A9 gets far far much louder.

oh... feel sorry for you :C As for now, didn't have any problems with  beosound 2 and a9 and I hope it won't show up... But I feel you! B&O products are really expensive so there are higher demands for them.

looks like the size of my bathroom. Thanks, I'll consider m3 then

Yeah, I saw it but I am not sure about the design of the formation line... And like a B&O fan it is really hard to buy something different than B&O. Also I love B&O design much much more than BW

I can understand you. As long as you are satisfied with B&O stay with the brand.

Btw, another thing that worried me a bit that there are(what hi-fi) only few reviews on the B&O products and not the great ones. What do you think is the reason for this? After their few reviews and not great ratings they create an impression that B&O is a product like vertu - which only costs a lot, with a great materials but sounds average and is overpriced. They don't consider B&O as a high-end or simply B&O annoys them? 😕

B&O is less and less visible (shops closing, remaining dealers far,  no corners in shops, few pages in magazines, ...). Many people around me even don't know the brand. And some others forgot it. I think that B&O is very good in sound quality, excellent for the design (like it or not but different),  perfect for the rate design / sound quality, very good for in brand integration. But to be honest you can find for the same price (or less) real audiophile products (but ugly design probably). I still see B&O as a life philosophy (good sound, good materials, nice designs, ...). But with the nowadays prices reaching the top I don't think that they are the best in audio quality in their prices range. You can find some very good reviews for some B&O products but most of them finish pointing the unreal price tag... Many brands like B&W or Naim for ex are trying to combine design and sound quality. And they manage very well. When I first bought B&O 30 years ago it was 2 times the price of a good equivalent but now it is 3 to 10 times...

what do you think about the future of B&O? Will the brand be closed or maybe it will lose its quality? Or they will stay afloat? I didn't know that B&O had that much problems actually.... So B&W does it better in that point? It is so strange to know now that B&O -best design, positioning of the brand etc. now nearly bankrupts... Small dissonance out there =/ Hope that B&O will overcome it.

I wish they will survive but I cannot read the future. I hope they will finally 'catch the train' and find what to do to become healthy again.

Personally, I think B&O are finished. I hate saying that as a long time admirer of the brand but I strongly believe that to be the case. I think they have 5 years at best but more likely 2-3. They have had ample opportunity over several years to rethink their business strategy but keep making ludicrous decisions that aren't helping the company at all. With these decision makers still holding the reigns there is little hope and I do honestly think it's too late now for a turn around. It has all been about shareholders, not customers; the perfect recipe for disaster. A great shame but they have clearly demonstrated they just don't have the necessary foresight in business. In addition, their creativity died with David Lewis. Simon.