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Think of it another way......
Apart from a milled ingot of aluminium, and a slice of tree, how much of the BS Moment is not made in SE Asia? Screwing and sticking it together to a method statement is within the capability of most manufacturing nations. It is not as if traditional craftsmanship of certain forms is required?
In the Video the woman says that the aluminium parts where made in Denmark!? Is that right or is Bang & Olufsen lying to their customers again as they did with the battery life of their Beoplay products?
Actually I would not expect any other comment from you.
Negativity comes before positivity - seems to be your motto.
That aside...
...would you believe it, if I told you, that it is true?
If you had visited the B&O factory in Struer recently, you could have seem a lot of these 'housings' being processed there.
They simply did not find anyone else, who could do, what they needed - neither in China or elsewhere.
These 'housings' (including the top-wheel) are being made in exactly the same way as we are used to from other aluminium B&O products.
(Actually you also might have spotted some of these in the colors, that we have seen on the demo pics).
If you still don't believe me, maybe this will be proof enough?
MM
The lady - behind in the center of the picture - is doing the last cleaning, before the items are going into the (well-known-Struer) anodizing process.
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Does anyone know how these compare to the beoplay a8?
Good to see that the casing is from B&O. When I upgraded my wheels after buying my new Alfa I discovered the originals were marked Made in China . Also, a replacement fog lamp for my wife's Kuga (Escape in USA) was from India. The cars were assembled in Italy and Germany respectively.
flabbergasting, the thing with the components from all over the world š i'm destroyed, even in my porsche ššš
anyway, the new beosound 1 (or maybe 2) is about to replace my beolit 15. well done!
...at a reasonable pricetag...If 1.300 EUR is what you call reasonable.
Actually I find it reasonable.
If you consider what has gone into making this audiosystem (including e.g. the construction of the volume wheel), you may find this reasonable.
Just think of what the old/original BeoSound 1 did cost.
You can buy a chair like this:
https://juhlsbolighus.dk/klassikere-til-fast-lav-pris/ch25-stol-hans-j-wegner/
or you can get one from Ikea (or similar).
Both can be used to sit on - you decide whether the Wegner has what you need or if the 'Ikea'-one is 'good enough'
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Got mine last week and Iām loving it! Sounds great and delivers space-filling sound even at lower volume. But the app (BEOMUSIC) is poor and still not available for Android. The packaging is poor. Just the Beosound 1 in a plastic bag between two Styropor halfes in a rough carton and the power supply cable. No manual - nothing. Just an URL printed on the box leading to a website that is still poor and leaves some questions unanswered. The A1 packaging is pure luxury compared with this!
As far as I can remember that's how full B&O stuff has always been packaged. Sure the play stuff is packaged differently but it has to be so it can be sold off the shelf.The packaging is poor. Just the Beosound 1 in a plastic bag between two Styropor halfes in a rough carton and the power supply cable. No manual - nothing. Just an URL printed on the box leading to a website that is still poor and leaves some questions unanswered. The A1 packaging is pure luxury compared with this!
The original BS1 was about $ 3900 AUD and this one is $ 1950 AUD. I don't think I would have paid $ 3900 for it even if it was slightly different even if it was stereo.Actually I find it reasonable. If you consider what has gone into making this audiosystem (including e.g. the construction of the volume wheel), you may find this reasonable. Just think of what the old/original BeoSound 1 did cost. You can buy a chair like this: https://juhlsbolighus.dk/klassikere-til-fast-lav-pris/ch25-stol-hans-j-wegner/ or you can get one from Ikea (or similar). Both can be used to sit on - you decide whether the Wegner has what you need or if the 'Ikea'-one is 'good enough' MM There is a tv - and there is a BV.
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