Bedroom Clock with Beoplay speaker solution. Advice wanted

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soundguysydney (archived2)
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Posted October 10, 2015 at 14:19 GMT
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Hi Beophiles,

I have a dilemma.

I need new bedside clock/radio/speaker solution. I looked at the Bose Wave thing which is such an ugly old piece of kit that I had to run back to the B and O store to recover.

A "clock/radio" is too old school these days and anything that resembles this is junk. Given my fabulous B and O set up I really need something that works in with that. I have already:

  • Beovision Avant 55
  • Beolab 8000 with wireless receivers
  • Beolab 3 with wireless receivers
  • Beosound Moment

My thoughts for the bedroom are;

  • Ipad Mini with a clock App (Nightstand or similar)
  • Beomusic App (haven't used it yet)
  • Beoplay A2 or A6 or S3 (leaning towards A6 but love the S3)

The question is, which is the best combination that behaves as a clock radio that wakes me up to my choice of music or radio station but also plays well with the rest of the system? I don't have any experience yet with the Beomusic App so I don't even know if it has a sleep function. I also like to fall asleep to music/internet radio etc.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

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T.W.G
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Posted October 10, 2015 at 19:02 GMT
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Hi,

what about the Beotime clock on your night desk? than you can use e.g B&O speakers linked to your mastersystem with a Beolink active or use a standalone system of your choice which supports infrared control that can be activated and controlled by the Beotime.

Looks beautiful on a night desk and to snooze you simply tap the whole thing.
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dasun (archived2)
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Posted October 11, 2015 at 11:02 GMT
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To my knowledge, the Beomusic App does not support an alarm or sleep function - at least that's what my dealer told me last week. Seems more difficult than it should be, but I use a Sonos Connect connected to the Transmitter of my wireless Beolab 20 and use the Sonos App to wake me up. Sonos is very easy to use and that way I also have several other Sonos speakers play music at the same time (e.g. bathroom, floor, bedroom etc).

I believe there should be a much simpler solution from B&O though, I haven't found one yet.

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T.W.G
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Posted October 11, 2015 at 17:45 GMT
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Jeff, that's sad to read... but your Beotime still chimes when the alarm goes off, doesn't it?

I'm using the Beotime on the nightstand (that seems to be the right word, and not my "night desk") ;-) with a Beolab 3500 and it works fine.
But the Beolab 3500 is mounted high enough on wall that I nearly have to stretch my arm to reach it (best child protection).

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bsantini (archived2)
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Posted October 11, 2015 at 18:28 GMT
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Try fresh batteries
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Severian (archived2)
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Posted October 11, 2015 at 18:33 GMT
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Still chimes perfectly, and have tried it with fresh batteries. So, it's a puzzler, the only thing I can think of is limited IR range. Which is a bummer though, such a beautiful, functional piece.

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soundguysydney (archived2)
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Posted October 12, 2015 at 12:22 GMT
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Thank you

 

This is the option I've chosen.

 

At least until theres a B&O option

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dasun (archived2)
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Posted October 13, 2015 at 21:10 GMT
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Just a short off-topic question: I have been reading several B&O manuals for the Beovision 11, the Beolab v1, the Beosystem 4 and all kinds of information regarding the B&O multiroom app, and I cant find any information on a wake-up function. Is it true, that there is no wake-up function at all with Bang & Olufsen? No automatically starting music in the morning, seriously?

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Millemis
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Posted October 13, 2015 at 22:42 GMT
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@dasun

There is none with the mentioned products.

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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted October 14, 2015 at 07:42 GMT
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I use this as there was no suitable B&O solution

IMHO this product is simple and beautiful http://www.sony.com.au/electronics/clock-radios/xdr-c1dbp 

It wakes me up on the classical station as its the only time i listen to classical, i get up, go to the back room and turn on the Avant cos i'm head there anyway

Great to see you're using your 8000 with the receiver 1, and also with your Lab 3's - that's what i'm using.

The original "BeoMusic" app i can't remember what it was called cost around $15 and it had a clock and alarm function.. i'll look up in my app history 

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