Hello everyone,

firstly let me say that its a beautiful design and when it plays the sound is great.

secondly, let me say it's a piece off crappppp

i have had this now for more than 2 years and it's not been able to keep any connection via wifi. 

The only option is connecting via Utp  cable to my network. 

updates have been scares. 

On top of that it makes a lot of sounds which sound like static discharges.

B&O please do something about this 

best regards

I've been thinking about the A9

Being that it can do Airplay, DLNA, etc - are the innards of the A9 identical to that of the Playmaker/Essence

e.g. its a speaker with the same tech for Gen 1: PM, Gen 2: Essence?

Would you agree?

@elephant: inadequate I think. Deezer and TuneIn via BeoMusic app were now "cured" of this issue after the update. In all honesty, I did not stream via AirPlay much in the past so I couldn't spot the same problem and did not report it before.

For me luckily there is no static noise or similar, however this is Mk2 (if that makes any difference). Wi-Fi ia, frankly, stable for me and I utilize 802.11n/5GHz to avoid interference on 2.4 (live in a high-rise with lot of networks around me).

@Michael: never thought of it like that, but it could be possibly. At least chips from the "receiveing" part. :)

Aussie Michael wrote:

I've been thinking about the A9

Being that it can do Airplay, DLNA, etc - are the innards of the A9 identical to that of the Playmaker/Essence

e.g. its a speaker with the same tech for Gen 1: PM, Gen 2: Essence?

Would you agree?

Pretty much 'the same'. (There were two MK's of the Playmaker).

The new A9 has no ir-receiver. The Essence has the opportunity of connecting an external ir-receiver - which could be usefull/handy in some setups.

Note: they are still working on the software for the functions of the ir-connection.

MM