Yar Chris,

I'm passionate about architecture and often see 2, 3 - 10m£ houses BUT hardly any have B&O equipment in them.  Bizarre isn't it!  I love interior mags too AND STILL have to see a property with a BeoSound 8 in it or indeed BV10 even!  Although, the Editor of Livingetc is very kind to B&O products and often feature their press releases :)

Since when did being loaded ever guarantee taste or an interest in AV? Good on them for not buying it for buying's sake - which is much, much worse!

I often browse property sales ads just for fun. Seeing installed B&O over here is far and between  - an occasional Ouverture series music centre, a Beolab 6000 lurking in the corner sometimes, even a couple of BV7s. Not once have I spotted anything vintage.

The reason may be that a lot of the higher price apartments / houses never end up being advertized publicly, and I suppose B&O is generally more interesting to those who don't care to make a lot of noise about their money.

Yar Chris,

As I mentioned, Livingetc magazine has always been kind to B&O and featured a pic etc of a new product but gotta say, the beautiful, contemporary houses featured in it very seldom have B&O in them and the house owners usually come from a creative background! Maybe B&O have a poor image with non B&O people. An example here is a very classy friend of mine who is a banker, in fact he's one of my best friends - he thinks of B&O as incredibly bling bling, as he put it 'Like Louis Vuiiton' when I showed him a BV9 a few years back , he was horrified and said it was the most vulgar thing he'd seen and walked out of the showroom. Damn! I can see his point for some of the range, for instance, I find the BV7-55 & BV12 horrific along with the BL12's - I just find them very poor taste! So maybe, this is what others think too.

Some of the B&O range is very classy like your BV10 etc but some is purely vulgar and very very poor taste - just look at that BV4 85" upwards etc!  I saw one in Harrods the other week and was simply horrified - couldn't help but notice the flickering screen too!

tournedos wrote:

I suppose B&O is generally more interesting to those who don't care to make a lot of noise about their money.

That "label" is long gone and has now been replaced by a "label."

You must be looking at the wrong houses and area,Look at sandbanks in poole,nearly all the houses have b&o installed,gaggenau,miele appliancesetc.

Darras hall and whinyard estate in northumberland is the same.Most of the really expensive houses I have seen around the world,have b&O or a multiroom custom install,like creston,runco projectors,lexicon,linn equipment etc.Sub zero,wolf appliances or miele,gaggenau.

Also top furniture and design classics from mies van de rohe,le corbusier,flos lamps.B&B italia sofas the list goes on,and they all compliment b&O aswell.Dont get me wrong you still get the flash harries who think a 65" lg plasma looks the nuts to show off to their ill informed mates,the same person would have chrome spinners on their car.

Its all down to personal taste not money.Most wealthy b&o owners I know are very discreet in their tastes,they have expensive tastes but buy timeless quality like expensive patek phillipe watches and classy b&o,were as the flash wealthy would have a diamond encrusted rolex and the biggest tv in the shop.

I dont want to keep naming places and other brands,but I was at marbella last month at my dads house,and was at a party in a very expensive house and it was full of b&O.The owner never had much of a clue,but told me he bought it as it was expensive and must be the best,I had to show him how to work it properly,he was clueless.He had lab 5s connected to a 9000 1 meter apart,then a bv9 beside it.I said he should have had the speakers connected to the tv,to benefit from the acoustic lenses.He then said his wife liked the look the way it was,whats the point more money than sense. ff topic slightly.