Millemissen wrote:

I’d agree with John, too.

My post before was meant to be fun.....with a tiny bit of sarcasm in it, I admit.

If John has followed my posts over the years, he should know, that I am one of the loyal B&O fans....I was often enough scolded as being a ‘beofan’ on this forum.

Usually I say ‘yes’ to all that comes from Struer....even if it does not suit my personal needs.

I have no clue, what they will present (soon) - and if I had, my lips certainly were sealed!

I know and have known quite a few of the guys in Struer for quite a while - and I care much for the company.

None the less.........it’s better be something good, something special - to cheer me up ;-)

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Millemissen wrote:

If John has followed my posts over the years, he should know, that I am one of the loyal B&O fans....I was often enough scolded as being a ‘beofan’ on this forum.

I stumbled across the original BeoPlay A9-thread. Very interesting to see that no one was complaining about the lack of multiroom or ML-integration then. In a way we've become spoiled by having ALL speakers NL-capable. Century and the old BeoSound 1 didn't have ML too...

My question for Steve and Matt is how they see the post-NL era, especially in the context of home integration (BLI) and B&O aiming for the UHNW individual...

Mikipidia wrote:

I haven't used beolink for atleast two weeks now and I don't feel I miss it although it's nice to have and I fully agree they shouldn't get rid of it at all. Especially now that it's all basically flawless in operation. It's an odd decision but I do understand it if I look critically at my own usage.

I've got a very simple setup at the moment (Stage + 2x M3) and in response to the NL-news I've been trying out Airplay 2 as Music source for the last couple of weeks as well. AP2 isn't as stable as NL for multirooming. Especially syncing can be way off. So my flow has been to start playback through Siri - which is very comfortable I must say, even for me as a stutterer - and then use NL/touch to join to expand the experience.

I hope B&O will remain -vocally!!- committed to NL by making all new speakers capable of hooking up to a Core (or MM's dream Join-box). My guess would be that B&O need it to keep their high end credentials.

On a side note that is especially needed in relation to the BLI... I've sold my BLGW but I miss it every day. The luxury of waking up to your favourite music station or radio, which is later automatically expanded to your kitchen, lights controlled by BR One. It offers local, privacy friendly integration and it's sad to see it under-sold by the dealers(?).

1990 wrote:

Millemissen wrote:

If John has followed my posts over the years, he should know, that I am one of the loyal B&O fans....I was often enough scolded as being a ‘beofan’ on this forum.

I stumbled across the original BeoPlay A9-thread. Very interesting to see that no one was complaining about the lack of multiroom or ML-integration then. In a way we've become spoiled by having ALL speakers NL-capable. Century and the old BeoSound 1 didn't have ML too...

My question for Steve and Matt is how they see the post-NL era, especially in the context of home integration (BLI) and B&O aiming for the UHNW individual...

example 1: the Beosound 8 was very popular and sold extremely well. But its live ended abrupt with the new Apple connectors.

example 2: with B&o own NL you can even use ML/MCL devices 30 years old. (one aspect what makes this mark special and standout from the rest. And if I read this forum correct even popular with younger enthousiasts).

All excellent points, I will raise the issue with Steve and Matt if it comes up to get their viewpoint from the inside. 

It is now confirmed they are joining me at 20:00 UK time this Friday (10/04/2020) 

For anyone that's not sure, Steve Devonshire has worked with B&O for a VERY LOOOOONG time and is a very interesting and lovely man. Matt has only been with B&O HQ for a few weeks and is coming in with fresh new eyes to the brand. 

I thought it would be an interesting show with a fresh newbie and a legendary veteran to bounce off. 

Any questions are greatly appreciated, I'll make a list and of course feel free to ask anything in the live chat on the show. 

I'm really looking forward to it and I hope lots of you can join me to see Steve and welcome Matt to the B&O family. 

John 

Din’t forget - it’s friday today.

Maybe Steve Devonshire has some news to tease ;-)))

MM

He certainly won't be doing that again! 

He laughs about it now but at the time he got in some hot water with B&O! 

John

Can’t find the video/Live Stream No 3 on YT.

MM

something went wrong so it's not up 🙂