Chris i'm with you 100% on this issue. Rednik you are wrong with your statement. When I buy my BeoPlay A8 I expect ABSOLUTE PERFECTION from it, just like I do when I buy a MacBook or a Paul Smith suit, Dolce&Gabbana suit or Audi A4. If the B&O doesn't perform, I will go absolutely mad!
When people buy a premium product, it is an absolute insult for it not to deliver 100% - especially in these recession times when everyone is working twice as hard!!!
Chris shouldn't have to buy an WiFi equipment just to get Airplay working when everything performs well! Our lives are far too busy to experience something that doesn't perform!!! It makes me very angry when something doesn't do what it says on the tin!
I also used to expect absolute perfection from anything I bought, regardless of from whom, or where it was made.
The trouble is, perfection is an idea that doesn't really exist in the real world - perhaps maybe for a nanosecond, - until the pollutants in the air start to do their work and your perfect device is on it's inevitable path towards entropy. And even worse things happen when you start to use it - it's on the inevitable path towards wearing out and is no longer 'perfect'!
The irony is, that mainstream mass produced items, made with little intervention from the human hand, are likely to be closer to 'perfect' re build quality and finish etc, than something relying on the vagaries of human interaction - remember the tales about a Monday or a Friday car on a production line? You don't hear that little tale much anymore because of CAD/CAM manufacturing, as robots can get it right, time after time after time in an manufacturing or assembly process.
I've come to accept that within the limitations of technology, nothing is 100% perfect; it's usually about finding the best balance of compromises to suit oneself.
For instance, CRT, LCD and Plasma TV's all have 'issues' or 'faults' relating to the limitations of the technology. Perhaps OLED may be the saviour, and give us the 'perfect' picture, but that remains to be seen.
Meantime, one can obsessively look for and most assuredly find fault in everything - even oneself if you take a look in the mirror!
So, one inevitably has a choice of either accepting that some things are not 100% perfect because of technology limitations, and accepting that there will always be faults if you go out of your way to find them, and obsess and obsess and obsess and give yourself a huge amount of grief because something is not 'perfect', OR enjoy said product for what it offers, and enjoy it's highlights, rather than worrying over it's faults.
In most cases, the faults are actually quite small, but blown way out of proportion by an obsessive and arguably at times unhealthy viewpoint stressing out over a lack of absolute 'perfection' where none literally exists or is possible on a technical basis.
Wifi works, but is not as 'perfect' as in 100% reliable, as a cable connection. Many large office corporations still use extensive LAN cable networks in preference to WiFi for reliability and security over the intranet.
If you want the convenience of WiFi, one has to accept a few inconveniences from time to time.
It is disappointing to hear that a new owner of a Beolit 12 is having WiFi connectivity issues - I've had similar issues with other bits and pieces of kit trying to join my home network from time to time.
Networking in itself is a big IT subject, and one I'm not totally familiar with, so that there is some difficulty from time to time is not at all surprising in the overall picture.
I'm sure the issue will be sorted, but with the greatest of respect, expecting or demanding absolute perfection in anything is a bit of an obsessive mistake in life IMHO - and speaking from personal experience - as it's rarely, if ever, achievable and one can almost make oneself ill trying to find it.
Kind regards
John... 😐
