Justasyou wrote:

Nice for B&O BUT....in Holland more and more shops are closing and service is non existing anymore.

Old B&O stuff is very difficult to service.

Parts are coming very difficult to come by.

It looks like all service has gone overboard to meet the share holders demand for profit.

I give it 2 tot 5 years before this iconic company fails due to the lack of service and support i.m.h.o.

 

Holland is a very small country - I am sure, that you will be able to find a dealer not far from you (just think of the us-beoworlders....that's is another story)

As for service, of course I can't tell - other Beoworlders from Holland could help I am sure.

However don't expect a broad service for old, old products - and don't expect parts for every case......that is how modern technology works.

 

As for 'to meet the share holders demand for profit.' - you are definitely wrong!

There has been no profit for decades and nonetheless the bigger shareholders have been holding on to their shares.

You definitely don't buy B&O shares 'just for profit'.

 

There have been many prediction for many years that the end of B&O will be close - they have all been proven wrong.

For time being the company is doing well.

 

MM

Outlook for 2021/22:

"The launch of more than four product innovations, including both new products and feature updates to existing products."

I hope for something else than headphones... #fingerscrossed

Speaking for the french area, my dealer (2 shops) closed a few years ago and now another one as oppened and a second is coming (Marseille - Aix en Provence).

 

My twenty years old BS9000 died last month and got serviced (in Lyon I recall) trough my local dealer (for 990 € !). It was motherboard and a few other things but even CD mechanism is now repairable.

 

So hope is here for older products (my parents BV11-46 is also in repair with a bill of 2.500 € ! - my old mom said she refuces to buy an ugly Tv ie Contour or LG + Stage on stand for 7.000 € or 5.000 € and whants her iconic design left).

 

Hesitated to let go the BS9000 + Lab 8000 for a Beosound 2 or Balance but till it's repairable I keap it (repair was ok but I had to do the service modes 71 + 73 myself, CD was ripping a little bit - and still is in CD 5 but it's minimal).

kuyttendaele wrote:

Outlook for 2021/22:

"The launch of more than four product innovations, including both new products and feature updates to existing products."

I hope for something else than headphones... #fingerscrossed

Yes I think it is the first time in the last 5 years that we dont really know what is up next.

In the report they write that the TV line is completed with the Contour 55" so I dont expect a new TV soon.

There should come a classic product sonn maybe? And I guess we will see more Gaming headsets.

Justasyou wrote:

Nice for B&O BUT....in Holland more and more shops are closing 

That's not true... The Haarlem/Alkmaar dealership just announced they'll open two new shops. The Groningen store relocated to a much larger space. The Amsterdam shop has new ownership (a BIG improvement!, very service minded!).

Millemissen wrote:

A good time to buy, then

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

A strategy that would have yielded shockingly poor results over recent years

Naturally market investors are a good deal more rational than those for whom everything is always “jam tomorrow “

Emil Jensen wrote:

kuyttendaele wrote:

Outlook for 2021/22:

"The launch of more than four product innovations, including both new products and feature updates to existing products."

I hope for something else than headphones... #fingerscrossed

Yes I think it is the first time in the last 5 years that we dont really know what is up next.

In the report they write that the TV line is completed with the Contour 55" so I dont expect a new TV soon.

There should come a classic product sonn maybe? And I guess we will see more Gaming headsets.

 

Beoplay Portal for PlayStation are almost certain.

matteventu wrote:

Beoplay Portal for PlayStation are almost certain.

Rumor I heard is that there will be an adapter to accommodate Playstation functionality. 

So the headphone as such remain the same.

 

Hiort wrote:

matteventu wrote:

Beoplay Portal for PlayStation are almost certain.

Rumor I heard is that there will be an adapter to accommodate Playstation functionality. 

So the headphone as such remain the same.

 

I would not mind that, I bougt the Portal for PC but if I can use it wireless with PS5 it would be really great.

kuyttendaele wrote:

Outlook for 2021/22:

"The launch of more than four product innovations, including both new products and feature updates to existing products."

I hope for something else than headphones... #fingerscrossed

It is a new colour for every current product that you never thought you needed until now.