I cant hear this brainwashing global warming stuff anymore. goodnight.

Gentlemen,

As you of course can notice, I'm not a native speaker. I can only hope I make my point understood, not misunderstood.

I was not trying to convince anybody whether global warning is happening or not, or whether a consumer needs to act accordingly or not. I was just guessing that thinking about global warming may in these days play an role  even in a company strategy. A company may assume that consumers are willing to pay extra for a "greener" product. In any case, a "greener" image may be beneficial - even Apple is struggling and paying extra to make it's image better in this respect. Younger people seem to be, in general, more conscious about environment than me. Therefore, companies may want to raise their profile in this respect (many seem to be doing just that).

Now, IF it is true that consumers are willing in the future to pay extra, a company may want to try to avoid moving all it's production to China just in order to make products cheaper. Or a company may think (for other reasons as well) that it is a value as such to make everything in Struer. This holds very true for example for a finnish company Artek (scandinavian comtemporary design and furniture), or danish Friz Hansen as well (everything still made in Danmark).

As I said, I do agree with you all in that the prices are simply too high. I can't, however, think of any easy solution how to solve the dilemma. I'm sure they are heavily thinking about this in Struer, though. 

I do still love the products and namely the new ones over the old ones (I love BC2, BS4, BL3, 5 and 9, BV8 and 7, 9 and the new 4 even which I saw in action at the new dealer). Can't afford (at least my wife thinks so) many of them, unfortunately. 

If i had the money, I'll go for a pair of BL5's that is worth the money (and their hefty price), compare to the competition in the audiophile market (ie. Meridian, B&W, ...).
Now prices are just crazy concerning the latest releases (BV6, BV7, BV8, BV9, Serenata), so I'll get a fresh look on the second-hand market though.

IMHO, I would spend my hard earned cash on B&O speakers as those products are just doing really great.

Guy 

Andy T.

If I recall there were also issues with the iPod mini...  probably others that I don't know about becaue they didn't catch me.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not an Apple basher.  I like Apple, and my family owns a few Macs and iPods (including an iBook G4 that is dead from the problem discussed on the link).

I don't know why they don't get more heat about these types of things.  It's not like they handle them terribly well (like most corporations, deny, deny, deny... ) either.  I just think most folks think a 3 yr old computer is obsolete anyway... not so with B&O.  If my B&O lasted as long as some of my Apple products, it would be no more B&O for me.

Stan