Hi Lee,

Thanks for an open and well considered review of the current situation.  Whilst I hope that the core of long-term B&O fans (I count myself in that group) will stay loyal to the brand, I suspect that the more casual buyers may not be as keen to part with their cash as they would have been even a year ago.  I have long been intrigued by Loewe, as their stylish TVs seem to increasingly be turning into what I had always wanted from a "Beovision", with clean good looks and a simple functional user interface that my 4 year old daughter can manage with ease.

After a couple of years assisting Loewe stores across the country with cables alongside our B&O work (primarily for customers with Beolab speakers who were moving away from B&O) I have found their TVs to work well as the centrepiece of a B&O surround sound system, along with generic music streamers and all the other devices that modern consumers want.

I will be taking my lead from Lee and increasing my support for Loewe products going forwards, especially for customers with a mix of previous B&O speakers who want to get a seamless transfer without having to ditch everything they currently have.

I will be following this discussion with interest and I welcome comments and suggestions from other Beoworlders!

Kind regards, Steve.

vikinger wrote:

Just noticed that Richer Sounds are a Loewe dealer. They seem to charge Loewe's RRP.

Graham

At least in the South East, Lee, you should be able to blow them out of the water.

Will customers prefer a showroom demonstration, or prefer buying from a retailer selling hi-fi boxes and TV's stacked to the ceiling in a tiny room?

Graham

From Wired.com 6 years ago.

Can the cult of B&O last?

 https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff_bando/

With quotes from Lee and from Tim Jarman.

Graham

vikinger wrote:

From Wired.com 6 years ago.

Can the cult of B&O last?

https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff_bando/

With quotes from Lee and from Tim Jarman.

Graham

Wishing you best of luckLee you have done a lot for the brand also was somehow your livelihood it is B&O loss somehow !.Never been a great fan of Loewe imho was (wanna be) where B&O is the(Be) . 

I mentioned here a few weeks ago that the Bath B&O store states it's  nowa Loewe retailer, even when it's an officially branded B&O store. Looks like they realise they needed to diversify, too. Will be interesting to see what happens and if/how they integrate other brands in to the store and market successfully.

When I walk past the local store, there's only ever one person working in there. Must be boring during your average weekday.

Go for it, Lee! As a member being around since BeoWorld MK1, I really appreciate what you've done for this site. A wise step of you to widening your business. After all, you and your employees shall put food on the table. I see no problem at all if the B&O here blends up with other high premium brands. I wish the very best for you.

Can only echo what everyone has been saying. This decision seems to make perfect sense and I'm sure the whole forum wishes you the best of Luck Lee. 

Ben