David wrote:

picking one up tomorrow morning - lets hope its more stable / reliable than the Essence

Yes. I wish to replace a spare AppleTV3 and a S8 connection hub with the Core. If it is no more reliable than an Essence then, no sale/

David wrote:

picking one up tomorrow morning

Interesting !

Tell us (and show us too) please 🙂

Do you already have a Wheely (Essence remote) ?

Ok just unboxed and plugged in, so first thoughts are:

setup is reasonably easy, but its through the B&O app which i find rather clunky and unresponsive - i had to repetr several steps as sometimes going into a submenu it just stayed blank, but i got there eventually.

Pairing the Essence remote was much easier and worked first time, however im struggling a bit with walls and bluetooth range so had to relocate it into my lounge rather than hid away in my media room with all the n/w and other bits and pieces

(i assume reason for reboxing into the core shape is so you dont HAVE to hide it away - which you can read as bluetooth doesnt work reliably unless its within a few metres / same room so if we make the box smaller / more discrete you can leave it in the room and everything will work great! - sorry the cynic in me came out a bit then 😉)

For some reason the Beosound 2 doesnt appear in the list of speakers (BS1 does but this may be the original one not the new ones) but thats an app issue which hopefully will get fixed at some point

Will report back when had a bit more time to play

(btw the Beosound 50s are awesome ! Much bigger than i thought they were, definatly more R2-D2 shape / size and they sound fantastic!)

Hi Jans - same as the Essence was - £600

David wrote:

Hi Jans - same as the Essence was - £600

Can you confirm the availability of Tunein, as it is not listed on the Shape product page?

David wrote:

- lets hope its more stable / reliable than the Essence

The Essence started out very reliable for me.  Over time with the software updates it seemed to get worse and worse.  The bluetooth remote hardly works now and I had to go with the IR eye, which works better, but I lost the ability to change sources with the remote.  Network drops are pretty frequent now, which causes the bloop bloop noise (notification sound) actually on all my devices.  I also have to more frequently unplug my Essence to reset it to get it working properly again. I have to wonder:

A) Was this to get me frustrated with the Essence and go buy the Core?

B) Will the same thing happen with the Core?