Inside B&O, Birthplace of the worlds prettiest gadgets

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http://www.wired.com/2015/12/inside-bang-olufsen-birthplace-of-the-worlds-prettiest-gadgets/

Location: Toronto, Canada

Very nice article.

Nice article indeed;

 

altough i prefer this one from Wired, year 2011

 

Mindphaser wrote:

IMHO B&O is losing much of the brand's prestige....i mean, my BV 7-21 MK III is NOT A GADGET .

My Ouverture is NOT A GADGET; and also my future products from B&O will be NO GADGETS..

But WIRED is more of a pop culture publication, catering to casual observers of technology. Yes, they have good long-form articles from time to time, but it isn't a resource for any one tech market. I'd forgive them to call out B&O's products as "gadgets" for the regular readers of WIRED who may not even know or care what B&O are. Though, for the small percentage who take the time to maybe dig deeper because they were interested in the article and it's contents, I'm sure that they'll come away with the same admiration we all have for the brand. Good article nonetheless. I can't wait to get a my copy of the book!

From Wired:
" Caption: Jan Thøgersen, surrounded by his private collection of Bang & Olufsen products—the largest private one in existence."

Not true.
Impressive I suppose, but not the largest private B&O collection.
Far from.
To me statements like this puts a shade of doubt over the rest of the article. At least that's where I stopped reading.

Martin

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My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolit.png Beolit.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png

Dillen wrote:

From Wired:
" Caption: Jan Thøgersen, surrounded by his private collection of Bang & Olufsen products—the largest private one in existence."

Not true.
Impressive I suppose, but not the largest private B&O collection.
Far from.
To me statements like this puts a shade of doubt over the rest of the article. At least that's where I stopped reading.

Martin

So where is the largest collection then?

Location: Toronto, Canada

My favourite gadget by B&O is the Beotime. Oh  and mine isn't the biggest collection!

Severed_Hand_of_Skywalker wrote:

Dillen wrote:

From Wired:
" Caption: Jan Thøgersen, surrounded by his private collection of Bang & Olufsen products—the largest private one in existence."

Not true.
Impressive I suppose, but not the largest private B&O collection.
Far from.
To me statements like this puts a shade of doubt over the rest of the article. At least that's where I stopped reading.

Martin

So where is the largest collection then?

I suppose noone knows, but I know of collections considerably larger and more widespread across product categories.

Martin

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