Looks great ..... I want one !

As many of you already have said, Let's just wait and see for ourselves. Personally I find it a better design than anything they've come up with last couple of years. Fully contemporary but still with a b&o flavour...  And as long as it works well, this will be a winner imo.

@ Alex, the documentation how to connect Beomaster to a Mac was posted here.

 No lossless.

To be honest, I can live with some compression, that is not the issue for me.

Looking at the pictures, I think it will come of that podest. It wouldnt make any sense for it not too designwise. The podest must be super heave to hold it and I doubt they needed space for electronics. I would think the lower wheel is a release.

If that is the case, then they are one step closer selling me one. I can not really understand the excitement if there is no way 2 remote. That is one huge benefit of a digital library.

If you want to change a CD, you have to get up anyway, so there is not much need for extended control. With a digital library, it just doesn't make sense to stick to a Besound 3200 based control model.  Also, why would you have a second product next to your CD system which most would certainly not give up. 10 years from now, maybe. Today, probably not.

Cheers

JK 

Sappo,

You are a great man !

Thnaks for the first pictures of the BS5. I like the design very much. the magic is coming back !

Guy

One for me as well!

It looks me that new approach to music has been implemented with the black screen and aluminium wheel. Just can't wait for November or time to have one in my home setup. Interoperability with my current link setup remains open but I rely on B&O. With that they have not let me down in the past, hopefully this is the case also this time!!!

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That documentation was for the BeoMaster 5. 

The graphics on the screen look pretty, however is the cylyndical bit finished like that? Its a bit strange having a flat screen thing with a Klunky big cylynder, how do you wall mount it, the cylynder looks like it sticks out! However it does look very B&O and my only gripe is why no plain and simple bung in a CD option, that cylynder bit could surely take a CD, Hmm I actually feel old talking like this! I thought there was a picture up before that had a display in the middle and a small circle central at the bottom, it seemed to take DVD, CD, Net radio and Ipod, but I cannot find anything about it now.

Anyway I am sure we will all see how good it is in the greatness of time.

BS

Looks quite nice, but I think you have to see it in the flesh.

I suppose you can remove it from the stand, because this teaser with the cloth showed that thing without the second ring lying on a table or some other flat surface.

For the Apple Lossless thing, import your favourite song from CD into iTunes in different formats: AAC 320kbit/s, WAV (supported by BM5) and Apple Lossless. You can't hear the difference! (I tried it with the A8's, BL4's, BL9's, my KEF speakers and with some bose headphones)