Posts by redfresnel (archived)
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Beosound 8 is dumb
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 25, 2011 08:31[quote user="bayerische"] [quote user="redfresnel"] [quote user="bayerische"] [quote user="jc"] Isn't internet-radio-listening by an iPhone limited by the "fair use policy" of your telecom provider? And listening radio w…
Beosound 8 is dumb
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 25, 2011 04:59[quote user="bayerische"] [quote user="jc"] Isn't internet-radio-listening by an iPhone limited by the "fair use policy" of your telecom provider? And listening radio wit an iPod is not possible at all, or am I missing s…
Ripping formats for Beosound5
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 25, 2011 04:48The problem is that the people who create those programs don't realize how many users are really Mac users and they sometimes explain that it is expensive or too time consuming to do Mac versions of their programs. An ex…
Beosound 8 is dumb
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2011 16:54Sorry, my bad. :) Since the word "internet" was not associated with radio stations earlier i thought he was talking about normal radio reception which can also be done with iPods etc. :) Sorry guys.
Beosound 8 is dumb
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2011 16:32This may be off-topic but don't you need earphones connected to the iDevice to be used as an antenna for receiving (wider range of) stations? Or is there something on BS8 that is used for radio reception?
Ripping formats for Beosound5
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2011 16:24[quote user="Carolpa"] Foobar is freeware. And there is nothing wrong with it. (I use both OS and my machines are working fine) [/quote] I didn't say there's something wrong with the program. I said the OS it was made to…
Ripping formats for Beosound5
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2011 12:55[quote user="alenvprekrsku"] [quote user="redfresnel"] Which player would you recommend instead of iTunes? If there's a better one i'd like to know, or do you just use something else because iTunes is made by Apple? [/qu…
Ripping formats for Beosound5
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2011 08:13Which player would you recommend instead of iTunes? If there's a better one i'd like to know, or do you just use something else because iTunes is made by Apple?
B&O TV and DNLA
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2011 06:00[quote user="beolion"] But why is it that B&O does not support DNLA in any of their TV's? [/quote] "The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a non-profit collaborative trade organization established by Sony in June …
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 22, 2011 07:51I mean, have those people who talk about volumes over 100db at home ever attended a live concert, like ever? :)
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 22, 2011 07:02Why do you want to play at 110db?
B&O fan from Slovenia
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 21, 2011 17:02Hello, Nice collection you're having! I may be missing something from earlier posts but i just would like to know why wanted to cover your beautiiful equipment? -Olli
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 21, 2011 08:13[quote user="Tim"] [quote user="redfresnel"]..The BS8 was standing on some kind of pedestal,[/quote] In that case it needs full bass power - the switch is hidden in the back of the beosound "back-compartment" - the funny…
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 21, 2011 08:07[quote user="chris"] I took my wife there for her birthday some years back on a 99p Ryanair flight, and Tampere was on the list. She wasn't quite expecting the "Big T i t s" bar but i insisted we venture in just to make …
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 19, 2011 07:41Yes, i did use my own music and tried different docks with the very same files. Sure it is! You've been there? Such a nice place. :)
A8 subsitutes needed - Help!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 19, 2011 06:54[quote user="Affineur"] These are the best I am aware of. They totally block out all ambient sound. They also make a model that allows some ambient in. http://ultimateears.com/en-us/products/18-pro [/quote] 1350usd, phew…
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 19, 2011 06:49[quote user="Tim"] [quote user="Alex"]or that the position switch was incorrect[/quote] That could easily be the case - with a decent MP3 at 320Kb and direct comparasion the Beosound should easily win against the competi…
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 18, 2011 13:29[quote user="tournedos"] My view is that patent applications for silly little obvious things shouldn't be accepted to begin with, but that's US patent office for you... [/quote] Agreed. :)
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 18, 2011 12:30[quote user="Step1"] [quote user="tournedos"] [quote user="redfresnel"]the first one explained that B&O didn't get some kind of license from Apple (?) to do a rotary control.[/quote] I wouldn't be surprised at all if App…
Beosound 8 quality
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 18, 2011 12:14[quote user="Tim"] [quote user="redfresnel"]i think the sound spectrum of BS8 is quite thin[/quote] I am not sure, that I got the meaning of this sentence right, but if it means that the sound quality of the Beosound 8 i…