Everyone here in this thread is talking about the functionality of the Encore in a wifi setup and compare this with airplay, icloud etc. But nobody is interested in sound quality of these different ways of listening music, is it all the same?? I believe no! If I spent so much money in Beolabs, I want to have a superb sound quality when listening to my music collection.

Regards

Räuber

so buy a rosita and plug it on the A.Aux of your beosound or beocenter...

http://www.larosita.fr/rosita/?lang=en&id=accueil

If you actually think bno are a real audio brand you're fooling yourself , they admitted as much in the early 70's when they proclaimed Hifi is dead !

They've been a lifestyle brand ever since , sometimes they bring out world leading stunning stuff like the beosystem 8000 or the avant or the beolab 5 , sadly a lot of the time it's pretty but certainly not cutting edge a/v , a lot like this encore toy.

I still can't get over the fact that bs3 can't decode dts hd ma ( after all these years !! ) - so mch for the ultimate a/v sytem . I just bought a Yamaha 2067 amp that does anything that does and a whole lot more for a 1/3 of the price and probably sounds better too - oh and you can control it all with an ipod/ipad.. ( the app's free too )

Say what you like about Apple but at least they make an attempt at staying current.

I thought this new guy was going to sort them out..

Yes, I got to admit, Tue is certainly taking his time!

 

Kind of agree with Flappo, I do miss the excellent sound quality of my Bose Acoustimass AM5 speaker system with Technics separates - so reliable!

Sure the B&O's are pretty but they kind of remind me of high maintenance dumb models!

Paul Winn wrote:

Yes, I got to admit, Tue is certainly taking his time!

 

You are joking right?  What did you expect him to do so quickly?

Flappo wrote:

If you actually think bno are a real audio brand you're fooling yourself , they admitted as much in the early 70's when they proclaimed Hifi is dead !

They've been a lifestyle brand ever since , sometimes they bring out world leading stunning stuff like the beosystem 8000 or the avant or the beolab 5 , sadly a lot of the time it's pretty but certainly not cutting edge a/v , a lot like this encore toy.

I still can't get over the fact that bs3 can't decode dts hd ma ( after all these years !! ) - so mch for the ultimate a/v sytem . I just bought a Yamaha 2067 amp that does anything that does and a whole lot more for a 1/3 of the price and probably sounds better too - oh and you can control it all with an ipod/ipad.. ( the app's free too )

Say what you like about Apple but at least they make an attempt at staying current.

I thought this new guy was going to sort them out..

 

I have been following this thread with interest, I gave up on my bs3 supporting MA but would have probably purchased the Encore.

But ive been trying to find a post that represents what i feel and the one above just about sums it up.

Im a bit lost- what does the Encore actually do? other than being a wired box that displays what one is playing with MOTS  ( or not as the case may be) so you need external storage, and to get it to work in anything like an effective manner you need to download many applications- an even then it doesnt offer compatability which our company would expect to offer in a £500 microsystem- whats that all about- why couldnt B&O redesign this product so it would be an out of the box system ? instead its a cut  price version of the larger version with an equally high price- if this is where B&O is going even more stores will close.

rednik wrote:

Paul Winn wrote:

Yes, I got to admit, Tue is certainly taking his time!

 

 

You are joking right?  What did you expect him to do so quickly?

 

Well not allow any further underdeveloped products to the market would be a start surely?

moxxey wrote:

I was told a year or so ago that the Encore was originally designed as a basic version of the Beosound 5/Master that would enable other rooms to source your stored music, without the need for a masterlink connection. You could have one in multiple rooms etc etc.

 

I have a BV8-40 and two BL9. I bought the BV to have a complete B&O setup I want to build piece by piece. I also wanted to buy two BL3 and a BS5E. My aim is to use BL9 and BL3 with the BV8 in a home cinema setting then BS5E and BL9 for music listenning (my music is in FLAC on my NAS). I am currently playing MP3 music with my AppleTV through BV and BL9 but I want to improve the sound quality...

So what about the new beonet (new ethernet based link) ? I hope B&O will release a beonet system module for my (one year old) BV8. If the BS5E stay a standalone system, it would really be a shame.

BOMF

 

355f wrote:

rednik wrote:

Paul Winn wrote:

Yes, I got to admit, Tue is certainly taking his time!

You are joking right?  What did you expect him to do so quickly?

 

Well not allow any further underdeveloped products to the market would be a start surely?

I don't think Tue is taking his time.  He and his team is probably working some very long days on problems and the direction that B&O is going to take. He also has to answer to a board of directors.  Next month Tue will be announcing a new product category which is also about the same time other companies are doing the same.  Apple has been introducing new hardware and software and will release more products in the coming months.  Just trying to figure out what Apple will do is a challenge for them.  Here is an interesting article from PC World on the future of DVDs.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/236559/rip_dvd_six_reasons_its_time_for_discs_to_die.html

 

 

Raeuber wrote:

Everyone here in this thread is talking about the functionality of the Encore in a wifi setup and compare this with airplay, icloud etc. But nobody is interested in sound quality of these different ways of listening music, is it all the same?? 

Who on earth said we are not interested? Of course we are or we wouldn't spend thousand of pounds on B&O kit. However, a lot of the quality is to do with how the content is ripped in the first place. Not how it's streamed or pushed around your house. That's generally secondary - pushing even the highest quality audio is easy within a 802.11n environment. 

Just because we talk about easy of use, it doesn't mean that we're talking about sacrificing quality. I don't see how these go hand in hand.