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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Forum</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/13.aspx</link><description>The main Meeting Place for BeoWorld members, and the place for General Questions, Answers and things to say! 
If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp;amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>Re: Design soundsystem. But not from Denmark.</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68488.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:47:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:68488</guid><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68488.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=68488</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Sal:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for sharing! I love avante-garde designs, but (and I tend to think I get my eye for design from my father, who is a graphic artist, and has impeccable taste), he would look at those and say: &amp;quot;Design for the sake of design is pointless.&amp;quot; B &amp;amp; O, as well as other companies, a la obviously, Apple, tend to focus on design as a part of the functional unit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since I can&amp;#39;t read japanese, I can&amp;#39;t say whether the two products you linked to are related to their designs in any way, maybe they are, but they seem designed to call attention to themselves, rather than blend into their surroundings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In any case, I enjoyed taking a peek.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Sal&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;

I agree. Design for the sake of design, interesting, but typical Japanese concept design and very kooky. This could be a sneak peak into the future of &amp;quot;teenager&amp;#39;s bedroom&amp;quot; sound systems. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Design soundsystem. But not from Denmark.</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68484.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:40:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:68484</guid><dc:creator>The Beonic Man</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68484.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=68484</wfw:commentRss><description>Love the 13010 where the CD hangs down! Very innovative!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Design soundsystem. But not from Denmark.</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68479.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:32:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:68479</guid><dc:creator>Sal</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68479.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=68479</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for sharing! I love avante-garde designs, but (and I tend to think I get my eye for design from my father, who is a graphic artist, and has impeccable taste), he would look at those and say: &amp;quot;Design for the sake of design is pointless.&amp;quot; B &amp;amp; O, as well as other companies, a la obviously, Apple, tend to focus on design as a part of the functional unit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since I can&amp;#39;t read japanese, I can&amp;#39;t say whether the two products you linked to are related to their designs in any way, maybe they are, but they seem designed to call attention to themselves, rather than blend into their surroundings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In any case, I enjoyed taking a peek.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Sal&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Design soundsystem. But not from Denmark.</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68473.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:15:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:68473</guid><dc:creator>beocool</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/68473.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=68473</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;What about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metaphys.jp/product/lunacalante.html"&gt;&lt;span&gt;this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;? And from the same company &lt;a href="http://www.metaphys.jp/product/hdd.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. I have no idea if they
are any good but I&amp;rsquo;d like to find out what you think of the design. I saw them
just a few seconds ago and I haven&amp;rsquo;t made up my mind yet. Just like to know
what fellow-beoworlders think.&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/35.gif" alt="Hmm" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>