BeoSound 5 Forum

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

linder — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:25:12 GMT

PhilLondon:
Technology moves very fast. There are huge progress made in other fields as well, like screens. It is likely that any device that B&O makes will not last as long as they used to be.

You are right. Technology does move fast. The upgrade cycle will probably be more like B&O flat panel TVs. Over the last 5 years, B&O TVs changed rapidly. Although I think I like Beosound 5, I still remember being told by B&O that the hard disk on my Beomedia 1 could not be upgraded to a larger capacity drive because of the differences between the original BM1 and the later BM1. Also it took them a week to figure that out.

I think B&O hopes that most customers for the BS5 will accept that it is a cool looking digital music player and internet radio device. Sales persons at B&O may not even mention that it is a Windows XP powered media server but rather that this is a must have device with the latest technology. The design of the Beosound 5 controller has been described in some media sources as futuristic. I am sure this will be fine for most people. I don't know this as fact but I would surmise that most people think that replacing their PC every 5 years is cutting edge. Of course this is not the typical Beoworlder which is probably why we have intense discussions about a product that nobody can buy at this time.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

PhilLondon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:39:25 GMT

Technology moves very fast. There are huge progress made in other fields as well, like screens. It is likely that any device that B&O makes will not last as long as they used to be.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

fredericb — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:23:20 GMT

B&O found more attractive to use Window XP embedded to manage Beosound 5. I'm just wondering how will be the support in 10-20 years when Microsoft will stop to support this version of Operating System.

I believe this product will not stand as long as the others B&O products we knows or through many versions over years.

They go too far with PC industry technology in my opinion by using USB 2.0 in example who will be replaced soon by USB 3.0.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

PhilLondon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:21:38 GMT

I would not do it either... But some Victoria Beckham and the Sheik of Dubai would.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

bayerische — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:03:37 GMT

The whole idea sounds stupid. I would never hand over my CD collection to B&O, have them forward it to some third party, shipping back and forth and paying a monstrous fee I'm sure.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

PhilLondon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:50:49 GMT

bayerische:
For a fee or free?

Have you ever seen a B&O doing anything for free??? They ask you to pay to configure a remore you've paid 350 pounds!

bayerische:
(...)In Lossless format, this will take days.

There are services that do this already, it is not your B&O dealer that will do it with his little fingers!

The way these services work, is they scan the barcode of your CD and if they have already ripped your CD in the past, they just have it already in their database. They would really rip a CD that they do not already have in the past and then they would keep a copy.

I am not sure I would let royal mail transport my whole collection... as lose it.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

bayerische — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:53:23 GMT

Villette010:
Puncher, upon purchase of the BeoSound 5, your dealer will send your entire CD collection away to be ripped and have a backup file made, either onto a seperate hard-drive or USB device.
The only reason you would need an editing PC is on occasions in the future when you need to rip a new CD that you have bought.

For a fee or free?

I can't imagine someone walking in to the dealer with couple of gym-bags filled with thousands of CD's to be ripped. In Lossless format, this will take days.

I at average buy about 2-5 new CD's per week. This would mean I need a computer hooked up to the BS5 at all times.

The more I look at this thing, the more sorry I become. It's a miss.

I wonder if the rumor that the average B&O owner listens to only 6 CD's is actually true.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

Villette010 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:20:06 GMT

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

Villette010 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:18:11 GMT

Puncher, upon purchase of the BeoSound 5, your dealer will send your entire CD collection away to be ripped and have a backup file made, either onto a seperate hard-drive or USB device.

The only reason you would need an editing PC is on occasions in the future when you need to rip a new CD that you have bought.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

burantek — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:47:49 GMT

RussR:
But with a recent software update installed, the Avant is even managing the ATV for me.

russ: was that a sw update to the atv or the avant?

oh, and regarding the op's topic: here is my response in another thread

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

paddy2042 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:31:35 GMT

RussR:
Sorry Paddy,as most of you know , I'm in the US. The Avant/US came with one Component/RGB input meant for a 480p signal, which is the minimum advertised for the ATV. So, for me it was a straight-forward, if tedious, process. Longest process was getting the ATV set to 480p without being able to actually see the menu screen. But with a recent software update installed, the Avant is even managing the ATV for me.Notcertain if the VCR Avants will handle 480p. Others here will be better suited to answer that.

Does anyone know if my Australian 28" VCR Avant will handle 480p?I am not sure of the answer ot that.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

Russ — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:50:32 GMT

Sorry Paddy,

as most of you know , I'm in the US. The Avant/US came with one Component/RGB input meant for a 480p signal, which is the minimum advertised for the ATV. So, for me it was a straight-forward, if tedious, process. Longest process was getting the ATV set to 480p without being able to actually see the menu screen. But with a recent software update installed, the Avant is even managing the ATV for me.

Notcertain if the VCR Avants will handle 480p. Others here will be better suited to answer that.

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

beoberlin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:06:13 GMT

paddy2042:
RussR:
I have not seen anything yet which leads me to believe that you could not have both in the system at once. Depending on details of the BeoSound 1, and just where precisely the PowerLink outputs are, I should think they will play well together. Of more concern, at the moment, is wether you will want both. I have had my 9000 since January of '97, and I love it. But this past winter I bought an AppleTV, which is attached to my Avant...and I hardly use the 9000 at all anymore. A bigger hard drive for my iMac, and some time ripping CD's and I'm pretty well done. That, and iTunes Music Store, and Amazon, and a couple of other sources (in various resolutions), have kept me from buying CD's for a while now. I will reserve judgement until I get to play with one myself, and can judge the 'lust' factor for myself, but I would consider very carefully.
soorry for the second reply - having trouble with navigation!!How did you connect Avant to Apple TV? I was told it could not be done. I have 28" VCR Avant and would love to connect Apple TV to it but don't know how. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Try it this way, works just fine:

http://poocs.net/2007/4/21/apple-tv-and-crt-tvs

Edit: mor was faster!

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

mor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:56:07 GMT

paddy2042:
How did you connect Apple TV to your Avant? I have a 28" VCR Avant and would love to connect Apple TV to it but was told it could not be done. I would love your advice.

google for a "Hama Video Converter 2-3" ... it will give you scart-out for your avant ... with very good image and sound quality

Re: BeoSound 9000 or BeoSound 5

PhilLondon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:55:21 GMT

Google DVI to Scart, or better DVI to S.Video, as I think your Avant has a S.VIDEO entry...