review of beosound 3 please...?

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I would like to ask for your comments on beosound 3, the portable radio player... i conern mainly on the sound quality and the radio signal quality, thank you.

can I say it is the best portable radio in the radio in 21st century? for a $850 radio, I give a great hope on it, will i be disappointed???

i have a beosound 3 for a year now, and i am very happy with it. i use it mainly as an alarm clock (listen to it with a8 a lot while my girlfirend is trying to sleep next to me), take it to the bathroom, carry it to the balcony... it is just fine for what i need it for. the loudspeaker sound is amazing for its size, but nothing compared to a beosound1, as it is only a mono speaker. but even at high volume, the sound stays clear and never distroted. the main advantage of the bs3 is that it really can be carried wherever you take it, and that is very cool.

the radio signal quality is very good, especially if you compare it to any standart radio. the first time i switched my bs3 on at home and heard the voice i was used to, it sounded much clearer than i was used to, especially the articulation of some words.

if you want to use your bs3 in bedroom or bathroom, then go and get one, but if you would like to use it in a larger room, then save/ spend some more money for a bs1.

Hello,

I agree with Smito, I have the BS-3 for less than a year, and it is a very good radio. The quallity of the sound is good, and it so easy to handle. I am not disappointed about the radio at all, we take it to our holydays, and when we go out for a weekend. Some Sd card's with different music on it.......great!!

Good choise if you buy this radio, well that is what I think..... 

 ... and - slightly against my expectations - it seems not to cause any questions after they scanned your hand luggage at airports. So far only once was I asked to take it out of my bag and explain what the thing was. Just pressed the aerial button and pointed it towards the officer ... he gave up and by Travel I headed for Paradise

😁

I love mine. It sounds great and I also use mine mainly as a bed side clock. I listen mostly to A.MEM (SD card) when I am upstairs, its great in the bathroom. Every B&O nut should have one.

The BS3 does have a wall connector if you don't want to use the rechargeable battery... right?

 

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No the power lead plugs into the base of the beosound 3. The wall bracket is just a piece of plastic.

love mine too, ideal for garden-music AND shower music.

Sounds great in a car too.

They missed an AUX in my opinion to connect an MP3. There is no easy way to get from Itunes to SD card so I would want to connect my Ipod rather then fiddling with the cards. The B&O approach to MP3 is neat,  I understand you won't need a PC but still having an AUX would have made it a better package for those with Ipods.

If you have the space go for a BS1 which I think is a better deal.

JK
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