[quote user="burantek"]How dare you question the

redfresnel wrote:

I don't work for any of the companies, sorry.

I was going to add about the sound being thin that i have listened to other docks with the same mp3 files. They are 192kbps/44kHz and some people may say i should use lossless or 256kbps+ bitrate or something else but these files are for an mp3 player which is portable and has capacity of 8GB. I don't know how much for example lossless files take space but i'd guess quite a lot. If someone here has earphones with which they can really hear the difference between 192 and 256 for example outside when jogging then i understand, but i still think usually this is not the case. BS8 is however indeed for mp3 players and not an interface for xTB capacity media server (like BM5). Of course it's up to you how good quality files you use but all i'm saying is that i have listened to several docks with the same files and compared the sound and in my humble opinion BS8 did not sound as good as i expected. I also consider the sound thin meaning the lack of low and high freqencies.

I don't know about the quality of Denon player, i used MacMini when ripping.

I can only assume it was something to do with the room acoustics in which you heard the BeoSound 8, or that the position switch was incorrect; was it mounted against a wall? When I've listened to the BeoSound 8, I've been very impressed with the bass extension and power. More impressive than BeoLab 6000s for instance IMO.

Alex wrote:

or that the position switch was incorrect

That could easily be the case - with a decent MP3 at 320Kb and direct comparasion the Beosound should easily win against the competition.

Alex wrote:

The BeoSound 8 is the first dock I've listened to which I'd be happy to live with as a sound system,

+1

🙂

Personally I think MP3's even at 320 kb do sound thin, compared to FM radio on my Beosound 3, so that will be the same for the beosound 8. Anything other than lossless is responsable for a worse-than-can-be sound on your dock.

Tim wrote:

Alex wrote:

or that the position switch was incorrect

 

That could easily be the case - with a decent MP3 at 320Kb and direct comparasion the Beosound should easily win against the competition.

About this im not sure. I actually didnt even there is such switch but i would like to think the dealers know how to setup these things...The BS8 was standing on some kind of pedestal, not wall-mounted and not against a wall. Free space in every direction around the Beosound.

-Olli

Take your own music with you as well for any demonstration. Obviously music is very subjective.👍

ps to the previous poster is "Plevnas" still open?

Yes, i did use my own music and tried different docks with the very same files.

Sure it is! You've been there? Such a nice place. :)

I took my wife there for her birthday some years back on a 99p Ryanair flight, and Tampere was on the list. She wasn't quite expecting the "Big T i t s" bar but i insisted we venture in just to make sure it was a brothel and a bar, and not just lost in translation😁

Loved the place especially the 7 hours drinking in Plevnas

redfresnel wrote:

..The BS8 was standing on some kind of pedestal,

In that case it needs full bass power - the switch is hidden in the back of the beosound "back-compartment" - the funny thing is: it doesn't even has marks on it and is very tiny and hidden in the side (!) of the compartment.

Btw, have you done a direct comparision with bose and B&W?