BeoPlay A2 just released

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Sorry.. I don't know how to make the pics small... 

 

And it looks AWESOME!

 

See, I do like new B&O products when they look good! 😁

 

I will get one.

 

Price?

I'm all in favour of producing product for open standards, it looks nice and isn't reliant of the whims of cupertino - result!

Personally however, I don't have a need for a portable speaker. If I did, this (or the styling at least, without having heard it) blows the Bose and B&W into the weeds.

How will it connect to iPhones? By BT 4.0? No airplay built-in? 

How will it connect to iPhones? By BT 4.0? No airplay built-in? 

Luke wrote:

Sorry.. I don't know how to make the pics small... 

I broke into your post and edited the size for you 🙂

Lee

bayerische wrote:

How will it connect to iPhones? By BT 4.0? No airplay built-in? 

An iPhone will be using the A2DP profile for streaming audio, since there is no support for the aptX codecs in iDevices.

How it sounds, only (your own) listening tests will show.

(If possible) one could try to compare the same source/same music played from an iPhone

and from a Mac (which supports aptX) -  to see/hear whether there is a difference or not  'in real life' using the A2.

M🎃M

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Thanks MM,

 

But will this show up as a wireless device in iTunes on the iPhone?

You select it in Bluetooth devices as you would wifi devices.  It's the same as I see it.

Like when you connect to your car, once it pairs it picks it up. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27zUXY3LcQ

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