I also agree that home entertainment future has already changed and access to media today, audio or video, is a notion that is far different from what we were used to. As Millemissen mentions, quality of speakers will perhaps be the most important issue for a high end “media”, wich probably is bad news for many as we are used to all fancy, highly polished toys B&O offers. Also all lively discussions on fix and tricks and smart by-passes will most likely change to short error reportings. Since a majority of us don’t have a very deep insight in digital networks and software issues, Beoworld might become a rather “quiet” place.

We could however continue to contribute, at least for now, by discussing our view and expectations on user experience part of the deal. Since the hard devices (beside speakers) are more or less becoming obsolete, the natural path for B&O would probably be to try to integrate the wow-factor with their software solutions. After all once all media is on wifi or NL, the only communicable ways left for us users are speakers and despite B&O speakers  being beautiful and all the rest of it, we will need better, smarter and more natural interfaces with all available digital media. I would for instant gladly pay for the smart mood recognition system Beosound Moment has, in an updated Beomusic app for ipad or iphone. Another solution that might be interesting is to develop applications that could in a smart way recognize other devices, a kind of plug and play solution for devices within reach for NL or home-wifi such as NAS drives or digital Cameras, light control-devices, etc.  

Raeuber wrote:

So '25' will be a christmas gift for my wife on CD. And that's why my BS 9000 is still a necessary device.

As you know, our beloved company has put quite an efford in making it possible to integrate things/devices like the BS9000 to the new NL setup, which is fine.

And there is alway the line-in connection as a possibility to integrate a cd player or a vinyl player in the network.

But it would not be wise - thinking forwards - to make e.g. a cd player a part of a new audiodevice.

He, who wants to listen to the new album from Adele, will find his way.

If I did not have a cd player in my setup (which I still have), I would rip it and play it from my NAS....

.....or simply pop it into my Bluray player.

No need to go shopping for a BS9000 for a couple of not-streaming-released albums 😻

MM

To me, the experience of a sound system is all about the interface I don't like the idea of needing to open a phone and open an app to access my music. The Essence remote is just too minimalist for me with too basic control. I absolutely love my BeoSound 5! I feel that the Beo6 gave us the control that we needed to select what music to hear. It's a shame to see the Beo6 discontinued. It would have been nice to see the album/artist interface of the Beo6 expanded to B&O system such as the Moment and the Essence. Now we are left with that gap.

I do think that Apple's Siri remote for the Apple TV is a perfect example of the direction B&O needs to be taking: having a microphone built in to the remote with voice recognition that can be used to call up the album/artist/song that we want. This gives the ultimate minimalist simplicity of a user interface with the greatest control. I could also envision something akin to the Essence Wall Remote that would have a button to press for us to use voice commands to select our music. Of course, there are ways to take advantage of what Apple currently offers to achieve this, but it would be nice to have this with an actual Bang & Olufsen remote.

In the November 2015 pricelist they have only Moment and Essence in the audio systems category. And I noticed as well that the Beoplay V1-40 and Beovision 10-32 left as well...

benoit wrote:

In the November 2015 pricelist they have only Moment and Essence in the audio systems category. And I noticed as well that the Beoplay V1-40 and Beovision 10-32 left as well...

The BV10-32 has been gone for quite a while as I sold mine to a dealer/installer as he couldn't get hold of one. That was months ago.

I know some people comment that the BeoPlay products are available everywhere, but without them B&O dealer showrooms would be very threadbare, in my opinion.

maybe we know somehow get the chance to get a copy of all the required service software to service the Beosound 5 for the next years if something's broken... I'm looking at you, my lovely dealers! 😁