Yendys — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:03:36 GMT

kuyttendaele:

Back to the drawing board on this one. Glad I have my BeoSound2!
They should have spend the money on updating the base of the BeoSound 2 to USB2.0
Karel.

Couldn't agree more! And I wish the BeoSound 2 had the 40 hour battery life like the BS6 along with you suggestion USB2.0. In Bejing now, and missed listening to my music for some of the journey...

Not very special for alot of $$$ and as other have pointed out doesnt seem to fit their SD Card strategy very well

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

BarryAndrew — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:49:13 GMT

"the design is nothing special yet not ugly"

Do we pay B&O prices for the design to be nothing special? I certainly don't. I think we are all use to the peculiarities of B&O interfaces on products that broadly make compatibility difficult with other products (that's been going on for years -- see postings on cables and inter-connects) but they have rarely provided bad design.

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

ChrDH — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:47:42 GMT

Just buy the Samsung version and a pair of A8s, and save the cash for some proper B&O..., this is not good enough!

By the way, why is the leather case brown and not black?!?!?!?

Chr.

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Puncher — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:01:21 GMT

It looks dated, (it looks especially crap in the leather pouch, like some sad soul with his phone attached to his belt), its specs are crap (USB 1.1??) and it'll cost a fortune. I've no doubt it'll sound good but I'm sorry - this is so far down the "Not Good Enough" scale its almost a criminal attempt to steal money from brand concious folk (look out for them around a footballer's neck near you soon!).

Someone at Struer should feel properly ashamed.

Beosound 6

seheiste — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:55:52 GMT

I love B&O but in this case I rather go for this player:

http://www.iriver.com/product/p_detail.asp?pidx=82

but with with A8 earphones.

/Heinz

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Karel Uyttendaele — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:50:11 GMT

Back to the drawing board on this one. Glad I have my BeoSound2!
They should have spend the money on updating the base of the BeoSound 2 to USB2.0

Karel.

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Alex — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:55:24 GMT

BnO is definetely to late with this kind of mp3 player !! It wins only with its materials like steel and silicon rubber thats all. And without doubt the sound processing will be excellent. But the Ipod Touch fits a way better with my Bno stuff then this BS6. This company needs some new talented visionary people/designer or whatever.

Re: Beosound 6 on official site

Dave — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:25:47 GMT

Who hired this Steffen Smelling?!?!

FIRE him!