Agree, but would include the BeoShape as one clever idea. At least for me. :)

 

Agree, but would include the BeoShape as one clever idea. At least for me. :)

 

Puncher wrote:

It is a nice product but is isn't a substitute (for us oldies) for a "proper" sit-down stereo!

No, and does not intend to be.

There are plenty of options from B&O to have a ‘sit-down stereo’ setup.....when you sit in the right spot and your room is suited for that kind of listening.

B&O offers solutions for this and that - fortunately.

MM

Just add clock hands.Every train station ,waiting room, etc. must  have one...😐

 

Maybe Skinnyplay could make a skin like that for the Edge.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Maybe Skinnyplay could make a skin like that for the Edge.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

I’ve already asked them with Ealing Broadway as the station name, it’s a very English/Victorian thing.

Jeff is absolutely right in my world ... this thing is a total desaster designwise and some of its functionality is questionable, at least.

And what about pairing two of these coins/pills to make it a stereo set? Can it really perform stereo with some software and DSP gimmicks, or is it just two mono speakers than can be synchronized.

 

Besides BL5's and lots of other older B&O i own a A9 and liked it at first sight, although i would have loved to have a pair of them, giving stereo sound. The mono thing is the only thing that is really annoying with the A9.

So i am really not against contemporary products and design, am thinking about having BL90 ... and one of my favourite modern Beo products is the H4 BT-headphone sitting pretty much at the low budget range of the brand. But this Edge thing is a visual nightmare for me without any inspiration and soul ... it is not even provocative to me, just plain dull.

Puncher wrote:

Millemissen wrote:

What is ‘proper stereo’?

MM

Don't even go there - I know what he means and I agree with him!

Music has become "audible wallpaper" and so single speakers like this have their place in the modern world but sometimes (and now all too infrequently), for us Pipe and Slippers Brigade, there is still time in the day to sit inbetween a pair of speakers that have decent physical separation and close our eyes to listen to what we hope is a reasonable facsimile of the "soundstage" that the Band and the Producer signed off on as their "Product". (I also recognise that this assumption is fraught with issues).

No amount of clever EQ or active DSP can process every single recorded piece of music in a "considered" way, regardless of how much different music was auditioned during its development - I'd like to think Geoff spends time with "The Mighty Groundhogs" and "Durham Concerto" while working on these things but he doesn't! 

It is a nice product but is isn't a substitute (for us oldies) for a "proper" sit-down stereo!

 

Proper stereo or pooper stereo? 😎

Years ago, back in the mid to late 80s I think, Revox made a strange little speaker, with drivers on both sides, except it was kind of a square base and two sides were triangular and the sides with the speakers were square, kind of a very thick wedge shape. They apparently used some kind of phase/out of phase wiring in the crossover, as this was unamplified and way before any kind of DSP to boot. Never saw one let alone heard one in the really real world, so this kind of concept is not new. I'm betting with DSP B&O can do a better job though, but it's designed to appeal to the modern approach of not wanting to dedicate the room or arrangement to have a "pooper stereo." We've regressed back to the days of everyone having a large mono radio for entertainment. I suppose as mentioned this will continue on for a few years then someone will suddenly rediscover stereo again.

I can't even begin to compare this with the a9, which from the first time I saw it I was impressed with the design, just gorgeous, one of the best looking things B&O has designed in years IMO. Not a pooper stereo, but for what it is, a single point setup, it looks good and would look great in the large combo dining/kitchen/sun room I have my old BL8000s in.

First reaction - it’s not immediately clear what it is when you see it. It’s intriguing. I’m not sure how it’s going to work, and I think that may be the reason why it works. It seems too simple.

Which brings me to my second reaction. It’s similar to my Beosound 2. People don’t know what it is, but they find it interesting. And the sound is impressive. That’s a good combo.

The discussion about “proper stereo” got me thinking about my setup. I’ve got two rooms with nice setups - Beolab 8000s and a Beolab 2 (and rear Beolab 6000s) in one, and the other with Beolab 18s and a Beolab 19. Want to know what we listen to most in the house? The Beosound 2. 😁

Want to know what we listen to most in the house? The Beosound 2.

Heathen!

😉😁