I was thinking of writing a few lines after having Beosound Moment in my home for about a month now.

I will not focus on the flaws in the software that we have been writing about in various threads, since they will most likely be fixed over time.

I would rather give a view of how Beosound Moment has worked in my everyday life, hoping that it would benefit other readers of this forum if they consider Beosound Moment.

Here we go:

First some background.

Moment replaced my Masterlink Audiomaster (Beocenter 2). Since I did not have any other Masterlink Audio/video master, I had nothing to provide current to the Masterlink. I had to overcome that problem by adding a second life Beolink Converter Type No 1611. B&O will release a "black box" solving the same problem within short.

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Why did I get Moment in the first place?

Main reason was that I had all my CDs ripped and imported into iTunes, so I did not need a CD player anymore and the way to play those CDs was cumbersome. (Activate A.AUX. Get iDevice. Start Apple Remote. Connect to Airplay (Playmaker). Play. Use phone to skip track and remote to e.g. adjust volume). Same thing with playing from music service. I also had problems with dropouts.

So how is Moment used in everyday life?

Well, in the mornings, while eating breakfast before work, I just press "PatternPlay" (push the round area on the wodden side) and it knows what radiochannel I always listen to at that time in the day.

While commuting to and from work I listen to the Deezer app and let it provide me with my favorites and some music in the same style by using the "Flow" function. That way I have discovered a lot of (to me) new music that I have added as "Loved tracks"

When at home again in the evening, I can easily pick those tracks again, by getting into my Loved Tracks playlist, using the Jukebox.

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When preparing dinner together with my wife, after work on Fridays, we usually listen to some more relaxed music that goes nicely with a dry martini or a glass of read wine.

I usually flip over to the "displayside" of the jukebox and just press the middle circle in the green area of the Mood Wheel, and Moment serves us the music we would expect.

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If not, I press the remote and easily skip to next track.

I think Moment need more frequent use, to understand that I want to listen to that "green mood" music, every friday evening around 6 PM :)

If I want a specific album or track, I use the BeoPlayer app.

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On weekends, if I am at home I'm more into the red area of the Mood Wheel. That gives more upbeat music that goes well with cleaning the house, playing with the dog, or whatever we do.

All in all, the Moment has given me a more casual way of listening to music. Sound quality is as good as I would expect. Tunein radio and Deezer sounds very good as well. There are areas for improvement with regards to features and functions, and I'm sure B&O will fix those in coming updates.

/C