Clakke wrote:

Hi Trip

I have not had the time to write until now. This is very interesting news and a most welcome one. One more question: Will Beo6 be a good universal remote, easy to set up for other brands. This is quite important for me since we have (and will have) several other devices to control. I use a Philips Prestigo today even for B&O, since I do not like Beo4 or Beo5. If this is the case, I think we will visit a store soon.

B R

Clakke

Clakke,

No. I have no reason to believe that it will control 3rd party AV products any differently than it does today. It's not a universal remote, but a Bang & Olufsen remote control. It's important to remember that B&O remotes have generally controlled 3rd party devices through a Bang & Olufsen product. This goes further toward providing consistent control logic across a wide group of devices.

Integration will come through B&O televisions which are developing new and better ways to manage peripherals, as well as through the MLGW which has an ever widening scope of supported brands and capabilities for home systems control. 

TripEnglish wrote:

The memory is whatever drive or source you attach to it, be it USB, WiFi, or Aux in.

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I, for example, will be buying an Encore [...] and also connect to my iTunes library.

Trip,

Many thanks for this insight.

So is it confirmed that BS5 Encore will be able to play Apple Lossless files:

- either from an iTunes library backed-up on an external hard disk connected to BS5 Encore via USB, or

- from an Apple computer connected to the BS5 Encore via WiFi?

Thanks and regards, js

@JS: sorry to spoil your party.. but where does it says that it'll play Apple Lossless? We're all making assumptions here

So for any confirmation, I am afraid we'll have to wait until B&O has officially released the products and the specs.

It is not confirmed that the BeoSound 5 Encore will be able to play Apple Lossless. This has apparently been more difficult than once believed. The Encore simply uses any attached drive as a shared drive and sucks the content off of it. It's still a player the way a BeoSound 5 is. 

So, no more big BeoMaster5 with all the cables for the BeoSound5 Encore ?

It would be great for a more versatile placement in the room.

I use my BS5/BM5 only for music and it was a long "brainstorming" to find where i could place it in the lounge to hide all the cables and of course the BM5...

Any NEWS???

steph wrote:

So, no more big BeoMaster5 with all the cables for the BeoSound5 Encore ?

It would be great for a more versatile placement in the room.

I use my BS5/BM5 only for music and it was a long "brainstorming" to find where i could place it in the lounge to hide all the cables and of course the BM5...

Agree about the placement possibilities. But what about wifi? Why doesn't it have a wireless card inbuild?. Think about it, Music playback with only mains and powerlink connected. Or even better, access to Airport extreme or Beo wireless link. Then you would only have to connect it to the mains.

/Ehlerz

agree that a WiFi card would increase standalone options.

However, with 3 BL wireless stations a setup like mine with BM5/BS5, BS3200, Avant and 2 linkrooms is possible without wifi card ...it is working flawlessly

Will the new beosound 8 have any integration capabilities?