As long as it helps B&O to survive it makes it a valid strategy, doesn't it?

Maybe it is their niche? Wish it was bigger and more affordable...

Sure B&O is not as "mainstream" 😁 as before, but fast moving technology makes it very difficult to keep up with the pace as a small company. Especially if design is more and more about GUIs and software.

The premium to pay vs. other brands is just too high for me. Still like the speakers, AVR (Beosystem 3/4) and the PUC idea using their great remotes.

The idea about motorized stands with intelligent speakers to add a screen of your choice sounds great!

Ralf

Millemissen wrote:

Thanks for your kind words.

I will not deny, that I prefer wearing this hat - even if it is out of date nowadays on Beoworld

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

MM

keep on being.......

just you.

Your are one of the reasons I still return to Beoworld.

+1

some members are sensitive to others being too defensive of B&O, many members though are perhaps too critical of the brand at the same time (they've clearly made some poor mistakes), but still.........deep breath and perspective.....

Puncher wrote:

He was a US store employee who strongly maintained that the company's future lay in multi-hundred thousand dollar installations for the megarich and that we, the great unwashed, were an unfortunate stain on the company's history but were no more.

Guess what happened to him!!!

Ban boring signatures!

Always enjoyed reading TripEnglish's contributions but if his opinions/advice were followed, is it true that business bankruptcy might ensue.

Was he brainwashed by a Scandinavian audio manufacturer?

"In 2004, I bought a Beolab 5 for £10,000 and this took my breath away; i never even envisaged spending that amount of money. I've spoken to some studio chaps and they think I'm barking mad and say you can spend less to get just as good if not better sound from some monitors.."

Just proves that "studio chaps" are fully capable of making sh** music really. You might want to refere to "Loudness War" and "Dynamic Range". The Beolab 5 surpasses any studio monitors by a large margin.

Sl3ipner wrote:

"Just proves that "studio chaps" are fully capable of making sh** music really. You might want to refere to "Loudness War" and "Dynamic Range". The Beolab 5 surpasses any studio monitors by a large margin.

This comment just reflects little about the recording industry. The loudness war and dynamic range is driven by record companies primarily wanting their recordings to a) sound louder than others b) sound loud in cars/headphones where there's high ambient noise. The recording engineers have little say on this matter and are treated like mere minions. Thankfully some studios are fighting back and trying their best to reverse the loudness war but it is an uphill struggle in the world of Justin Bieber played on iPhones and in cars. As for Beolab 5, they are phenomenal speakers but even Geoff Martin would admit when pressed that they weren't sound engineered for neutral monitoring.

Very soon we will be at risk of discussing what "correct" sound is hehe. Lets avoid that :)

There are a bunch of parameters that defines (or at least can be discussed as defining) good loudspeakers. Flat response curves (neutrality) (in a near field) is but one of them.

The Beolabs has so much more than the studio monitors I can think of. Anyway mood point really, as we both hare happy with the Beolabs :) 

 

Very soon we will be at risk of discussing what "correct" sound is hehe. Lets avoid that :)

There are a bunch of parameters that defines (or at least can be discussed as defining) good loudspeakers. Flat response curves (neutrality) (in a near field) is but one of them.

The Beolabs has so much more than the studio monitors I can think of. Anyway mood point really, as we both hare happy with the Beolabs :)