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Thanks, Martin 🤒

MM

 

I like the look of the beo essence control, but fail to see the point of it. It's just another remote control? If I have beo app on my phone, tablet and a remote, the rest seems pointless.  I was hoping for a little more with the hide away box, not the most attractive in the beo range, but surely, it's just another beolink router! 

 Does essence do everything that beo4 does? Although it's not compatible with my older BC, how compatible with BC6 and Beolink-PC? 

Here's another idea, perhaps they could train it to answer the phone, like a hands-free. that would be amusing.  :)

Sorry to sound negative about this, but I'm struggling to get it! Shame as I quite fancied one for my collection.

 

I think for people streaming from iphone/ipad it ownt do much except the volume control will be more instantaneous. If you stream from a macbook/itunes or a DLNA server it makes more sense to have the puck. 

 

Its use case is really just a "receiving" device for airplay, spotify connect or dlna as well as the light switch functionality for "last available source"

 

 

For people wanting beolabs and not having a playmaker it will make sense. If I wouldn't have a playmaker, I would prob gotten it

For people without anything - but the smartphone/iDevice - wanting to stream to a set of BeoLab's, the Essence with the 'knob' makes very much sense.

They can turn on the system to last used source (well actually just some of them), turn it off, skip track or radiostation and (best thing) control the volumen without having to dig out the smart-/iDevice.

For people with a Playmaker solo it really depends on how lusty you are for a 'new system' - I would save that money for a rainy day...

For people wanting to hook it up to an existing AudioMaster, it might come handy - see the review from Martin on the previous page. And it might get improved/optimized for it in time.

For people with a V1/BV11... and no audiosystem connected, it might be worth concidering. You could hook it up to the analog-in on the tv, name that port 'Radio' and let the 'knob' turn on the tv - and then with the BeoMusic-app (or AirPlay) throw what pleases you at it, the sound immidiately coming out of the (tv-) speakers.

 

N.B. the ir-input port on the box is still a mystery!

The guys in Struer are very quiet when it comes to that subject.

 

MM

Hi MM,

you described the abilities of the Essence quite well, at least at the moment.

I would like to connect the Essence to my existing audio and video equipment and start music (TuneIn Radio, Spotify connect) just by pressing the knob. But this is actually not possible. Therefor the knob must be able to send a Bluetooth command to the Essence AND concurrent an IR command to the videomaster to trigger the AUX source.

Greets

Räuber

Millemissen wrote:

For people with a Playmaker solo it really depends on how lusty you are for a 'new system' - I would save that money for a rainy day...

You miss an important point. People with a PM can also choose to purchase the Essence remote (about £120), which will fully control the PM, as confirmed by B&O. This is a good compromise for PM owners.

If that is an 'important point'.

The Essence has the netradio (TuneIN) built in. One of the main purposes of the 'knob' is ro turn on last source or the netradio. This won't work with the Playmaker.

Ok - one can skip tracks, control the volume, turn off - but only if they use the Playmaker solo. That might be enough for someone to buy the 'knob'.

I have mine connected to my AudioMaster (which means Playmaker in Option 0) - so no benefit of the 'knob' in my case.

MM

Raeuber wrote:

....Therefor the knob must be able to send a Bluetooth command to the Essence AND concurrent an IR command to the videomaster to trigger the AUX source.

that is not possible - and I don't think that it will ever be.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

N.B. the ir-input port on the box is still a mystery!

The guys in Struer are very quiet when it comes to that subject.

Are they? 😕

Can the BeoSound Essence act as a wi-fi solution to send music in a room, like the old BeoLink Wireless 1 ?

I have a BeoSound 5 in a room, and would like to listen to the music in another room on a pair of BeoLab 4 whitout ML connection.

The wi-fi signal is OK in this room (the iPad can connect to the Web, the router is in the same room of the BS5)

Is it a wise solution for me ?