BeoLit 12 is in the shops! Initial impressions?

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Peter wrote:

You can control the Beolit 12 with a B&O remote. 

Good news, thanks for confirming. I like the Beolit 12. I'll wait for the new colours to hit dealers in March, before purchasing.

Peter, and a phone! Always find it useful to quickly mute from my Beocom 5 when a call comes in.

 

Peter wrote:

You can control the Beolit 12 with a B&O remote. That is what the IR receiver is for.The Beo4 and Beo6 will both work and I dare say the Beolink 1000 et al will as well.

Apparently the BeoSound 8 remote will work as well!  Have yet to try this though but I've had it confirmed from a number of reliable sources.  BUT if you read the FAQ on the main website (not beoplay.com) you'll see it might work a little bit better with a Beo4

Daniel wrote:

Daniel wrote:

Apple Store says it's working with iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

So it will not work at all with a 3GS? Or will it work with some limitations?

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Bump? 👍

It will work with any iPhone that runs an ios firmware later than 4.0.

It works on my iPod Touch with IOS 4.

Alex wrote:

Daniel wrote:

Daniel wrote:

Apple Store says it's working with iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

So it will not work at all with a 3GS? Or will it work with some limitations?

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It will work with any iPhone that runs an ios firmware later than 4.0.

Thanx Alex!

I listened to the Beolit 12 at my local dealer today.

Was very impressed with the sound. In my ears excelent voice and also an impressive depth.

Unit was smaller than I thought. In my opinion no "cheap plastic" I read in some review. Felt very solid.

Will for sure buy one.

 

Location: Sweden

My B&O Icons:

Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound-Emerge.png Beosound-Emerge.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png

Can't find it in the USA Apple store anymore!?

I have heard it today and i was impressed by its room filling sound for such a small unit. For a new product that is at least being aimed at women aswell, i think launching it in battleship grey was not the best od moves. First impressions and all that.

I don't think the plastic felt cheap, and predict i will be the first to see if its cup of tea proofErm The Beosound 3 was much more of a traditional B&O product with its brilliant aerial launching from the unit, but i found the sound ordinary and it was only FM(limited and unreliable here). 

More colours, and for what it's worth i think it is about £50 too much to make it appealing.

£50 too much = haggle a bit.

folkdeejay wrote:

£50 too much = haggle a bit.

ROTFL - impossible here with just one dealer 😛

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