Very happy with mine too !

Could not come back to play CDs... (however, i had a BS9000 before)

The usability is a joy : the wheels, the big screen with the hi-res. covers, the movements of the graphics... 😳

No problems with dust too.

So, yes, i would buy it again.

I feel that the BeoSound 5 is the best purchase I've ever made from B&O. I would buy it again in a heartbeat. I never use CDs or my BeoCenter 2 anymore. It's more than just MOTS. The BeoSound 5 interface makes it very quick and easy to access my music.

I use a Mac.

Absolutely! I would buy the Beosound 5 again.  Although I also have a Beocenter 2, I rarely use it except to play LPS on a Beogram 7000 through the Aux port.  I love MOTS and and internet radio.

I live in a Mac and PC household.  They seem to get along.

I would buy the BS5 again.  I kept my BS9000 - actually, my wife will not let me get rid of it, and I'm not sure that I want to.  I've had no problems with it whatsoever.  MOTS works pretty good - very good sometimes. 

I upgraded from a BeoPort + Mac, as this was getting too fiddly - somewhere along the line my iTunes library got screwed up so the Beo4 navigation didn't work reliably, and I was never sure if I was going to get music when I pressed N.Music (or would have to reboot the mac and/or reset the BeoLink).  I don't miss that.

I'm a mostly mac house, but use an old PC laptop + BeoPlayer to load lossless music to the BS5 (and program my Beo5)... although, I also used the Mac integration to copy ~70% of my music directly from the mac because I didn't feel like re-ripping 200 cds (I did re-rip my 50 or so very favorites, and will re-rip others if I find I'm unhappy with the audio quality of lame standard encoded mp3s - so far, I haven't found this necessary).

Stan

Like Trip English I also have a BS 3200 ... and like his system, it does no longer get a lot of airtime.

BS5 is just stunning, use it 50 % for N.Radio and 50 % for N.Music. Although I am looking forward to have a bit more control from link room, I like MOTS very much, you hear a lot of songs at great quality you have not heard for a longtime.

My audio setup is BL1 (4x), BL2 in main room, BL3 in link room 1 and another pair of BL1 in link room 2. Distributing sound with BS5 is a delight !

So, apparently quite a few BS5 owners already enjoyed N-music and N-radio through a Beoport system which they had before. I am curious to know if you find the sound quality with the BS5 system (much) better than through Beoport, of course assuming the speakers have not been changed.

Stan wrote:

I didn't feel like re-ripping 200 cds (I did re-rip my 50 or so very favorites, and will re-rip others if I find I'm unhappy with the audio quality of lame standard encoded mp3s - so far, I haven't found this necessary)

What rate did you encode at ... I used 192 kbps at 44.1 khz ... I am not looking forward to re-capturing 500+ CDs

seethroughyou wrote:

peter2, is there another (2nd) dust modification kit coming??

 

Only aware of the one kit...and waiting for my dealer to install this.

P

Olof wrote:

or would you take a BeoSound 9000 instead ? If i connect a BS 9000 with a BeoMaster 5 and a TV, wouldn´t i have then more options as with a BeoSound 5 ?

No, I sold mine and haven't regretted the sale. Sure it looked good - like most B&O kit - but I don't spend £4000 on kit to sit in the corner looking good. I also need practicality.

I would get another BeoSound 4 again though.

elephant wrote:

What rate did you encode at ... I used 192 kbps at 44.1 khz ... I am not looking forward to re-capturing 500+ CDs

I encoded at ~256kbps (I used the lame program on mac and used the --standard switch - Early on, I did some comparisons between iTunes MP3 and Lame MP3, and found that Lame sounded better).  To my ears, this is fine for most rock/pop... especially music that I don't much listen to with a critical ear.  For classical, MP3 doesn't cut it.

If I were you, I'd re-rip my most favorite 50 CDs and then copy the rest over as is and re-rip as necessary... 😁

As for the sound quality between BeoPort and BS5, the BS5 is better (same speakers).  I haven't done blind comparisons, but when I had the BeoPort, I would usually grab the CD if I was really into listening vs. background music.  I don't find myself doing that today (even for the MP3s).  Then again, you can probably equal or better the BS5 with the addition of a DAC to bypass the computer's sound card (the weak link in the BeoPort audio path).

Stan