Beosound 8 and iPad 2

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Lanny (archived)
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Posted April 27, 2011 at 17:39 GMT
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I just bought Beosound 8. It has great sound, especially for the higher bit rate music. I do have a couple of observations though:

1)  iPad 2 wobbles quite badly - it is too thin for the docking mechanism.  I write to Customer Service and the referred me back to my dealer but he has the same problem and at least another customer complained. I don't believe this is iPad tested/ready.

2) The B&O app in the AppStore is, well, amateur. I did buy it for the 12 Euro since I have a great iPad tuner app and I can also stream stations from my mac iTunes.

The major disappointment, though, is that with the unstable docking situation I would not want to wall-mount - the iPad 2 would fall out of the vertical position in no time.

 

 

 

 

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Tomaz (archived)
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Posted April 27, 2011 at 18:01 GMT
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1) the new ipad is at the bottom actually very thin. just a small line... A) the BS8 needs a suction knob or B) Airplay inside 

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Raeuber (archived)
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Posted April 27, 2011 at 18:29 GMT
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Hi,

Beosound 8 should have Airplay from the beginning. Other brands are faster, p.e.:

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Lanny (archived)
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 00:21 GMT
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Yeah, well, but it is still B&O. When I put in my iPhone, I get AirPlay and stability. 

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Ehlerz (archived)
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 06:37 GMT
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Taking the B&O product development cycle in considerartion, the BS8 is probably testet with an Ipod 1. generation back in the days. :-)

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kuyttendaele
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 06:47 GMT
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I think no one except Apple knew what the dimentions of the iPad2 were going to be before launch... So B&O bashing for the BS8 not being 100% iPad2 compatible is a bit harsh... let's just hope that some kind of adapter will surface.

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beosound-Emerge.png Beosound-Emerge.png
Beosound-Balance.png Beosound-Balance.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-S3.png Beoplay-S3.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H9i.png Beoplay-H9i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
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Puncher (archived)
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 07:08 GMT
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A major drawback of being the Monkey rather than the Organ Grinder!

Apple can, at will, render your new product all but obselete overnight (not quite in this case but it should serve as a warning not to depend on Apple entirely for your product lineup).

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tournedos
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 07:14 GMT
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Karel Uyttendaele wrote:
I think no one except Apple knew what the dimentions of the iPad2 were going to be before launch... So B&O bashing for the BS8 not being 100% iPad2 compatible is a bit harsh... let's just hope that some kind of adapter will surface.

Precisely what annoys me about all the cries on how B&O or whoever should "embrace" Apple - while at the same time Apple can do anything they want without any advance information to others or promise of continuity. And everybody thinks it's fine 😕

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hgitzoller
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 13:05 GMT
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My dealer told me today that B&O already works on an AirPlay version of the BS8
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Lanny (archived)
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Posted April 28, 2011 at 16:13 GMT
#1930656

I quote from technical support response

We can inform you that iPad 2 is tested for use with BeoSound 8. 
Furthermore we can inform you that we are working on a solution to make an iPad fit more stable on BeoSound 8. 

 

This is in direct response to the accusation of B&O bashing

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