Good review..the price thing will always be THE issue for B&O, even if, by their standards, the BeoLit is a real bargain!😎

"Price is hard to justify"

Well my innitial impression is that Macworld probably knows macs, if that even....

However it's not a good review to end it with saying it's too expensive.

"Price is hard to justify"

Well my innitial impression is that Macworld probably knows macs, if that even....

However it's not a good review to end it with saying it's too expensive.

Compare it to a loewe airspeaker:

- cost is 700€ for beolit vs 750€ for loewe

-power is 120w for beoli vs 80w for loewe

- beolit operates on battery, airspeaker does not

- size of unit is similiar

- designwise everybody has to decide on his own, but i do like this beolit design from the 60 more than the "boring" airspeaker.

From my point of view the beolit 12 is a"must have" for everybody who likes the b&o design and is interested in airplay technology.

I am a very happy user,

Kiwi

NEVER would I get the Bose Soundlink. As a matter of fact, I am looking forward to owning the Beolit 12 pretty soon. Price is of no interest, as long as the quality is great. That's why I love my Beolabs 5, that's why I love my Beovision 9. In my mind, Macworld should be the first to consider the quality of the Beolit without weighing in on the price, given that they are a Mac magazine.... ;-) 

There will always be cheaper options when you do not care for the best quality. My time and my ears are just too valuable to me to go with anything mediocre, soundwise.

What I do not understand is: why was B&O unable to deliver a Beosound 8 with Airplay capabilty the moment the Beolit 12 came out!!? To me, that's VERY frustrating, because I would much rather get the Beosound 8, however, I do now want to sacrifice on Airplay possiblities. Yes, I do know about the Airport Express, but ever since I got a B&W Zeppelin Air I am spoiled... (just wish it had the B&O quality of sound to it).

I bought my eldest Daughter the B&W Zepellin and love the sound - do you really feel that it lacks the sound quality of the Beosound 8?  I don't.

It's not even close to the BeoSound 8. A close friend bought it and I've spent many nights listening to it. It's a huge disappointment because it doesn't really live up to the B&W reputation which, I feel, is very good. Having true high-end competitors is a good thing when the market is so sparse. Certainly people consider it to be a higher end iPod dock, and it is, but they should have built a no-compromise unit. Even if it would have been $1k or more. People would have bought it. Nobody only has $700 to spend on an iPod dock - especially if it's going to fill the role of their main audio system.