Got and love it.

If you're serious about a high quality experience with your digital music, it's extremely competitive to what's out there. The McIntosh MS750 costs the same amount but only has a 40 character display. Not quite sure how you browse your archives there! The Meridian Sooloos system costs twice as much to do basically what the BeoSound 5 does, but more awkwardly. Neither one sounds as good and I can't see who'd invest in a Sooloos when you can just set your Kaleidescape up w/ Crestron and customize the experience. (I do actually like my Kaleidescape system and it's the only thing I've used that's as clever as the BeoSound 5). 

Now if your other option was an iPhone or AirTunes or something like that, then... uh. Follow your heart.

It's also safe to say that the upcoming features will make the BeoSound 5 fairly dominant in the high end digital media market. 

>>It's also safe to say that the upcoming features will make the BeoSound 5 fairly dominant in the high end digital media market.<<

Lets wait until its there. The published plan to update the software seemed weak to me.

I am looking for something for digital music but want a 2 way and gapless music with MAC supported formats solved. As long as thats not there I get up and change CDs ... oh wait, I have a BS9000 so  am actually getting up less then I would with the curent BS5.

Iphone/ATV wouldn't make me happy ..... that I know .......

JK

TripEnglish, any update on the upcoming features ? My rating after nearly 6 months of BS5-BM5 is similar... on top of that like with everything B&O, seamless integration...

mfirst wrote:

Now that it has been out for a while - what is the general impression?

I had it for 5-6 weeks, then sold it and replaced it with an Apple TV (I already had an Mac Mini-based music distribution system). The Apple TV has a better interface when controlled via the TV, plus extra functionality. From that perspective, I've not looked back.

The BS5 is better if you want a tactile interface to use to control your music. However, the BM5 was always way too big for me. Unless you have somewhere to hid it (cabinet?), it's a big device for the simple process of storing audio.

Got it and I simply can't do without anymore.

The MOTS is absolute stunning, it has newer disappointet me. I have masterlink all over and don't miss interaction from linkroom because you plant a seed on BS5 and then you listen to music for hours in any link room. I have discovered lots of music I have forgot about😁

My wife also love it because its so simple and inutive to use

I've had mine about 3 months - I love it - listening to it while I write this.

MOTS is great - It's amazing how it matches up unlikely artists because the songs are the same

I too have found new music I had forgotten about.

I have the BS5 mounted on the wall above my BS9000  - looks good sounds great

glenn

After 2 months my BS 5 works like it should. Now I'm happy with it!

It could have some interface tweaks:

- display elapsed and remaining track time
- search function within a track (I think it could be programmed to use the wheel for it like on an iPod)
- give ANY feedback when you press "MOTS" etc. on the remote. The user will not see if the unit did accept it or not. 



only alternative or supplement would be a Sonos system which works wireless and 2 way like a charme. 

Is there any sense of what the software/firmware update are?

When they are coming?

Are they going to be free?  or in true B&O style - too expensive to justify by normal common sense?

-michael

I've had mine for a couple months, listen to it often for many hours a day (I work at home and have my office as a link room) and echo the positive comments above (sounds great, MOTS works, finds forgotten songs, nice users experience). 

I would warn that if you enjoy a high degree of control over your music (i.e. like to build extensive playlists, search for songs by composer, etc.), then maybe it is not for you.  But then, the point of MOTS is to let the system pick the music for you, and this works quite well... although I do find that MOTS sometimes seems to like certain songs "too much".  I've temporarily removed a few songs from my BM5 because it seemed like they were played with almost any seed (although this could be my imagination - I've not done any statistical analysis 🙂 )  I'm curious if others have experienced this with MOTS.

Stan