I hope they also release it with the Beonet/Masterlink available as well

There will certainly not be any MasterLink, but this timing will coincide with the release of the NetLink > MasterLink converter that was discussed. Of course that product was not officially discussed the way the Encore was, so there's no way to know whether that's still on track or has also been pushed back.  

Weebyx wrote:

B&O has just posponed the launch of Encore til after summer....

It is because they would like to assure that the quality is perfect before it is released.

 

/Weebyx

In my experience this is marketing speak for "there are too many software faults still to be ironed out"

There is already a new pricelist for Switzerland available ... it says 2850 € for the BS5 Encore with the wall mount included.

Any other prices available yet around the world?

Regards

EUR 2,850 for NRADIO playback? It must be a joke😉

As such, BeoSound 5 Encore can only play NRADIO, it is "only" a nice looking interface, it doesn't do anything! It simply connects to Internet to get internet radio playback, and to your DLNA server or hard drive, to play your audio files. Or act as a very expensive preamp for another audio device connected to the AUX input. That's all.

That is why I never bought the BeoSound 5, which is even more expensive, I really had high hopes for the BS5 Encore, because the setup & use should be much easier (it has Wi-fi 802n!), but even at a lower price, B&O still has to offer Apple Lossless playback (I spent 3 days converting my WMA files to ALAC when I shifted to Mac), and track & artist display in NRADIO mode (which is still missing, even on BS5 today!), a feature that all other internet radio softwares offer!

Today with Linkplayer and Linkremote, or BMLink with Itunes Remote, and a BeoPort box, you can have much greater flexibility and visual feedback than with BS5/Encore. So the Encore would be really a step forward for the PC-based homes only.

That's how I see things, I may be wrong of course🙂

Chrisreunion wrote:

EUR 2,850 for NRADIO playback? It must be a joke😉

As such, BeoSound 5 Encore can only play NRADIO, it is "only" a nice looking interface, it doesn't do anything! It simply connects to Internet to get internet radio playback, and to your DLNA server or hard drive, to play your audio files. Or act as a very expensive preamp for another audio device connected to the AUX input. That's all.

That is why I never bought the BeoSound 5, which is even more expensive, I really had high hopes for the BS5 Encore, because the setup & use should be much easier (it has Wi-fi 802n!), but even at a lower price, B&O still has to offer Apple Lossless playback (I spent 3 days converting my WMA files to ALAC when I shifted to Mac), and track & artist display in NRADIO mode (which is still missing, even on BS5 today!), a feature that all other internet radio softwares offer!

Today with Linkplayer and Linkremote, or BMLink with Itunes Remote, and a BeoPort box, you can have much greater flexibility and visual feedback than with BS5/Encore. So the Encore would be really a step forward for the PC-based homes only.

That's how I see things, I may be wrong of course🙂

Oh, honestly, steady on. You are really jumping the gun there, it has not even been released.

Lets, just, wait. B&O have surprised everyone with the BeoSound 8 and I believe that there are many more of these surprises in store for us.

I don't know first hand because I wasn't selling CD players back when the format was new, but I've been told that the CD was disruptive to the status quo because the new-ness and novelty were the only narratives early on and it took some time to settle down and for people to realize that one CD player could be better than another.

The same thing has recently been happening with the digital file as people realize that if they tend to their formatting and get some decent technology that their digital files can sound as good, if not better than, their CDs. To say that the BeoSound 5 Encore is just a NetRadio streamer is like calling a Ferrari a "gas-burning apparatus." 

TripEnglish wrote:

To say that the BeoSound 5 Encore is just a NetRadio streamer is like calling a Ferrari a "gas-burning apparatus." 

I really like your camparison :)

Weebyx wrote:

TripEnglish wrote:

To say that the BeoSound 5 Encore is just a NetRadio streamer is like calling a Ferrari a "gas-burning apparatus." 

 

 

I really like your camparison :)

 

I do too.