bayerische wrote:

I'm not amazed by it.

The design isn't really what I would expect from B&O. But it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I'm not in need for a iPod dock. Don't have one, and will probably never need one. (maybe in my car)

 

 

Trust me - it would look daft on your dashboard and would, most likely, serious restrict vision!👍

Still haven't seen one yet.

Puncher wrote:

bayerische wrote:

I'm not amazed by it.

The design isn't really what I would expect from B&O. But it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I'm not in need for a iPod dock. Don't have one, and will probably never need one. (maybe in my car)

 

 

 

Trust me - it would look daft on your dashboard and would, most likely, serious restrict vision!👍

Still haven't seen one yet.

*Hammer to head*

😂😂😂

Well I see, I obviously didn't think of that! 

bayerische wrote:

Puncher wrote:

bayerische wrote:

I'm not amazed by it.

The design isn't really what I would expect from B&O. But it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I'm not in need for a iPod dock. Don't have one, and will probably never need one. (maybe in my car)

Trust me - it would look daft on your dashboard and would, most likely, serious restrict vision!👍

Still haven't seen one yet.

*Hammer to head*

😂😂😂

Well I see, I obviously didn't think of that! 

😂😂😂 Funny, Puncher! I don't have the need for an Ipod dock either, that's probably why I haven't seen one yet.

I bought one for my office. . .
I love it. . I've put the iPad and iPhone on it...

I prefer the look of the iPad for proportion but the iPhone doesn't look out of place.

I rather enjoy the look. .it always draws questions which gives me the opportunity to brag on the brand. . which I love.

And. . .the sound of the thing. .. . . VERY VERY B&O. . .it's got the signature tones that all of my other B&O products have. . .I'm SUPER pleased with it. . .

MJM 

Interesting responses!

I am a minimalist when it comes to design. But minimalism still requires a degree of aesthetic 'flow' (unless you are from the school of Memphis).

B&O have been masters of the design process, producing things of great beauty as well as practical. But here they have thrown out all their design aesthetics. Two circles and a line. Oh, and an iPhone thingy balanced on it just like many other iPod/phone docks

While I agree that you can't equate immediate aversion and good design, it's not a stretch to say that the best things we experience can stump us at first and develop in our thinking over time. Some of my favorite films were initially challenging and took me weeks to assess. I find that I consume most artistic content this way.

I appreciate the purity of form of the BeoSound 8 and, like many of the best appliances by Apple, Braun, et al. I can't find any extraneous details. Every curve and angle seems to land on its feet. It's the perfect resolution of the design imperative. You have two speakers, which take the form of iconic cones, and a platform for an iPod, which connects them as a simple transom. It's nearly impossible to improve upon.  

To reduce things to their basic form is one thing but a circle is a circle. Pure, indeed.

The easiest part of designing is coming up with the form. The hardest part is getting the details right. I think they started ok but didn't finish the job!

henrybennett wrote:

I loved when I first saw a picture of it, loved in when I saw it in the flesh and love it now sitting on a shelf above my bed!

What colour did you get? ;-)

I want to see it in the flesh?? If it would be masterlink enabled so can be used as a link room speaker, it would be amazing and also be able to intergrate your itunes into your link system from your ipad pod phone!  Maybe the mk2?

I've yet to see one close up but the BS8 does not look that attractive to me. That said, I don't believe B&O are aiming it at me. They need to design something to attract the iPod generation. Sure, I have an iPod but to me it is something that supports my audio-visual experience, not that sits at the centre of it. I suspect most of the people that will be attracted to the BS8 would think it crazy to spend €3000 on a pair of speakers that look like organ pipes wedged into a lump of iron (like I did). The BS8 looks a bit odd to me but B&O built their reputation on adventurous design and that means taking a few risks now and again. Some of those risks may become the classics of the future.