Hi,
does anybody know, why the price for Beoplay A9 has been lowered from 2000€ down to 1700€? This apllies for most german online shops selling beoplay.
Any hints regarding a follower product or new products in that range?
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Price drop Beoplay A9
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IOS 8 will introduce a new airplay feature, you dont have to connect via wifi network.
I dont know if that requires new hardware or not. All non apple airplay implementations are still using 2.4 ghz wifi which is old, thats why I skipped the essence.
It could be that there is an updated version with a more modern chipset is around the corner.
Good if Beo in Germany lowered the A9's price. I think € 1.500.- should be the right price. For me, € 2.000 is too much expensive. 😎 Login to view image
I have bought him already more than 1 year ago for 1,600.00€. I am very contented with it. He is beaconed by an Olive One in my Apartment on Majorca.
You might be right on this.
The new AirPlay Direct (if it will be called so, I don't know) function, will require new chips - or at least reprogrammed chips (and probably a licencing fee).
There is (as far as I know) nothing out on this yet - or if B&O is going to implement this in new versions of the recent products.
But, if so, it might be a reason for a price-drop on the A9.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Ahh,
o.k and thanx for the insight!
Beste regards
Ahh,
o.k and thanx for the insight!
Best regards
IOS 8 will introduce a new airplay feature, you dont have to connect via wifi network.
I dont know if that requires new hardware or not. All non apple airplay implementations are still using 2.4 ghz wifi which is old, thats why I skipped the essence.
It could be that there is an updated version with a more modern chipset is around the corner.
The updated Airplay will use bluetooth. I think it is only between iDevices. Its the same technology used for Airdrop in iOS7.
One use case is that you at an office can have an apple TV and use it to simply put presentations on the screen, without the presenter being logged in to the office network.
Location: Sweden
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Always fills you with a warm fuzzy feeling, buying things at full price only for them to become 25% cheaper in a few months!A9, Beolit 12 and H6 headphones all bought in the last 12 months, and for about £600 collectively more than today. Can't wait for the next big thing 😳
I agree - there was a time when B&O product prices only went up and residual values very strong - a bit like Rolex. I guess the pace of tech now makes this much more difficult to sustain and at least B&O still have reasonable residual values unlike the likes of samsung etc. I have two A9s and really like them - annoying if they cannot be upgraded to airplay direct.
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