symmes wrote:

The BeoSound 8 is the new kid in town.

But that's just an iPod dock, isn't it? No CD, no Radio (of any kind).  I seriously wonder where B&O is going :-(

Greg wrote:

no Radio (of any kind).  

The BeoPlayer App gives access to 20 free internet radio stations or the paid for App gives access to around 14000 internet radio stations.

Opman

Greg wrote:

symmes wrote:

The BeoSound 8 is the new kid in town.

But that's just an iPod dock, isn't it? No CD, no Radio (of any kind).  I seriously wonder where B&O is going :-(

BeoSound 1 has had a long and successful run. I'd grab one in the coming months if you want to own one at all.

TripEnglish wrote:

I'd grab one in the coming months if you want to own one at all.

+1 if you want to listen to CDs

If you have wireless lan in your office - get an BS8 and an iPod/iPad, there are more radiostations available online than you can listen in your whole life!

And you can rip your cds very easy in iTunes (even lossless) - you don't need to write the titles, singer, album - the computer get's these information from the internet for you!

Tim wrote:

there are more radiostations available online than you can listen in your whole life!

Since broadcast is linear, you'd only need two channels that broadcast for a total of, say, 25 hours a day, to have more than you could listen to your whole life 😳

I keed, I keed. I do know what you mean.

On topic, I have to say that it's a shame the BS1 is discontinued. Even if you can get an internet radio app for an iPod, not all of us have an iPod (anymore), and won't be buying one ever (again). And besides, the moment the internet goes as have been happening here quite often this last month, you can't listen to the radio anymore.

I'd love to have a BS1 with DAB+, but it seems B&O thinks that radio is dead. Which is funny, given their heritage and place of business (Denmark, I mean).

Well, sure, she can get radio stations from the internet using her Mac, never mind an app, and of course play CDs on it too. So really she could just hook up the Mac to any number of excellent speakers already available (I'd probably suggest the B&W). Given this is for the same room where her iTunes library lives, there's no need to have an iPod dock (as an ex-employee of Apple, we have iPods and iPhones coming out of our ears, but why move music from Mac > iPod > speakers??).

The issue is that she wants a simple, standalone system that will operate independently of her Mac, allowing her to play CDs or listen to the radio with the Mac switched off, but whose speakers she could occasionally stream to from her Mac using AirPort and an AUX input. 

It seems there's only two options: Meridian F80 or Bose Wave DAB.  We'd really prefer to stick with B&O, so maybe go with the illogical choice of Beosound 1 with no DAB and no love from its maker, who now prefers to sell accessories for some other company's innovations.

Go for the BS1-even if, and it's a big if, FM is switched off, it's unlikely that it will be before 2020. Someone will probably come up with a DAB to FM converter allowing you to to tune to FM frequencies on the BS1 with DAB being rebroadcast from the converter. 

I had the Bose, and the BS1 is far superior. 

Other option-rip your cds and copy to SD cards and get a BS3. a lot cheaper, although sound quality not as good as BS1.

Good features with the Beosound 1:

1. Listen to CD music.

2. Listen to FM radio music.

3. Listen to any MP3 player ( via the A.AUX socket on the bottom ).

4. Turn your BS 1 into a Home Theatre sound system ( via A.AUX again ).

5. Move your BS 1 anywhere  ( where is a mains/power source ) .

6. Change the aluminum cover colour, and change the mood of your room.

7. Still look COOL and almost sculptural when the BS 1 is standng alone, even when the unit is turned off !