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Playmaker is the useful way to sell thousands of speakers... It looks ugly, but is like Airport express, with volume control, and a bit less ugly than a Sonos ZP90 (but Sonos still has a lot more flexibility)
Right!
It is also the perfect bridge to connect beolabs to any existing music source, including a Sonos.
Looks ok to me. I'm not in love with the design or against it - to be fair, it's just a small device that connects to your system.
Look at the pros. The DAC is bound to be better than that in the Airport Express, so let's stay positive.
It only has 802.11B/G 2.4GHz! No 802.11N compability or 5GHz. That means that it is not going to work well where there is a distance between units and it will also suffer from lower bandwith. With several units on a network a 802.11G network is not preferable.
If it had 802.11n it could also have better antennas and compensate for the environment it is in. But I suppose it will work good anyway but strange that it doesnt have 802.11n..
is it compatible with apple lossless??????
It only has 802.11B/G 2.4GHz! No 802.11N compability or 5GHz.
That is strange. I spent some time a year ago making sure everything on my network worked with 802.11N, primarily to stop potential slowdown (it can happen when one device only works with 801.11B as the whole network can slow as a result).
But didn't BANG&OLUFSEN once pride itself on beautiful design using the highest quality materials for a premium price?
Exactly, Paul! It seems that B&O took a great idea and put it in a horribly ugly container. Looking at the audio products lined up together on the B&O site, the Playmaster just looks grossly out of place. It seems B&O should have taken the extra effort to make it look nice and harmonious with the style of other B&O products. Perhaps something along the lines of the BeoCenter 2, with brushed aluminum and a similar volume control, but smaller.
Is it me or does it look just like a smoke detector ??? I hope it won t make the same sort of awful noise though.... B&O can t possibly have designed that , can they ???
I know.,. they must have asked some blind designers to come up with an idea.. and that won the price.... mind you, it can also be used as a dart board with that hole in the middle...
Is it me or does it look just like a smoke detector ??? I hope it won t make the same sort of awful noise though.... B&O can t possibly have designed that , can they ???
I know.,. they must have asked some blind designers to come up with an idea.. and that won the price.... mind you, it can also be used as a dart board with that hole in the middle...
why did it post my entry twice ??? I know I tend to repeat myself and , y all know by now that i m totally cuckoo, but I can t possibly have contaminated my computer....
Is it me or does it look just like a smoke detector ???
Well, when my dealer was trying to describe the design to me last week (he couldn't find the photo), he struggled, sketched something and then said..."well, it looks like a smoke detector".
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