What I understood from my dealer, the Encore is a standalone product...?

bayerische wrote:

What I understood from my dealer, the Encore is a standalone product...?

It will be possible to connect up to 8 BeoSound5 Encores to one central BeoMaster5 or NAS drive and all will be able to play independently. So not really a stand alone system.

The Encores will be networked via a router. Later this year there will be an interface box that will allow Network Link to connect to an existing ML system. Rather like an ML/MCL is used to allow to different link systems to join up. Thereby allowing the BeoSound5 Encore to be part of a system that has Video products using ML.

Opman

Both of yor are right... B&O will present it as a standalone system until they provide the converter and/or compatible TVs.

It is a shame they are not more open about what will be the capabilities of this new Beonet system.

At launch it will just be a stand alone product.. with the possibility to connect to other Beonet devices in the future.. They have to start somewhere... Just see it as a first product of a new generation..

If I look on the B&O website and check the specifications, it looks that the BeoSound 5 already have these things:

bhollenberg wrote:

If I look on the B&O website and check the specifications, it looks that the BeoSound 5 already have these things

A BeoSound 5 will ALWAYS need a BeoMaster5 as content server and PL-Controller for local active speakers   
(and the BM5 can additionaly connect to a NAS via Ethernet, distribute sound to a ML-System, deliver pictures 
to a tv, ...) 

The BeoSound 5 ENCORE will be a PL-Controller for local active speakers, a Local Input Selector, a Display,
a "Mouse" (beeing just a Network CLIENT it will need a storage like a NAS, PC/MAC,  Mediaserver or a
BeoMaster 5 to access content via Ethernet)  

You will be able to use a BeoSound 5 + Beomaster 5 or a BeoMaster 5 + TV as a content server for several
BeoSound 5 Encores beeing connected via Ethernet.

Thanks for the reply, it makes a lot clear to me! 🙂

If you use the BeoSound 5 ENCORE as a stand alone product. Are you still able to control it through a remote?

Gr. Bas

bhollenberg wrote:

If you use the BeoSound 5 ENCORE as a stand alone product. Are you still able to control it through a remote?

Yes, it 's a music system able to control lokal speakers, getting content from remote sources via ethernet.

If you imagine it in terms of an "analog ML-System" it could be described as something like an "Ethernet 
BeoLink Active with integrated IR receiver, more local inputs plus a great display plus a great navigation
for digital content delivered from local sources, a remote storage or the internet"

Did I understood it correctly:

I could use several Beosound 5 Encores as a remote / remote-screen for the existing Beosound 5?

e.g.:
Beosound 5 in the living room, Beosound 5 Encore in the office to access the Beomaster 5 content, see what's playing on the Beosound 5, navigate etc.?

That would be very nice.