I was surprised not to find the leather case for the A8´s, but on further investigation found that these clip into the back of the BS 6. If this is a good solution I´ll let you judge yourselves but I have some doubts.

Unpacking the Beosound the first impression is the smooth finish and it’s weight, it is very light. On the right hand side is the volume control. Down for lower and up for higher volume. At the top is the connection for the A8´s and at the bottom the socket point for the computer connection. The front has a small screen at the top and the lower half the control knobs.
Included is a good quality leather pouch in dark brown.

At the top of which is a flap, with velcro, which should close over the Beosound but unfortunately doesn’t quite close, which is a pity.

On the back of the pouch is a ring onto which you thread a thin piece of string (much like a shoelace) so the Beosound can be hung around your neck. To be honest the string is a bit cheap looking and a nice bit of leather matching the pouch would have been much nicer.
It seemed to me that the first thing to do would be to load the software needed to load music into the Beosound. So I loaded the CD and was surprised to find just two links on it. One to say that Beoport 4.65 and then Beoplayer 4.65 were required to be installed to get music into the Beosound. The other was a link to the Bang & Olufsen site. They included a CD for this? I would have thought a link in the manual would have survived.At this point I´m 90% pleased with what I´ve seen of the Beosound 6. Now to get it working!

Pressing the lowest button brings the screen to life. B&O has preloaded some tracks in the Beosound so that you can immediately start to see how it works. The screen is very clear and gives lots of useful information. Top right shows the elapsed play time and  a % bar with the track time on the right edge.
It is possible to have a picture of the artist displayed on the Beosound 6 but only if Beoplayer 4.65 is installed and a photo is available on the internet. The quality of the picture is very good.

While listening to music switching backwards and forwards between tracks and searching is much faster than with the BS2 a real plus point making finding a particular track much easier. When you come to the main menu you have a wide variety of methods of choosing your music; by track, artist, album, Genre and playlist.
Believe me just an hour playing with the Beosound and you´llhave worked out 80% of it´s functions, the remaining 20%, well just take a quick look in the manual.
So how do you load the music?
Loading your music is the same as with the Beosound 2 there´s a just no docking station anymore (would have been nice) just a BS6/USB cable. The cable has protective sleeves to protect the plugs.
Connect the Beosound 6 to your computer and start Beoport. Click on the left hand side and open a play list, underneath you will see "copy" click on this.
A second group will now open headed at the top Beosound 6, drag and drop your music selection into this and it loads onto the Beosound 6. While your selected music is loaded it is highlighted in red turning black when completed.
Now the important bit how does it sound!
The sound can be adjusted in the settings menu..... more bass and a sound filter when makes the sound fuller or less full. It´s difficult to explain in words but here goes:
The sound is just what we would expect from B&O, full, powerful.... for the size of the Beosound & just fantastic in a word complete.