How would I change the Playmaker

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in the current form its of course cheap and serves it purpose fully but what if we take this and

make this

...but the bad news ! now it would coust 399 euros because of the much aluminum :D


center not a button but aluminum touch area to mute.
radial LED network indicator (green,yellow,red)
the alu-volume wheel

and some orbitals >> standby touch point right top, remote eye left bottom, compact brand logo

Me gusta 😁 🤒

Tomaz wrote:

in the current form its of course cheap and serves it purpose fully but what if we take this and

make this

...but the bad news ! now it would coust 399 euros because of the much aluminum :D

center not a button but aluminum touch area to mute. radial LED network indicator (green,yellow,red) the alu-volume wheel and some orbitals >> standby touch point right top, remote eye left bottom, compact brand logo

Very nice!

😁

excellent design approach - looks great

Now looks like something from I-thingy but so much better! :-)

Much better!

How could BANG&OLUFSEN allow such a horrible piece of design to be manufactured?

Some people knock Apple, but they make beautifully designed, nicely made with great interaction products with reliable software that works. There is no way that Apple would churn out such an ugly, cheap looking thing! 

It's as though BANG&OLUFSEN make a fool of their customers at times!

I really can not understand what they where thinking when they went with this design. First you buy really expensive, beautiful speakers from Bang & Olufsen. Just to connect them to this plastic toy that looks like either an old wireless phone base or a food cartoon. 

Makes me doubt the spirit of B&O that just seems to disappear more or less.  

Very nice!

I wish it had a display of sorts. The white dot matrix from the BS4 comes to mind...

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.

Hi all, came home and the new rendering was just finished so still hot :-)

its also worth to continue with the B&O's original idea with the "virtual" sensor wheel with an another design approach , little bit less shinny :) me gusta doubled...

but instead of plastic / cloth elements several aluminum sensor elements in a polar array


 


 

 

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