Possible improvement on Beosound 5

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Hello there. I own a Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 since a year.

I think that for a high-class, expensive product like this, some details should be improved; any of these are as following:

1 - Swithchin' on the device, and selecting "net music" the music starts suddenly with the pre-defined volume. I think it would be more elegant if the sound would start very low, increasing little by little, until reaching the pre-defined volume.

2 - When you select "net music" directly on the device, the music start playing, with the last song played in the previous time. In my opinion, it would be better to have the possibility to select the song/album to listen to, before the music stars playing. (now this is possible only if you command the device through an Ipad)

3 - when you need to select an album (or a song), you need to rotate the aluminium wheel, until the display shows what are you looking for. If you stored a lot of musical files in the Beomaster 5 (that's my case), you need to rotate the wheel more and more and more..... In my opinion it would be more comfortabe to add a command that makes the user select before the first letter of the album, then the album title.

The three above are just the first three possibilities I have in my mind now, but I have found some more....

In my opinion, B&O launched this product without refining some important details, and still now, years after its launch, nothing has been changed.

It's a pity, 'cause you can not realize these little lacks, until you have installed the device in your house.....

 

 

Location: San Marino

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B&O fan since adolescence. I have a multi room audio-video system with Master Link connection. In 2016 integrated the system with Beosound 5. I'm satisfied 'cause I use it for hours everyday, but sometimes any device need reparation.

Only 4 playlist, no genre button, etc etc

Indeed, the list of potential improvements is endless... The BS5 should have been a touchscreen in the first place. Turning the wheel when you have thousands of albums is just cumbersome.

The BS/BM5 is mainly a 'MOTS machine' with a built-in netradio!

It does not need to be improved....

.....it needs to be replaced - if you won't accept that as a fact.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

replaced with what?

What I meant is, that you will have to take the BM/BS5 for what it is.

If you wan't something else/want it to do something else, you need a different device/a different solution.

Whether the BS Moment will be that device, I don't know.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

The most issues are software related,so it must be that difficult?

There will be a major up-date i've been told.

I can hardly believe it - but it would be nice, if it is right!

Question is - what kind of update?

MM

 

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

i don't know.

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