I recently came accross a French review of the BeoSound 8, and the conclusion was that it wasn't worth the money, simply because the sound was good only at low to medium levels, and that things got really bad & with a muffled sound at loud volumes.

I must say I find this typical of most BeoLabs, especially the 6000s or 1s, so I'm not surprised, I guess it comes for the way the ABL works, but I can understand that the "non-B&O-holics" find this unacceptable..😉

Chrisreunion wrote:

I recently came accross a French review of the BeoSound 8, and the conclusion was that it wasn't worth the money, simply because the sound was good only at low to medium levels, and that things got really bad & with a muffled sound at loud volumes.

I must say I find this typical of most BeoLabs, especially the 6000s or 1s, so I'm not surprised, I guess it comes for the way the ABL works, but I can understand that the "non-B&O-holics" find this unacceptable..😉

Rediculous! If you want speakers which sound good when turned up, then they've got to be big! It's a pretty fundamental rule. The BeoSound 8 will go plenty loud enough to cause issues in a small room as well!

burantek wrote:

redfresnel wrote:

tournedos wrote:

My view is that patent applications for silly little obvious things shouldn't be accepted to begin with, but that's US patent office for you...

Agreed. :)

How dare you question the link 😡

Cool! Carry around fresh snacks!

chris wrote:

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

🙂

I used to live across the street. Big was a great landmark. "Where do you live?" -Well, do you know this address? "Um, nope?" -Do you know where Big is? "Aah, sure!" :) 😕

Tim wrote:

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.

Ok, right...way to go B&O. (rhymes btw.)

Tim wrote:

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

Not direct in the same room.

OK, so to confirm where we are.....This is what we all want.

1. The Sound must be good

2. It must play loud. 5kw of power, +110db

3. It must have the correct tones and please French Tech mags

4. Build quality is a must

5. It must me made in Denmark an not China.

6. It must be assembled by the fair hand of Kalle Hvidt Nielsen himself

7. It must be an Apple product and totally compatable with all iPods, now and in the future

8. Must be Beo-Gateway compat, have masterlink (for the dinosaurs who just cant keep up)

9. It must be available in all Apple Stores, B1 shops, Lidl and Costco.

10 It must not be more expensive than the cheapest iPod dock out there. i.e. £10 (incl the Beo6 remote, delivery and installation)

Got that.

Why do you want to play at 110db?

redfresnel wrote:

Why do you want to play at 110db?

People expect iPod docks to play at silly volumes nowadays. I haven't heard a single one that does so far.

I mean, have those people who talk about volumes over 100db at home ever attended a live concert, like ever? :)

redfresnel wrote:

I mean, have those people who talk about volumes over 100db at home ever attended a live concert, like ever? :)

I'm not even sure most people understand that the difference between 100db and 106db is that the latter is in fact a doubling in sound pressure level.