This looks very interesting indeed, and I'm anticipating what the pricing will be in Canada.  If it's truly priced right they could have a little hit on their hands, but I fear something like this will still have too premium of a pricetag, and the sound outgunned by competitors. 

With only a single 4" driver handling the lows and lower midrange, I find it hard to beleive it'll have decent bass. Then again, Bang & Olufsen are known for coaxing very good bass out of small packages.  Nevertheless, I'll have to hear it to beleive it.  :)

Sadly, this isn't a market I'm interested in either, and I won't be buying one, but I really hope it does well, and I can't wait to see what other products are in the pipeline for Play.

mike

Beolit = Car Battery with leather handle😂

The Beolit 12 is getting some good reviews online.

Here is one with some better pictures

http://www.t3.com/reviews/b-and-o-play-beolit-12-review

Think this product may even convince to get out my iphone and get it fixed

Toby wrote:

The Beolit 12 is getting some good reviews online.

Here is one with some better pictures

http://www.t3.com/reviews/b-and-o-play-beolit-12-review

 

 

Think this product may even convince to get out my iphone and get it fixed

".............we can’t help but feel that the plastic design of the Beolit 12 makes it feel somewhat cheap. It doesn’t scream ‘high-end’ or send out a vibe of exclusivity".

"............the bass is surprisingly strong and solid, we thought that the midrange sounded somewhat subdued and that the treble seemed to be a bit drowned and to have trouble delivering a crisp and coherent result, especially at higher volume levels".

"...............while you expect the Bang & Olufsen brand to carry a premium, neither the sound nor the design stands out in a way that warrants a price that high".

"As it stands right now, though, the Beolit 12 seems ridiculously overpriced".

I hope any bad reviews aren't any worse than the one quoted!😮

"cheaply made, plastic, not what you would expect from a high end manufacturer"  "subdued sound" "ridiculously expensive". Maybe this should be in the outsourcing thread!

The problem with BeoLit 12 is once again its price, it is close to a Zeppelin Air that will offer better sound/stereo perspective, but lacks the portability of the BeoLit. As a portable system, it may become a winner, thanks to its built-in battery, but as a home system, most people will probably keep buying the Zeppelin, whose design I definitely prefer by the way😕

And, most important to us Brits, the £699 price tag, whereas it's priced EUR699 (approx £580) elsewhere through Europe!

If I had to choose between the £699 Beolit 12 and the £890 Beosound 8 - with free B&O headphones through Jan - I'd go for the BS8 every time.

Chris wrote:

"cheaply made, plastic, not what you would expect from a high end manufacturer"  "subdued sound" "ridiculously expensive". Maybe this should be in the outsourcing thread!

As I've said many many many many many times, the Chinese/manufacturers do not get the spec provided by B&O, Apple and other developers and reply with "we can't do this! Ok, let's remove the high-quality rubber and use plastic instead...Apple won't notice!".

There are a lot of numbskulls on this board - sadly - who seem to believe that Apple, B&O and others somehow work around manufacturers and not the other way around. Frankly, a tad shocking.

“I hope any bad reviews aren't any worse than the one quoted!”

That was one of the worse reviews it just had the best pictures of the lead storage compartment and the connection ports.

It appeals to me as something I can use when I have a BBQ on the beach, as normally just have very tinny sounding portable speakers.

Having had a bit more of a read about it, is anyone else suprised that a run time of "up to 8 hours",  is apparently halved when the wireless/streaming function is used??