Thanks for all your answers :)

If I decide to keep the 7000, and after all your comments, I probably will, then I might just go for the Beosound 5 Encore ?

Can someone quickly tell me the major difference ? I don't need link and so on, will the 2-way still work with Beo6, and MOTS and so on ?

/Weebyx

Weebyx wrote:

Thanks for all your answers :)

If I decide to keep the 7000, and after all your comments, I probably will, then I might just go for the Beosound 5 Encore ?

Can someone quickly tell me the major difference ? I don't need link and so on, will the 2-way still work with Beo6, and MOTS and so on ?

/Weebyx

While B&O is not adding any new features to the BeoSound 5, they are doing a great job of still supporting it. The "BeoConnect" mac app is just a simple app that transfers the music files over to the BeoMaster 5 hard drive. BeoConnect still works great, but even if it has didn't there are other ways to get the music over to your BeoMaster 5.

The BeoSound 5 does everything that I need it to do. I personally don't like having to use my iPhone -- therefore, I don't find the Essence to be attractive. However, if you do want to use your iPhone, you can connect an Airport Express to the Aux input and BAM -- you have Airplay. Another great use of the Aux input is to connect a BeoGram turntable. I Have a BeoGram 9500 connected to mine. The BeoSound 5 and the BeoGram 9500 each sit atop a BeoSystem 1 cabinet. It seems as if they were all designed to go together perfectly.

I love the Spotify integration. You can even save favorite albums, artists, playlists, etc,. from Spotify and trigger them with macros from the Beo6 and/or MLGW/BLGW.

With the prices of the true BeoSound 5 as reasonable as they are now, I can't imagine anyone trying to save a few bucks to buy the watered-down Encore.You definitely don't have the 2-way Beo6 communication with the Encore. The Beo6 control is just VERY COOL! You can search your library from the Beo6 and you get continuous cover-art on the Beo6 to show what is playing.

I forgot to mention that recently one of my favorite N.Radio stations changed its source. I called B&O tech support and they updated the N.Music library to the updated source - JUST FOR ME. Amazing customer service!

Hi Weebyx

I have a Resound 5/ Master 1tb with the CD Ripper. I also have a bio 6 remote.

For me the system works well . I have my digital music collection on the master mostly in WMA or FLAC.

I use integrated Spotify often (though can't say the premium sound is great)... Hoping they do a lossless upgrade soon?

The system is easy to use and despite it being older technology always wows visitors with its looks and flexibility of NMUSIC, NRADIO, SPOTIFY and CD.

Setting up specific playlists doesn't always work well, so for specific parties i make a list on my iTunes library and just stream it via my master which is an AVANT TV.

For me the this system is still a classic B&O product aesthetically.. probably the last of the music systems that are in my view.

Good luck!!

David

If they can update the BS5 with fast forward and rewind FOR EVERYBODY it's will be realy amazing. 😡

We have had our BM5 when it was released and added the BS5 afterwards. We are very happy with the product, it works quite well for us and the software is very stable. 

After we moved to Sydney I mailed B&O and asked if the Nova radio stations could be added, and within a week we had them (for all cities), quite a nice service.

From our point the software is close to perfect, we only wished a few more enhancements, but we can very well live with without these, as there are alternative ways to accomplish the need. 

I would not hesitate to get one, and the alu control is very B&O stylish.

Forgot to mention that as I had one of the first BM5 versions, I also had the motherboard replaced. And the harddrive replaced/upgraded to 1TB. 

beolion wrote:

We have had our BM5 when it was released and added the BS5 afterwards. We are very happy with the product, it works quite well for us and the software is very stable.

After we moved to Sydney I mailed B&O and asked if the Nova radio stations could be added, and within a week we had them (for all cities), quite a nice service.

From our point the software is close to perfect, we only wished a few more enhancements, but we can very well live with without these, as there are alternative ways to accomplish the need.

I would not hesitate to get one, and the alu control is very B&O stylish.