I stopped using airport express on my BS9000 via Aux because of the poor sound quality.

Yes it worked, it's nice to have an Idevice in hand and play sound via your B & O speakers but the sound is not good.

I'm talking about Spotify or Itunes here not better quality music if that exists.

And you have to set the volume way up compared to a cd listening.

A DAC or Playmaker must be considered. Just my opinion based on my experience (BS9000 / beolab 8000 and airport express).

Why did they discontinue the Playmaker?

Sound quality wise is a bluetooth adapter worse than an AE?

Cheers

Nigel

h1npw wrote:

Why did they discontinue the Playmaker?

elephant wrote:

..... because they thought the Essence was a superior solution

I think most us would now agree that both have a role (with overlaps)

Yendys wrote:

elephant wrote:

..... because they thought the Essence was a superior solution

I think most us would now agree that both have a role (with overlaps)

Agree

Playmaker was a simple product that integrated well with existing ML audio masters to distribute high quality streaming music throughout the home

+1

I love my Playmaker.

But the Playmaker was marketed as a standalone solution - and ML does not matter for future products.

For the company there was too much overlap.

So discontinuing it was obvious - even if a lot of 'the old costumers' can/could benefit from it.

MM

Thank you  - I have purchased an AE, setup was really simple and the sound is very good. I am just really pleased I can now use my B&O system to stream music to.

Glad you have found a solution to your streaming question.

Enjoy this new addition to your system. 🙂

Opman