Hi Eduard, thanks for this review, I have one question:

-how fast(or slow) is the downloading process? Many people complained about the original Samsung's speed, and B&O website says either USB 1.1 or 2.0 depending on where you look..

 I have a BeoSound 2 & gave up using the docking station to download music, it serves only when I need to recharge the batteries, and I simply insert the SD card in my memory card reader on the PC to copy the files, which takes 30 seconds per album on a 133x card.So is the BeoSound 6 taking more than 30 seconds for an album??

I have downlod music with the BS-2 and BS-6 and my opinion is that the downloadspeed is the same. So for your answer..... it is slow!

Eduard,

A good review, but it is a pity about the leather case. I was considering the Beosound 6 for a Christmas present for my wife, we will see.

Keith,

If you plug the A8 into the BS-6, you see less about the case. But it was something I did not like about the case before I put the BS-6 into it.

The copy-speed is the one that really gets me. I regularly change the music on my iPod Nano in the mornings, when I'm really pushed for time. Copying an album onto my iPod Nano at 256 kbps will usually take much less than a minute. Heck I can have a 1 hour 256 k album across in 30 seconds...

Thanks for the review Ed, and Kevin.

I too have BeoSound 6 now. I'm missing my BeoSound 2 though ... I just don't feel the same overall top notch quality with the BeoSound 6. I wasn't impressed to find no pouch for the A8s and the velcro at the top of the case as you have already mentioned is an embarrassment for B&O's standards. I have already put my case back into the box. My final complaint would be transfer speeds, which is the same as my BeoSound 2 - that wasn't a very up-to-date advance from BeoSound 2 to BeoSound 6 was it?

On the plus side, I really like the feel of the BeoSound 6. It's a nice small size, roughly the size of the 1st and 2nd gen iPod Nanos but thicker. The buttons are good and the user interface also does the job well. The screen is of course nice to have and the no video playback function doesn't really bother me, the LCD is far too small to watch a movie! Battery life has so far been impressive and the sound is brilliant, but I wonder whether / how long it will be until I go back to using my BeoSound 2.

Actually I find the screen on my iPod Nano great for videos! Really good for watching Family Guy or The Mighty Boosh on the bus/car/whatever. It's obviously not going to be on par with watching it on a proper TV, but it's much, much better than you would expect...

Or an iPhone...

 Nicholas 

Get the Touch - most of the benefits, hardly any of the cost!

(Did I sound like a Applite there)😁 - still wouldn't get one myself - don't have a Link/Mac system like Peter - aren't looking for a cheaper/better remore than a Beo5 unlike Peter (who now has both - when will his missus put her foot down) - have a 5.5G iPod which does allI want as a portable music player - but I do like to stir the pot😁