[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

For me the Beosound 5 encore is the worst value for money, it was already abandoned when it hit the market.
Mine still has the factory firmware from 2011, never had an update.

So when I use it is on my guest network so that it doesn’t compromise my regular network

It only plays Beoradio and the music from my Synology NAS, no Deezer, Spotify or Tidal.

And I can connect a Chromecast Audio dongle to it and tuck it away behind it.

But I really like the looks and operation thru the wheels and lever, I never used a remote control with it.

It is beautifully made, but the software is so bad.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

The Portal has thicker cushions as the HX, wich might be more comfy.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

You should report him then.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

I think it indeed depends on what format each radiostation is broadcasting in.

For example the radiostation Soulradio has the following broadcast url’s;

https://listen.soulradio.com/soulradio.pls
[audio src="https://listen.soulradio.com/SOULRADIO.mp3" /]
https://listen.soulradio.com/soulradio-aac.pls
https://listen.soulradio.com/SOULRADIOAAC.aac

We don’t know wich url B&O radio and Tunein are using to put through

But one could assume that B&O uses a higher quality stream if it it availlable.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

I saw in the release notes that it would play Beoradio on bluetooth products.

But I did not got it working.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

Maybe the Beocreate project is something for you, it uses a Raspberry pi.

https://www.hifiberry.com/beocreate/

Use the menu/hamburger in the top-right corner of the webpage

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

Congrats to both

 

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

No way I’d buy a GVA speaker.

I don’t want speakers that are listening 24/7 what is going on in the house.

Just like many people

There’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.

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

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

Volgens mij ging de BS uit, niet de BM.

Ik heb wel eens vernomen dat de BS wel eens te warm wordt.

 

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

They also where main sponsor of the Race of Champions event in Sweden recently, and sponsor of Fernando Alonso.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

Derde test

Edit: editing afterwards works.

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[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

I’m back too!?

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