The guidelines set forth for posting herein specifically prohibit insults. In the following post by Moxxey I was called "naieve" and "daft". I would like to think that personal insults of that type are what the guidelines are designed to prohibit. I submit this report of what is in my opinion a post that offends the posting rules for two reasons.
1. I believe the post should be deleted by the moderators.
2. If the moderators do not believe this post violates the posting guidelines, then that will provide me with clarification of what types of posts are acceptable.
Thank you.
Apple do not produce hi-fi equipment (nor, at this stage, TVs). Buying Apple equipment to handle this side of our requirements isn't an option, so saying "if you want Apple, buy Apple" is plain daft.
Any successful long-term *small* brand does well supporting widely adopted standards. Whilst B&O's rivals (B&W etc) are supporting all available standards, B&O stand firm on not bothering to support one of the market leading streaming standards. And it is one of the market leading. Millions of people are using iPhones, Macs, iPads etc and these people have an iTunes library. Even Windows users.
Most of these people do not have the technical skills nor willpower to starting installing Twonky Media simply to link their iTunes audio to their B&O equipment.
Razlaw, if you're happy that B&O won't support AirPlay, that's completely your call. If you buy a Beosound 5 and prefer this option over other devices, that's also your call. Most of the time though you come across has justifying your purchasing decisions in your head, rather than making any truly valid comments. It's like saying that because you've found a way around something (and installing Twonky Media is just a compromise, really) and it's made you happy, saying you can't see why anyone else would want it is just niave.
As I've mentioned before, I bought a Beosound 5/Master and, frankly, it was one of my worst ever purchasing decisions. I thought it was that bad. I'll admit I was an early adopter, but the software was poor, Master crashed and more. It got my back up and has made me very cautious of committing to the Encore as a result.
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Posted: Mar 19, 9:23 PM [GMT -5]
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