KingOfSnake wrote:

 I'll go further, I really think the age of the portable radio is dead, and as for Moxxeys price point of £299 I think you are are least £200 short!!! 

 

 

 

You may have a good point here... in Sept I went back into education to do a degree as a mature student.... quite a mix of ages in my classes, but I would say that , without exception, everyone under 25 (maybe 30 )  just lives via their phone.....text, messaging, music, radio, mail, web access etc etc.. The idea of buying a prtable radio would, i am sure, be laughable to most of them. 

In the same way, very few have a TV where they live- just use their laptops. 

Changing times.

 

KingOfSnake wrote:

I'll go further, I really think the age of the portable radio is dead, and as for Moxxeys price point of £299 I think you are are least £200 short!!! 

I think you misread my post. I said it *should* be about £299 if it's a) plastic, b) made in China and c) being promoted in the Apple Stores (where people think the Zeppelin is expensive at £395).

I know it's going to be more than that. My dealer suggested BS3 price level and someone else said £600. At that price, I'm not sure if it will be quite as successful as the superb BS8, but I might be (and would like to be) proved wrong !

As for portable radio being dead, less so with the usual B&O audience. Indeed, I use my BS3 probably more than most devices - it's used when working to listen to Radio 2 in the background.

nice little beolit  😴, definetly a retro one..

moxxey wrote:

You've asked him that before, to be fair.

I know, but there was no response...

I don't care, he can do whatever he likes, I was just curious as to why someone would be interested in knowing about products that he wouldn't recommend to anybody, let alone buy for himself 🤒

I have a beosound 8 now. In addition to pretty much every other b&o speaker.

I can't wait to get a portable b&o device.

I have been stuck listening to too many Bose docks which have made me much more excited to hear the beolit.

I just hope it's in the neighborhood of the bs8 as far as sound.

And .... As an American, I can say I love my gas guzzlin Yukon, is AWESOME!

;)

mjmedlo wrote:

I love my gas guzzlin Yukon, is AWESOME! ;) 

Gulp. :)

I do like my BS8 too. You can play so much through it via your iPhone/iPad. For instance, you can even push through audio from live video tracks, audiobooks and much more. The flexibility makes it a truly powerful device.

moxxey wrote:

That's why I think American's don't understand us Brits.

Way to rnationalize such a serious issue! Should be good for at least 1/2 my next session's alotted time.

 

Cars... Minis sell because they are cute. Fiats... too cute, which is the problem. Us 'mericans see "too cute" as "too sippy" -and heaven knows we wouldn't dare be seen as too sippy.

For the record, the top five worst fuel-efficient cars I have owned have been European -the top three, British. So much for that...

 

Anyway, what were we talking about?

Oh yeah... the BeoLit 12

I like the idea, but I will hold judgment until ALL the form/function is determined.

BYPAHTEC wrote:

I like the idea, but I will hold judgment until ALL the form/function is determined.

 

That's not the Beoworld way - AT ALL!

What you have to do is make some guesses at what features you think it may have, what the price may be, what the build quality will be like, and what it looks like based on some unofficial photos of a mock up.  Then, based on your guesses you conclude that it's going to be rubbish and no one will buy it before you have actually seen any propoer specs, or heaven forbid, seen and heard one for real.

That's the BeoWorld way 😁

BYPAHTEC wrote:

I like the idea, but I will hold judgment until ALL the form/function is determined.

 

That's not the Beoworld way - AT ALL!

What you have to do is make some guesses at what features you think it may have, what the price may be, what the build quality will be like, and what it looks like based on some unofficial photos of a mock up.  Then, based on your guesses you conclude that it's going to be rubbish and no one will buy it before you have actually seen any propoer specs, or heaven forbid, seen and heard one for real.

That's the BeoWorld way 😁

rednik wrote:

That's not the Beoworld way - AT ALL!

Apparently, it is overpriced -again.

How is that? 😂