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  • #35515
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    If youโ€™re in the U.K. amazon.co.uk is currently offering the aluminum/black Beosound Level for ยฃ749.99, in-stock, and the black Beosound Balance for ยฃ1399.99, 3-left as of June 16, 2022. ย That discount actually seems reasonable, 30-something percent, based off the prices *before* yesterdayโ€™s price hike. ย They also have the A9 4gen black at 1899.99 which is only 20% off. ย (Amazon doesnโ€™t say explicitly, like in their USA listings, but pretty sure these are non-GVA versions becauseโ€ฆ Alexa.)

    [Update: Ended. (sometime late June 17)]

    #35516
    moxxey
    FOUNDER Member

    Q: Does this A9 have Google Assistant?
    Answer: No.ย 

    Youโ€™re right, itโ€™s so hard to find if these Amazon-sold B&O products have GVA, luckily some of the answers and reviews say it does not.

    Personally, I wouldnโ€™t buy a non-GVA version myself. Iโ€™m so used to shouting to the BS2 to tell it to change volume, switch radio stations and so much more. No clue why anyone would want to reach to a device to have to do that manually.

    #35517
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    In the USA, thru June 30, 2022, 20% off any one Beosound Level or Balance, using code โ€œBESTSELLER20โ€ at checkout from the website. ย Depending on which device & color, thatโ€™s $50-100 less than amazon.com sold them for, last year. ย Not as good as importing a Level from the U.K. last week, but if you were planning to buy (say) a white marble Balance anyway,โ€ฆ

    (Note: The footnotes say the code is โ€œunique to youโ€ but it isnโ€™t, of course. ย Also right now if you add a pair of items to your cart they both get discounted.)

    #35518
    Stan
    BRONZE Member

    I just ordered a Balance with the US sales code.ย  I almost bought one a few times over the years, but with the most recent price hike, I thought it may finally be out of reach.ย  20% brought it down below the price I last almost bought it so why not?ย  Letโ€™s hope I like it.

    #35519
    Mbee
    BRONZE Member

    I bought a Level at ยฃ749, it cost me 892โ‚ฌ after all import tax for France. Nice price. Itโ€™s the non GVA version. I had read somewhere (surely here) that there was something more in a non-GVA compared to GVA but I canโ€™t remember!

    #35520
    Stan
    BRONZE Member

    At least with the Balance, the GVA version cannot distribute line-in audio to Multi-Room.ย  Iโ€™d assume the same for the Level given they are both Mozart.

    #35521

    No way Iโ€™d buy a GVA speaker.

    I donโ€™t want speakers that are listening 24/7 what is going on in the house.

    Just like many people

    Thereโ€™s a switch at the bottom to turn off the microphone, but then the software is still there.

    Nothing against stretching my arm to turn a volume wheel or touch a preset button.

    Thatโ€™s just the charm of having a Beosound 5, 9000, Moment, Beogram etc. to operate it on the device itself.

    Location: Netherlands
    #35522
    Sandyb
    BRONZE Member

    agreed, and the argument that you may already have a device or two that is capable of listening (i.e your phone) is not an argument for bringing in a bunch more.

    Especially one based on a Google platform.

    ย 

    #35523
    Mbee
    BRONZE Member

    By the wayโ€ฆ Do you know if the plug part of the Level power outlet can be bought somewhere ? I have a UK plug and need a EU plugโ€ฆ

    #35524
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    Not an answer, but hereโ€™s what I was planning to do:

    The plug part comes in a little white cardboard box, stuffed into the perf-ed slot in the corrugated. ย That has a part number on it. ย I was planning to ask my dealer to look it up, then plus/minus-1 to see if the other countries were sequential part#s. ย Then is that part actually orderable, separately from the power supply as an assembly?

    After that, harder would be looking for another OEM of Dee Van Enterprise Co. Ltd. DSA-45PDH. ย But when google didnโ€™t come up with anything, I just decided to let it stick out of the wall farther on a crummy $6 adapter plug! ย Unaesthetic, but hey, the original U.K. plug is pretty clunky all by itself! ย Maybe I could spray the adapter Forest Brownโ€ฆ

    #35525
    Mbee
    BRONZE Member

    thanks trackbeo,

    In fact I donโ€™t need this adapter as Iโ€™m charging the Level either with an Anker 521 charger (which does the job perfectly (45W is enough), has 2 outputs and is 2x more compact than the B&O charger, either with my Lenovo PC USB-C charger! But Iโ€™ll be glad to be able to use this charger as another USB-C โ€œcharge everythingโ€ charger for my home.

    #35526
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    B&O is discounting the H95 Nordic Ice by 30% on their website.ย  Enter code โ€œBEOPLAYH9530โ€ in cart.ย  Thru 7/31/2022.ย  Supposedly only 1 product purchase, supposedly US/Canada only.

    #35527
    moxxey
    FOUNDER Member

    SportPursuit was offering 50% off a range of B&O products recently โ€“ I bought a pair of HX for ยฃ244.

    #35528
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    Now thru 8/5/2022 B&O is reprising (see above) their โ€œBESTSELLER20โ€ website item sale 20% off Level or Balance (USA & Canada).

    #35529
    Curly
    BRONZE Member

    Apparently, raising prices and then offering sales more frequently is the new marketing strategy.

    Two sales in two months, basicallyโ€ฆ And not during end-of-year holidaysโ€ฆ

    #35530
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    Beosound A1 2nd-gen available at verizon.com for USD 150. ย Black and grey only, while supplies last. ย Thatโ€™s a decent price; wish I wanted a Bluetooth speaker:

    https://www.verizon.com/products/bang-and-olufsen-beosound-a1-2nd-gen-portable-bluetooth-speaker-with-voice-assist/

    Notes: (i) amazon.com has not-quite-so-good prices, $205 for black and $181 for grey. (ii) These resellersโ€™ website โ€œdiscount percentagesโ€ are all calculated from $250, i.e. before the most-recent 10% gratuitous price increase, as @Curly alludes to above. ย (iii) Verizon is just getting rid of A1 from its line-up. ย [EDIT: [[Those of you who remember the Verizon-custom (fewer drivers) Beosound Stage will notice itโ€™s no longer available.]] back on Verizonโ€™s website again, $999 as usual.] ย Looks like they are keeping the Explore, Level, and Beolit 20, which remain at (pre-gratuitous-increase) list prices of $199, $1499, & $529 respectively.

    [Edit: sale ended August 31. ย They did keep the product (back at $250) on the website.]

    #35531
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    In the USA & Canada, Beoplay EQ have a 25% discount, code โ€œBEOPLAYEQ25โ€, on the company website, thru August 14. [Edit: extended thru 8/18]

    #35532
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    H95 in light pink (OK, โ€œNordic Iceโ€) are 25% off thru 8/18 โ€” in USA/CA at least while supplies last, because they are out of stock in UK & EU. ย (Not as good as their 30% code discount last month, but available to all; maybe they donโ€™t think they need to give up the extra 45 bucks to sell thru the straggler stock.)

    #35533
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    H95 in โ€œNordic Iceโ€ is now 35% off thru 9/12 โ€” USA/CA only, website only, code โ€œFLASHSALEโ€. ย Code also temporarily rolls back some gratuitous recent price increases by modest discounts on Beolit (18%), Level in alu/black (20%), and any Stage (10%). ย (The speaker colors which were also available sold-by amazon.com reflect the same prices today.)

    #35534
    Curly
    BRONZE Member

    Thank you for posting this. For some reason, I did not receive the email announcement from B&O so I appreciated finding this here, Trackbeo.

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