Dave:

bayerische, i agree with you 100%,

There are too many things to dislike about the BeoSound six to pay a B&o premium for it.

The 'feel' of it is too light and cheap, and the volume it's capable is odd! If you wanted to listen to classical music in a place with background noise, it would be frustrating.

The BeoSound 2 is a B&o product in the way it sounds, feels, and the way it functions. Comparing the two is like comparing chalk and cheese and it's been clearly expressed that this was not B&o's best efforts. What i'd like to know is the REAL reason they relaxed so much on the release of  a new product. 

Apparently, they still thought it was the 90s where you can get away with cheap quality by simple branding. I think the reason why B&O still cannot produce a money is no object product with a quality that actually matches the price is because it is a public company, it is too small to produce a statement product and too big to have high production cost manufacturing.