ARCHIVED FORUM -- March 2012 to February 2022READ ONLY FORUM
This is the second Archived Forum which was active between 1st March 2012 and 23rd February 2022
Many members here are not newcomers to the field of audio event, although it stands out especially with the advent of the new Avant how many are still well aware of rising new technologies. Is this because of the Internet? Obsession, advertising, other channels, the B & O magazine… Or has it somehow something to do with your occupation?
I am a retired Electrical/Computer Engineer. Started playing with audio in the mid 70s. And on to running the IT - TeleCommunication department for 39 years in a Hospital. Used to be an audiophile until I discovered that I really liked music more than the equipment. As an engineer, I was always attracted to the quality approach Bang Olufsen used in construction. Then I made finally the step towards B&O, for quality, design and simplicity. Regular visits to my dealer and dealers of other brands, the miracle of the internet keep me up to date with regard to new technologies.
"Believe nothing you read and only half of what you see, let your ears tell you the truth."
Director of New Media across various international (US, UK, AU, SE, NL, IE) technology publishers (magazine and online). I should know what I'm talking about, but am far less 'hands on' than I was a few years ago :)
It is my occupation to keep ahead of the curve
BeoNut since '75
Hi,
I work at Bang & Olufsen in Struer in the Acoustics Department helping to develop our loudspeakers and television audio. This means that it\'s my job to not only keep up with new technologies, but to create them... :-)
cheers
- geoff
Geoff Martin:Hi, I work at Bang & Olufsen in Struer in the Acoustics Department helping to develop our loudspeakers and television audio. This means that it\'s my job to not only keep up with new technologies, but to create them... :-) cheers - geoff
30 years working within Bang &Olufsen brand, starting as apprentice TV engineer - service manager - service director - store owner.
It's not really a job, more of a hobby, hanging out with like minded people....
Beovision 12 65, Beovision 11 55 Mk II, Beoplay V1 40, Beosound 5 Encore, Beolab 9,beolab 18, Beolab 19, Beoplay A8, Beoplay A9
4 beolab 5, beolab 9, beolab 10, beolab 5000, beolab 8000 mk2, beolab 6002, beolab 3500, beovision 7 55 mk2, 2 beovision 11 46 mk4, beotime, beosound ouverture, beosound essence, beoplay A8, beomaster 900 RG de luxe and the collection continues...
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
Electrical engineer by training, now sales in hi-tech (the bleeding edge of IT). Surrounded by technology the entire day, but B&O is just pure pleasure aesthetically and hifi-wise. Keep up with technology by consuming a lot of it, and doing a lot of research before buying it.
BV11-55, BS9000, BL1, BL19, Transmitter 1, Beo4, Beocom 6000, BeoTalk1 200, Sennheiser HD600, McIntosh MHA100
Thank you all, for the very nice reactions...
Stay at home dad of one, with a lot of time on my hands as she still naps twice a day
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we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Mark:the more I learn the more I realise I don't know anything
A friend of mine says "The larger the spotlight, the greater the perimeter of the unknown..."
-g
Pharmacist.
Geek mostly so I keep up with RSS feeds of interesting sites throughout the day.
Designer of vehicles . I'm not sure I do keep up with technologies other than for work . There must be loads of potential in our V1 I've not tapped into. It was installed by the shop . This forum makes me do a google of some technologies now and again.
Beo Century ,Beoplay V1, Beocenter 6, Ex-Beolit 12, Beotime , A8. Beolit 15 , Form 2i , Beolab 2000, Beoplay A3.Beosound 1
sr. Project Support Lead, responsible for standard builds at 4 factories of Honeywell Safety Systems worldwide and 37 years of service for this excellent company.
Mainly I keep myself busy training and giving support to technicians over 4 factories wordwide (Houston US, Sofia Bulgaria, Tianjin China and Pune India). Unfortanetely Waterford Ireland factory has been moved to Sofia. Spend lots of times in Ireland, beautiful country. Besides that I keep myself busy doing modifications at Oil refineries and Petrochemical industries all over the world.
