featured on Gizmodo today. http://gizmodo.com/5874857/bang--olufsens-joins-the-airplay-party-with-the-beolit-12-wireless-speaker I think it looks great, I will take one in silver with the natural leather handle. Perfect for going to a rental beach place.

Fair enough. There are certainly similarities to the way the two brands are marketed - neither is generally sold alongside other brands, Bose have been doing the concept store thing for years and both are in the higher price ranges. Certainly it would seem that Bose are doing better in the North American market if we go by number of stores. Bose are

There is a Bose concept store within a store that used to sell B&O here in Toronto. My usual reaction to their products is 'wow, it sure does play loud'. The sales guys really like to crank it. Which is not how I listen at home. Anyway, I saw the videowave there. Possibly the fattest flat-screen TV ever made. How someone could think this

Hello all, I recently acquired a used BC9500. I'm primarily using it with lab 6000's as a secondary stereo. I'm wondering if there is any way on the unit to switch the passive speaker outputs off and on. Doesn't seem like there is ( I realize you could use MCL equipment for this). thanks

Hey Rickie, my 2¢. I have the original versions of the BL8000 and 6000. Both will play more than loud enough to annoy your neighbors in an apartment. I feel that the 8000 has a better sound field, when you stand up, the treble of the 6000 is diminished. I also feel like adding a sub is really only necessary for home theater applications where you

[quote user="mbee"]I also think that an iPod dock is totally useless[/quote] I often dock my iPhone at friend's houses to play whatever new music or playlist I want to share. Don't use it at my own place though - except for other people's iPods.

Hi Sean, I have a pronto and it does support the B&O frequency. It can also use an RF extender to control hidden equipment or trigger screens lowering and so forth. Configuration of the pronto is not exactly easy but I guess that is part of it being so powerful. You configure it all from a PC. I found it was easiest to start with an example file

yes he has beolab 5's at home - see image here: http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2007/11/kanyes-krib.html

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=211859_-1__0_~0_-1_10_2008_0_0&em3281=&em3161=

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/06/bang-and-olufsens-beovision-9-now-graced-with-automatic-color-ma/ "We are very eager to extend our Automatic Colour Management technology to our flagship plasma and renowned home entertainment solution, BeoVision 9", states Zean Nielsen, President of Bang & Olufsen America, Inc. "With its digital