iPad + Bang & Olufsen

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beopuig (archived)
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Posted March 30, 2010 at 06:35 GMT
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I am planning  to  add (from april) an iPad to my Beosystem 4500 as  on line digital music source (iTunes, Spotify, etc)

I assume that connetions will be the same than from iPod, am I right?

Does anybody have this set up?

Thanks

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Craig (archived)
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Posted March 30, 2010 at 08:12 GMT
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Looking at the specs for the iPad

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applemac1 (archived)
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Posted March 30, 2010 at 13:45 GMT
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This use of the ipad would be a cheaper version of the beosound 5, of which I love but can not afford at present. Maybe someone will come up with a stand thats like the one for the beosound 5. The ipad with itunes is a wonderful idea for digital music storage.

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mickhoog (archived)
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Posted April 2, 2010 at 05:36 GMT
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I was just thinking of the same thing.  I can picture the ipad on my dining room wall (pity it can't mount, or even vesa mount)... now, how to hook it up to BeoLab 4's 😕

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beojeff
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Posted April 2, 2010 at 09:11 GMT
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As a BeoSound 5 owner, I'm picturing how ideal it would be for the iPad to have a B&O app that would use the iPad to mirror the BeoSound 5 interface. Imagine having the iPad on the coffee table or caring it into link rooms to be able to control the BeoSound 5. One could use a finger to flick throw the cover art on the iPad just as if one were using the wheel of the BeoSound 5.

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bayerische (archived)
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Posted April 2, 2010 at 09:53 GMT
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beojeff wrote:

As a BeoSound 5 owner, I'm picturing how ideal it would be for the iPad to have a B&O app that would use the iPad to mirror the BeoSound 5 interface. Imagine having the iPad on the coffee table or caring it into link rooms to be able to control the BeoSound 5. One could use a finger to flick throw the cover art on the iPad just as if one were using the wheel of the BeoSound 5.

Imagine B&O doing this from the start.... 🤒 Being able to lift off the screen from the Beosound 5! Wow! That would have been B&O magic for the 21st century.

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jk1002
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Posted April 2, 2010 at 10:11 GMT
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The original concept was planned like that. 

I remember reading an article where the designer envisoned that you take it off and walk around with at for an example a cocktail party.

 

I liked them more when the designer pushed harder on the engineering people, like they did with the BS9000 which was impossible.

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kokomo (archived)
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Posted April 2, 2010 at 10:32 GMT
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jk1002 wrote:

The original concept was planned like that. 

I remember reading an article where the designer envisoned that you take it off and walk around with at for an example a cocktail party.

 

I liked them more when the designer pushed harder on the engineering people, like they did with the BS9000 which was impossible.

Reassuring to know that cocktail parties are still alive and well in Boston!

 

🙂

 

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Razlaw
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Posted April 3, 2010 at 08:49 GMT
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My iPad is scheduled for delivery today. Will be interesting to see how it really is.

 

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Olof (archived)
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Posted April 3, 2010 at 11:29 GMT
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I think 64GB flash, is not so much if you use WAV files.

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