If you were designing the next audio system what would look like and what features would it have? I would go Top Trumps and build something like this...,
Moving glass/aluminium and wood.
Removable tablet like Moment but light years better in design and feel.
Matt and papelike touch screen and not the shiny glass touchscreen thereby evading fingerprints.
There is no substitute for material moving - fancy software doesn’t cut it.
Hefty in weight.
Large (for presence, not a white plastic box)
Combination of physical buttons and touch screen.
Physical volume control - rotary like Bc2 or the large volume wheel on Bs5.
Run on Roon Core with a B&O skin.
Toslink coax, Toslink optical, USB,
Analogue in, HDMI and Ethernet NAS connectivity.
Robust Network connectivity.
Robust Bluetooth connectivity.
Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Primephonic, Apple, Spotify and upgradeable to any future steaming service.
Audio out to sound bar, Beolab, RCA and AES our for those without B&zombie speakers.
YouTube compatibility so it could play music off YouTube with a small window to locate the music video of choice.
Airplay to stream music off Apple device.
SSD storage allowing you to buy music and store, as well as backup to external later.
USB/ headphone compatibility to allow music off a mobile phone output.
Evolution of Pattern Play.
FPGA allowing software and audio reconfiguration in the future.
A discrete clock (like the BS9000 has) with timer function.
Mood lighting of the type found on the BC3200 or BS9000 but adjustable.
Multiroom.
Act as a streaming source to other non-B&O devices.
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