I forgot to mention that the sound was excellent and the visuals were also
Good to see that STB brackets has a solution for my Foxtel box and games console.
The things I liked:
> Design was paletteable, and the BV14 and Avant are still nicer, but this is more avant-garde than "pretty" designer
> Visuals
> Sound
> Swapping sources was snappy
> Turned on quick enough, compared to the Avant
> floor stand was smaller
> full NL control
> good speaker for my room as i wouldn't need (nor can i fit) additional speakers at the front
Things I didn't:
> App Gallery was messy, compared to what I'm used to
> Price, but what i calculate, it is about $3000 premium to have B&O - is that worth it for the integration and ease of use with your speakers, etc, multi room and so on
> To operate the stand you go list > stand > manual control. Was better before you go List > Stand and you can use the control
> They could have made the remote bit a bit bigger and allow for more my buttons
> When you manually controlled the screen it jiggled and then moved
Questions:
> Would you use the App Gallery if you have an Apple TV?
> Why is it so expensive?
> Is it more expensive today than it was say in 2010 when a BV7 55 was $33,500 Aussie dollars plus stand - in which the BL 7.2 and 7.4 were $5,875. Granted those days are gone and I'm not talking about which is considered a better product.
> Will the BV 14 be updated with an OLED? If it was, I'm sure more people would buy that
I wrote in another thread or earlier here that when would i go in to the App Gallery - and i realise now that i would have to go there for the settings if i wanted to change the settings of a speaker group etc.