I can tell you an ipod does more!  I bought the Encore about two months ago and haven't warmed to it at all.  Its tedious to set up if you have a large library, making playlists is tiresome, MOTS isn't as fantastic as everyone seems to make it out to be here and forget about using it for a party unless you like to stand next to the system all night.  I ended up shoving a cable to my apple tv and using my iphone as the remote totally negating the need for the system.  Yes, I should have done my research and shouldn't have listened to the salesman who said the beo6 would do 2-way.  Lesson learned.

if your salesman tells you that Beo6 does 2-way I would return the whole system; as a matter of principle 

Regards Elmar

paul wrote:

Thanks for the valuable imnformation guys - I can see from your varoius replies that the best utilization of the BS5 is achieved with a bit of effort and good organisation skills.

Have a BS5 with BM5 and are happy with it, discovering "new" music every time I use it (MOTS).

And it should be a walk in the park with the new ripping device 

Apart from the discussion points mentioned in the thread, I would also mention the fact that the system is growing in value over the years with the SW updates.

My BS5 dates back to Feb 2009. Quite a difference in what the system could do then with what it is capable of today. Looking at what has been added since then in incremental functions, B&O is on a good trajectory. However, the user base "wishlist" is still not fully covered, so more to do in the future.

Be also rather nice if the system could perform a simple task when using aux and plugging it up to a visual display that it could sync at the same time.  Why can't it do this basic function?

My feeling now is that this BeoSound 5 or Encore simply is not up tp standard yet and is over complicated, lacking in functionality and tedious to set up tp the high standard required for a large music library.

Think ill give it a skip for thre timebeing and see  how it develops....Im not overly confident this will stay in production. 

Thanks for the advice guys - i really do appreciate the time and energy people on this site give to novices like me.

paul

I have had the BM5 for some years, and I recently added the BS5. The BS5 is my audio master. I have just finished re-tagging my music (approc 17.000 songs), and I really enjoy the BS5. My wife and kids also understand how to use it.

I use MOTS the most, and it really find some songs I would most likelye never listen to.

All the quests I have had that are interested in music - or technic in general - are really stunned by this music system, and especially the quality and ease when navigating. And I look forward to see what the future SW updates will bring.