Why do you want to play at 110db?

Hello, Nice collection you're having! I may be missing something from earlier posts but i just would like to know why wanted to cover your beautiiful equipment? -Olli

[quote user="Tim"] [quote user="redfresnel"]..The BS8 was standing on some kind of pedestal,[/quote] In that case it needs full bass power - the switch is hidden in the back of the beosound "back-compartment" - the funny thing is: it doesn't even has marks on it and is very tiny and hidden in the side (!) of the compartment

[quote user="chris"] I took my wife there for her birthday some years back on a 99p Ryanair flight, and Tampere was on the list. She wasn't quite expecting the "Big T i t s" bar but i insisted we venture in just to make sure it was a brothel and a bar, and not just lost in translation Loved the place especially the 7 hours drinking

Yes, i did use my own music and tried different docks with the very same files. Sure it is! You've been there? Such a nice place. :)

[quote user="Affineur"] These are the best I am aware of. They totally block out all ambient sound. They also make a model that allows some ambient in. http://ultimateears.com/en-us/products/18-pro [/quote] 1350usd, phew! :)

[quote user="Tim"] [quote user="Alex"]or that the position switch was incorrect[/quote] That could easily be the case - with a decent MP3 at 320Kb and direct comparasion the Beosound should easily win against the competition. [/quote] About this im not sure. I actually didnt even there is such switch but i would like to think the

[quote user="tournedos"] My view is that patent applications for silly little obvious things shouldn't be accepted to begin with, but that's US patent office for you... [/quote] Agreed. :)

[quote user="Step1"] [quote user="tournedos"] [quote user="redfresnel"]the first one explained that B&O didn't get some kind of license from Apple (?) to do a rotary control.[/quote] I wouldn't be surprised at all if Apple had managed to patent a rotary control, perhaps in a limited context for this purpose

[quote user="Tim"] [quote user="redfresnel"]i think the sound spectrum of BS8 is quite thin[/quote] I am not sure, that I got the meaning of this sentence right, but if it means that the sound quality of the Beosound 8 is poor there are only two possibilities: 1. You work for B&W, Bose or Sony 2. You used poor MP3s I do not call