What's the WORST product in the B&O line-up

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all BEOPLAY products!

Silou wrote:

all BEOPLAY products!

I agree. But except Beoplay 8 because this is originally Bang & Olufsen product (Beosound 8).

/Räuber
It has to be BeoTime?

I like the Beotime! - it is not the most useful product but it has a light hearted air to it and I do like the design in many ways.

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolit.png Beolit.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png

BeoSound 5. Every 6 months or so I try to convince myself to buy one, but every time I decline to do so and I think this product is such a missed opportunity.

This makes me believe that B&O has abandoned serious sound systems. So now I am using computer audio as a source for my vintage Beomaster + current Beolab ALT systems. Very nice.

And I do not associate BeoPlay with B&O, but maybe I am getting old.

js wrote:

BeoSound 5. Every 6 months or so I try to convince myself to buy one, but every time I decline to do so and I think this product is such a missed opportunity.

So very true!

Location: Copenhagen

js wrote:

BeoSound 5. Every 6 months or so I try to convince myself to buy one, but every time I decline to do so and I think this product is such a missed opportunity.

I did own one....for 3 months. To this day, I wonder "what was I thinking?" when I bought it. Took hours to install, lots of cables to hide, Beomaster crashed frequently and so on. Traded it in, took a small loss and never looked back. Didn't do anything compelling, took ages to locate a track (especially after you only need to type the first few letters on an iPad) and it smacks of something where B&O users *want* to love and convince themselves they really do love it (if they own one).

Mind you, it was still more stable than our current BeoCom 5s.

moxxey wrote:

js wrote:

BeoSound 5. Every 6 months or so I try to convince myself to buy one, but every time I decline to do so and I think this product is such a missed opportunity.

I did own one....for 3 months. To this day, I wonder "what was I thinking?" when I bought it. Took hours to install, lots of cables to hide, Beomaster crashed frequently and so on. Traded it in, took a small loss and never looked back. Didn't do anything compelling, took ages to locate a track (especially after you only need to type the first few letters on an iPad) and it smacks of something where B&O users *want* to love and convince themselves they really do love it (if they own one).

Mind you, it was still more stable than our current BeoCom 5s.

You mean the BeoCom 5 isn't stable? I am planning to get one. I like the speakerphone function. Is the phone itself heavy on your hands or relatively comfortable to hold for extended periods? 

 

Beocom 5 isn't stable for sure.

And what is b&o going to do about that......NOTHING.....500euro😠

Make things better inside!

moxxey wrote:

Beomaster crashed frequently and so on.

I have never experienced this.

Location: Copenhagen

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