Av forums is a notorious breeding ground for morons , and that's just the mods . They prattle all day on about the cost of everything forgetting that real value comes from something else apart from the price tag.

Loewe are hardly worth talking about , mediocre wannabee's at best , laughable copycats at worst.

I'll stick up for Loewe. The new generation of Loewe products are really nice... They have certainly stepped their game up. I think the Assist+ remote even has an OLED display.The CRT generation Loewe didn't inspre me althought the Mimo series was without doubt pretty.

I own and watch TV on an Individual 32 television which is a nice TV.

However, they are *completely* different brands!

Either way, AV Forums is for people that look for different things than the majority of Bang & Olufsen owners so they are bound to disagree. It's not a site I frequent I'll be honest!

B&O/'Lifestyle Audio and Visual' (I hate that term) haters don't understand the brand or the benefits/magic of ownership so I don't generally regard their opinions and prefer to leave them to it.

They get compared because they are both pitching to the same market. They focus on design, integration and price themselves comparatively.

They are both good brands.  As you'd be aware, all a brand is, is a way of separating your products from others in the marketplace, it's just the marketing that makes you feel. And if the product on offer is superior in your own mind, you purchase. 

Could you potentially be a Loewe hater? Lol.

I'm a B&O convert. I also have Bose, but as you get older your instrument is better attuned and this is why I'm a convert.

Flappo wrote:

Av forums is a notorious breeding ground for morons , and that's just the mods . They prattle all day on about the cost of everything forgetting that real value comes from something else apart from the price tag.

Loewe are hardly worth talking about , mediocre wannabee's at best , laughable copycats at worst.

I think that B&O have in the past have got by on our loyalties to the brand and hense why they are upon hard times.  We are bound to be biased to B&O we are on a forum!  I think performance wise they are no longer superior! But in styling they are unrivaled.  Loewe make some good looking stuff and I suppose its down to choice, I remain a B&O man!

Hi all:

I guess there maybe a little bit of bias on my part - I would feel somewhat disappointed if having spent lots of money on equipment that I thought was near perfect I was to find something cheaper that was better for a number of reasons - style/functionality etc. However, the Loewe I saw both in this charity shop (I agree not the best of settings) and others that I have seen sporadically on eBay really do not seem to be worth the premium price they command. 

I do agree however that some of their latest range is more impressive and I did like some of the things on display in Selfridges recently. However, I do think that in some respects (despite others saying that B&O and Loewe are completely different brands) Loewe apes Bang & Olufsen. It could be argued that imitation is the best form of flattery but I seem to remember a particular Loewe CRT being styled like an Avant and this was really not flattering at all.

Graham