I think (hope) it will be possible with the new 4.2 software for iPhone and iPad (later this week) to stream music to the Airport Express. Than the AE can be connected to the Beosound 8.

According to the manuel BS8 you can stream for sure from your Mac with the AE.

Jasper

Raeuber wrote:

Hello,

I think I am not the only one who misses Airplay in the new Beosound 8. So I wonna start a discussion to realize this feature because we have to wait probably since 2020 for a Beosound 8 "Encore"!

I would like to select songs, playlists and radio stations on my IPod without going to the Beosound 8 and I want to hear music over the Beosound 8 while doing other things with my IPod (p.e. check my mails or internet surfing).

I think the solution could be the new Apple TV by using it only for audio streaming via Airplay:

The Apple TV has HDMI and optical digital output for connecting to TV or audio receiver. The Beosound 8 provides USB input (digital) and cinch input (analogue).

My first idea: HDMI output of the Apple TV and USB input of the Beosound 8. But I think there is no converter available to connect in this way. Or does anybody knows such a converter?

My second idea: The CM-388 converter: link. I would connect the Apple TV from HDMI output of the ATV to HDMI input of the CM-388. Then I would connect the analogue audio output of the CM-388 to the analogue input of the Beosound 8. I think it should work!

So I would be able to stream any music via Airplay from my IPod in my hand to the Apple TV and could listen to the music played over the Beosound 8. A nice solution for my kitchen!

What do you think?

Regards

Räuber

  

 

I think that you don't want a BS8, you just want an absolutely different BeoSound.

I didn't want to write on this post, but, guys, the BS8 is an I-P-O-D D-O-C-K, has anybody really thought about that?? 😂

Really boring...

Beta users of iOS 4.2 have reported the ability to stream to AE units from iPhones and iPads.  So, unless that gets dropped last minute (AirPrint has reportedly been severely crippled at the last minute - 

Airtunes is not dropped. Just plug an AE on the back of it and you're ready to go.

p.

The AE solution is a good one. I wouldn't want any other technology built into a B&O product since their lifespan will almost certainly outlast whatever technology they'd integrate. With the AE model, you can just pop on the new version when Apple changes things.

to xegoon- no Airplay will cost them sales and referred sales.

FACT!

As will the price.

I'd buy one and recommend to many others [who would do likewise] if it had these bases covered.

As it is I'll probably get an alternative/stop-gap - the new Audyssey or an Arcam rCube @ £350 and £500.

Synergy wrote:

to xegoon- no Airplay will cost them sales and referred sales.

FACT!

As will the price.

I'd buy one and recommend to many others,who would do likewise.

As it is I'll probably get an alternative/ stop-gap - the new Auddessey or an Arcam rCube @ £350 and £500.

I tend to not get into Pis**ng contests regarding features and benefits, marginalized or missing......But, while your assumptions may be true, though I REALLY doubt it, I just consider the low value of AirPlay in the grand scheme.  Pretty light feature when you really get into the details, though it would be nice to have.  For me, can't think of a time when AE and an app wouldn't be just fine.  And price?  People buy for their own reasons, so price is completely relative to what the market will bare.  Time will tell.   

And because everybody is allowed an opinion about the competition, here is mine.  While I will reserve judgement on sound until I hear it, the look is incredible, particularly when comparing it to a Zeppelin.  That machine looks like a giant suppository.  And the junior version looks like Bose.    

I am sure we will hear plenty of similar hate from Engadget commenters today.      

r

 

 

 

Just checked Engadget.  Not as brutal as I would expect for B&O, but US haters are still in bed asleep after a long night of passing judgement on that which they have never experienced.

symmes wrote:

That machine looks like a giant suppository.

😂😂😂😂

I am so confused and on the fence w/ the BS8... all I really have to offer for now: iPod dock -nothing more. The rest (AirPlay, etc...) will sort itself out. I think that the shots of it w/ the new Nano "touch" actually looks the most balanced and subtle.

I think it would be very nice to have in my office room or kitchen, on the wall!