The 'Dark Side'.....

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Off the top of my head, Jensen phones, Pinnacle/Roku N Radio, Seimens phones, Bose Wave Radio, iRobot vacuum cleaner (actually a glorified carpet sweeper) the superb Apple iMac, the near useless Toshiba/ Windows laptop (just had the 'Blue screen of death' yet again and have finally ditched useless Norton) Dyson vacuum cleaner (good but over-rated), Miele & John Lewis various kitchen machines, Philips TV, incredible Lumix camera.

As mentioned in another thread, once had 'Magic Box'  touch sensitive phones that died.  Not easy to use, especially if you were asked to press various options during a call.

Graham

I'll stick to my audio/video equipment, and not bore you with my vacuum-cleaner or toaster πŸ˜•πŸ˜‚  JUST KIDDIN' Graham! (sorry -I couldn't resist) 😎

Besides B&O i have:
-A Harman-Kardon DVD player (as I never liked the design of the DVD 1 -a DVD player in a VCR cabinet No - thumbs down ).  The HK looks a bit like the units of the 5000/5500/6500/7000 ranges.         
-A Philips DVD/HDD recorder.
-A Panasonic surround amplifier.

-hmm -and that's it...Otherwise it's B&O all over the house.

My B&O Icons:

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Oh dear, I was thinking long and hard about this and only came up with the following:

  • SWMBO & I have ipods and iphone
  • At work I have a Phillips iBoom ipod dock and crappy Binatone phones both because they were cheap and fit the purpose... In saying that, can't wait for the new B&O ipod dock!!
  • My VW has just the standard sound system, they don't have a B&O version (might have to buy a Mercedes or Audi πŸ˜•)

That's all I could think of!!

I may at times be critical of B&O, but I'm a BeoHolic as are many others here.
Still, a few exceptions. As my Apple units are integrated with my A/V, I guess I should count those - then again, Ive of Apple has borrowed to such an extent from B&O design expressions that I feel it's all in the family. I suspect Ive owns a Beosystem 6500-7000, with an MCP.

So there's the Apple stuff.

In addition, I have a Grace m902 DAC connected to my Beolab 5000, together with Grado RS-1 headphones. Both get frequent use.

I also have a Konnekt 24D connected to my BeoLab 5 speakers, and CD player and amplifier from Cambridge Audio. I also have a Sennheiser headset for easy listening and travel, it has very good noise suppression, which is handy on planes and in the city (or when sitting on my balcony in the city.) As I have several A/V rooms, B&O stuff gets to dominate, and the other working units are hidden away.

I also have one of these - it gets a lot of use during the summer. Has several line-ins, a remote control and an iPod dock, as well as the possibility to attach a sub-woofer. With battery, which can be practical:

I've got 3 bravias dotted around the house and they've all been amazingly reliable and impressive performers , bno could certainly learn a thing or two from sony imo.

In the living room connected to my BS4 is a Mac Mini which uses BM-Link to the Beoport to the BS4 and has video to my Samsung.  I can choose the music with the Remote app for my iPad or any of the 3 iPhones laying around.  DVDs are viewed on the Mini.

Bedroom is all B&O. Not much in there other than the BL3500.

Study has BL4000s and Beolink Active.  On the desk we have a 24" Apple monitor with all of the peripherals attached to it with USB so whoever wants to use it can use it.  Sound can be piped to the BL4000s over the PC port on the Active.  The signal chain then is Macbook Pro-->M-Audio A/D D/A convertor-->Mackie 1402-VLZ mixer-->Headphone amp/splitter-->BL4000s.  The mixer is there for guitars and whatever else and the splitter splits the signal to 8 ports for headphones or speakers or whatever.  It's for music production and playing in my spare time.  Otherwise, I just get music off the BS4 for that room.

Steffen wrote:

I'll stick to my audio/video equipment, and not bore you with my vacuum-cleaner or toaster πŸ˜•πŸ˜‚  JUST KIDDIN' Graham! (sorry -I couldn't resist) 😎

Forgot the Dualit!

Graham

I actually got rid of practically all my alien stuff, but some remains... from those that actually could be replaced by B&O items to the other assorted crap...:

Have a Bose Wave Radio to wake me up every morning. I did want to replace it with a BS3 but after hearing the alarm had to be set every night I never got one. I love the way the radio part of the Bose alarm gently increases in volume to wake you up. I like that the display dims right down at night even though I never look at it because I have an Oregon Scientific projection clock* as recommended by Peter/Doctor quite some time ago. Huge subtle red digits on the ceiling which are faint enough to give off zero glow in the room. Sounds tacky but I wouldn't live without one now. Half an eye open during the night and I can tell the time without waking up too much. Major WAF there as she likes it too.

Bose Quiet Comfort headphones used mainly for plane travelling. I have a8's somewhere (lost now) but never got on with them. I must have strange shaped ears!

Panny Plasma. Was a rushed get-us-by purchase that is impressive enough that we have never got round to changing it. Having spent so much revamping a large house we couldn't justify spending heaps of money on a B&O TV just to avoid the additional remote😁

 

*If anyone looks into getting one make sure it has the red projection and not the blue. Also ensure that the actual clock display is not permanently illuminated. We learnt this when my father wanted one and went through a few before he found one acceptable. Mine is no longer in production.

All of my AV is now B&O, with the exception of a Roberts Rambler portable radio in one of the bathrooms. Unfortunately B&O don't make kitchen appliances, as I have:

Dualit Toaster

La Pavoni Europiccola espresso machine

Gaggia MM coffee grinder

KitchenAid Artisan mixer

KitchenAid Artisan blender

Magimix Mini food processor

SMEG FAB fridge/freezer

All of the above are in black/chrome/stainless so that they match the Avant in the same room :)

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