just browsing through old beosound 9000 threads and came accross this one.

Now i agree as much as i have my beomedia and a cupboard full of cd's that i never play i think that my most recent cd's are the ones i play most often.

some good ideas for the MK4 coudl be DAB and MOTS on a beosound 9000 imagine that.

when i quized my local B&O store a few weeks ago, he said they weren't expecting any new "audio" products in 2009, but that's not to say nothing for 2010.

i think at a minimum Beosound 4 should incl a hard drive like Beosound 3200 since it can cater to multi source.  kinda disappointing you have multi source but just 1 CD, radio and an SD card slot only to play with!

Been doing some more "wishful" thinking

Beosound 9000 MKIV

6 Disk Changer that plays MP3 Disks

MOTS for all Disks

DAB Radio

Sounds good to me where is the recomendation box

There is a lifecycle to every B&O product, and the BS9000 has completed it - but so has the (even older) BL6k, BL8k and the BS3200 (updated, but introduced in -91). Looking at the speakers, the (then) new BL3 didn't meet the expected sales figures and dropping the still good selling BL6k and BL8k would have resulted in a drop in sales - and not a move from column to ALT sales.

I guess it is fair to say that the Danes will not drop a product that is still generating enough revenue (they also take into account if the sales of an existing product will limit the sales of a newly introduct product, in-store-traffic effect - the BL6k still creates a lot of traffic and sales).

The BS9k was suffering at one point, but even before the white version came out sales started to pick up again. That says a lot about the overall quality of the BS9k.

Regarding new audio products, the codenamed A21 (BS5 "light" w/iPod dock) will be released shortly - but it will hardly have any effect on the BS9k sales IMHO.

Roger

They would be stupid to do such a thing. Also, although the white edition was a limited edition, it was nothing more than a means to generate some quick cash in difficult times.

IF the BeoSound 9K was to be discontiued, B&O would create a new, Final Edition version of it AND market it as THE LAST BS9Ks!

So no rushes :)

Good on you b&o if it is true move away from the antiquated/dinosaur products and welcome to the 21 century,very encouraging news

As for moving away from the BS 9000, it is in the cards, but to call one of the most recognizable icons, and still sought after products an "antiquated dinosaur" may be a bit harsh.  The "21st Century" products from B&O could be seen as marketing failures in comparison to the aesthetic and interactive pleasure of the BS9000.  Many of the "21st Century" B&O products have come and gone, or are going out with a wimper.  BS9000 while, not current will be greatly missed when it's removed from the product line.    

Obviously, at one stage, BS9000 will be discontinued, but I don't know when.

What I don't understand in B&O's present policy is the need to launch new products, when a simple & inexpensive solution would have been to update its present range. In the BS9000's case, when will B&O:

- make the CD drive playback CR-RW, MP3 and WMA CDs, all this with the same speed between 6 MP3 CDs? That is a real challenge!

- make the radio DAB compatible

- fit the back or side of the system with a USB input that will be able to scan all audio files on your pendrive, SD card or IPOD, or Serenata, and playback the whole files with

- a new display similar to BeoCenter 2/ BeoSound 4's, or even a Serenata-sized display on the present CD-clamper with CD cover and CDDB info scrolling on the present display; this would be possible with:

- an Ethernet or wi-fi connection to your router/modem for proper CDDB info, software upgrades and maybe even NRADIO becoming accessible without BeoPort or BeoSound 5..

- a built-in BeoLink Wireless transmitter for all your other rooms.

Am I asking too much?😉

Chrisreunion wrote:

Am I asking too much?😉

I totally agree with your (many would think conservative) praise of BeoPort as you expressed it elsewhere here, Chris, but this ... no! No more Dr Frankensteins, please.

BS9000 is as good as the CD era goes plus a good bit more to help one with a transition to the next stage of digitalized music sources, but ... that's it!

No doubt, in the (near) future it will be discussed in a similar fashion as the BeoGrams and Soundsmiths' cartridges have been for some years now - with one exception: there were many of them, but only one BS9000!

(My view might be biased as I have owned BS9000, I own it and will own it until my/its days are counted.)

😁