Posts by Ryan (archived)
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Beo Play
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 10, 2012 14:33featured on Gizmodo today. http://gizmodo.com/5874857/bang--olufsens-joins-the-airplay-party-with-the-beolit-12-wireless-speaker I think it looks great, I will take one in silver with the natural leather handle. Perfect …
Dear Tue, today I saw the Bose Videowave, and ...
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 6, 2011 21:12Fair enough. There are certainly similarities to the way the two brands are marketed - neither is generally sold alongside other brands, Bose have been doing the concept store thing for years and both are in the higher p…
Dear Tue, today I saw the Bose Videowave, and ...
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 4, 2011 22:10There is a Bose concept store within a store that used to sell B&O here in Toronto. My usual reaction to their products is 'wow, it sure does play loud'. The sales guys really like to crank it. Which is not how I listen …
Beocenter 9500 questions -speaker selection?
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 4, 2011 19:35Hello all, I recently acquired a used BC9500. I'm primarily using it with lab 6000's as a secondary stereo. I'm wondering if there is any way on the unit to switch the passive speaker outputs off and on. Doesn't seem lik…
Beolab 6002 + Beolab 11 or Beolab 8002
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 4, 2011 19:28Hey Rickie, my 2¢. I have the original versions of the BL8000 and 6000. Both will play more than loud enough to annoy your neighbors in an apartment. I feel that the 8000 has a better sound field, when you stand up, the …
46-inch BeoVision 10-46 coming
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 25, 2010 16:51[quote user="mbee"]I also think that an iPod dock is totally useless[/quote] I often dock my iPhone at friend's houses to play whatever new music or playlist I want to share. Don't use it at my own place though - except …
off topic: phillips pronto
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 10, 2009 19:56Hi Sean, I have a pronto and it does support the B&O frequency. It can also use an RF extender to control hidden equipment or trigger screens lowering and so forth. Configuration of the pronto is not exactly easy but I g…
Kanye West: B&O serenata fan
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 31, 2008 17:44yes he has beolab 5's at home - see image here: http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2007/11/kanyes-krib.html
Kanye West: B&O serenata fan
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 30, 2008 21:58http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=211859_-1__0_~0_-1_10_2008_0_0&em3281=&em3161=
Automatic Colour Management added to BV9
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 7, 2008 18:07http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/06/bang-and-olufsens-beovision-9-now-graced-with-automatic-color-ma/ "We are very eager to extend our Automatic Colour Management technology to our flagship plasma and renowned home ente…
beovision 6 and dvi-d!!!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 7, 2008 16:43DVI-I = integrated. Means it carries analog and digital signal. The analog RBG are on the pins that surround the wide blade. So if your set doesn't have those openings, it's not gonna accept an analog signal and pulling …
Beolab 8000 problem
in North America · Apr 19, 2008 11:42I also use Beolab 8000's with the pre-out of a NAD receiver. I also had only one speaker that buzzed as you describe. I took it to the service center and they 'cleaned the input board' or that's what it said on the work …
Refurb/Redec Beo Installation of Lounge
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 12, 2008 22:00I am learning lots of great new terms in here: chippy, sparky, etc. And it's interesting to see how differently houses are built in the UK as compared to canada. Mark, what is the age of your house?
Bang & Olufsen Rises on Report of Possible Takeover Interest
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 23, 2008 16:29Craig: Ford also did a very good job when they took over Land Rover. They spent some serious money on the brand, I know I work there. Lets be honest the previous owners BMW only ever wanted the company for it's 4X4 techn…
Move from Germany to Canada
in North America · Jan 16, 2008 22:42Hi Grant, the digital system in canada is different from the euro system (if you're talking built-in tuner). We have something called ATSC. Around 15 channels over the air here in toronto. But most people use digital cab…
Beomaster 1900 Tape/Phono Line In - low volume
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 31, 2007 02:27I have two 2400's and the volume on the tape input (using a laptop / ipod) is much lower than the radio volume. There's an adjustment inside the beomaster for this but I haven't bothered to fix it. The source does have t…
Samsung's variation of the Serenata: SGH-i450
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 12, 2007 22:01Maybe they will release a 'beyonce' version of the serenata as well. http://uk.gizmodo.com/2007/10/12/beyonce_belts_outs_bphone_mobi.html
Good and bad news in the paper
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 29, 2007 18:57there was a recent article about Skåne in the new york times. Sounds nice " It was like an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog brought to life and fueled by Absolut." http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/travel/19explorer.html
iPod Touch
in Beo-Mac · Sept 19, 2007 10:38you can do this with Signal from alloysoft. It turns your ipod touch or iPhone into a remote control with album art for itunes - which can play through airport express. You have to leave a computer on but this seems like…
Today I got my Beo 5!
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 12, 2007 22:43Only in the B&O bizarro world would people be eager to pay $800 for a remote control that is not programmable to control any other equipment (a feature available for 1/20th this price). To add to the insanity, they won't…