avus17:

I have visited my dealer yesterday to see the new BeoSound 5. The price is very high 4.710,-€ for a MP3/Net.Radio streamer with a wheel and display. My dealer told me that for the price it will be hard to sell it as there is no CD mechanism in the new sound system. What do you think? I had also troubles to play with the new sound machine at it seemed a little bit complicated.

Quick Answer. Buy your BS5 in the UK. It's on sale for around £3750. - thats a saving of nearly 1000Euro with todays exchange rate of 1 to 1.

10% 

When's the next price adjustment due - does anyone know?? It could seriously scupper the UK market, a potential ~50% increase!

Puncher:

When's the next price adjustment due - does anyone know?? It could seriously scupper the UK market, a potential ~50% increase!

I've just heard in the high-end watch market that Richemont (Panerai, IWC etc) intend yet-another price increase 1st of Feb 09 to 'align UK prices with the rest of Europe'. Gulp.

Something may happen in the UK or, as people have mentioned above, it's going to be really easy for anyone in the Euro zone to book a day trip to the UK to pick up their equipment!

I would suggest they do it at their earliest opportunity, there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the UK tunnel!

For me the price is not the issue, the key is everything working together simelessly without pain!!!

 I have beoVision 9, Beovision 7, and 8 with a 9000 and BeoLab1 blah blah blah i love the stuff its very addictive.

My issue is Beo seem to being left behind and there main gap which they dont fill is distibuted video, and the video they do distribute is via SD on RF... The beoMaster 5 has all the hardware capabilites to store and send stored video i.e divX, AVI MP4 etc as its just a windows XP PC but they dont seem to be making the moves to do it, so as it stands its just another Sexy music device.. but i have an Apple TV connected to my PowerPC and BeoVision 9 for that and the coolest controller interface via iRemote on my iPhone....(which if you have not used it you have to get it its awsome)

 So please please please beo sort it out make beoMaster 5 the device it deserves to be... I am also informed that they are looking at making the ML digital, now if they do that the world is their lobster as they could then distribute full HD over IP rather than using old RF techolgy.....has anyone else heard this rumour..

 Andy

Yes,

Digital MasterLink should come around 2010-2011, if not sooner, regarding the decreasing turnover situation at B&O. This will be a major step for B&O as they will also introduce a new digital software plattform for all new products.  The on-screen graphics on new products will be revamped to resemble the new BeoSound 5 GUI called "Callisto". You can get a glimpse of the new style with the new DVB-HD module available for the BeoSystem 3 based products soon.

Lets see how Bang performs on this new territory.