Brengen & Ophalen
Structural engineer
Read Sound and Vision magazine.
Dom
2x BeoSystem 3, BeoSystem 5000, BeoSystem 6500, 2x BeoMaster 7000, 2 pair of BeoLab Penta mk2, AV 7000, Beolab 4000, BeoSound 4000, Playmaker, BeoLab 2500, S-45, S-45.2, RL-140, CX-50, C-75, 3x CX-100, 3x MCL2 link rooms, 3x Beolab 2000, M3, P2, Earset, A8 earphones, A3, 2x 4001 relay, H3, H3 ANC, H6, 2014 Audi S5 with B&O sound, and ambio
Full Time: Electrical/Electronic Engineer. I keep up to date by general research and reading various Electronics periodicals and newsletters that arrive in my inbox regularly.
Part Time: reviewer for Hi-Fi News magazine. I keep up to date by reading press releases and pestering manufacturers/designers.
Rest of the Time: Vinyl, Loudspeaker and Bang & Olufsen obsessive. I keep up to date by buying broken stuff and servicing/restoring/repairing it!
I have worked in a B&O shop of one sort or another fro around 30years.
Main source of knowledge....
B E O W O R L D ;-)
I am a Building constructor.
I have been interested in new technology since I was a child. I once wanted to become an Electronics engineer (or something like that) - but ended up working with buildings.I keep up with new technology by surfing the internet, reading magazines - and talking to some tech-nerds I know 😉
-and offcourse... reading the postings on Beoworld... 😊
(and I can still not figure out why the Beoworld smilies are not working with my browser anymore...they did until half a year ago...)
I can't keep up with you, guys
I am just an ordinary stray cat - look to the left for my 'selfie'.
And I am 'blond' too - or rather used to be!
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
More 'used to be' - it's an old picture, you know
elephant: It is my occupation to keep ahead of the curve
OK ... I was flippant with my original reply and you are all being serious.
So ... I am a management consulting partner in Fortune top 20 company - and I advise clients of strategy and how to transform their organisations.
I stay on top of the job through endless internal newsletters, brown bag training, and conference calls at very inconvenient hours around midnight.
I stay on top of the industry through my LinkedIN feeds, Ars Technica and SlashDot.
I stay on top of my hobbies by Beoworld, my Facebook feeds including B&O and BeoPlay, and MacRumors, and a local newspaper insert called the "Green Paper" that used to be useful for something more than a bin liner.
I am also on numerous mailing lists: genealogy for two countries, email newsletters from industry bodies and my competitors, and various associations.
I also monitor the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Australian equivalent -- I used to keep track of UK as well but find there are not enough hours in the day !
I am an mechanical engineer, in the printing industries, as I am nearly retired I dont keep up with the development there anymore, but I did as long as I had to. As for B&O I stay uneducated, and keep to the older audio equipment, but must admit that once in a while I play a cd on a BG CD50, my wife prefer the Beosound 3000.
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
I am a management consultant and I keep up with technologies concerning B&O primarily through this website and news feeds from Bang & Olufsen. Then, of course Google is your friend and through my work I get in contact with new technologies, both through chatting with colleagues / clients but ask from newsletters etc. I read a lot...
I work as a management consultant where my areas of expertise concerns Innovation and Production development strategies / organisations as well as transformation projects (PMI) within Finance and IT.
My B&O products: Beosound 9000, Beosound 2300, Beosound Century, Beolab 8000, Beolab 6000, Beolab 4000 x2, Beolab 3500, Beolab 2000, Beolab 10, Beolink Active x2, Beotime, Beo5 x2, Beo4, A9 keyring x2, LC2 dimmer x6 and growing....
I'm in charge of innovations at a software company - basically that's kinda like R&D but we work mostly on bespoke bleeding edge stuff and thus all we do, we have to invent ourselves. I just try and help materialize both my own ideas but also those of our developers who are too busy or too introvert to mature their ideas themselves.
I trained as an audio engineer and worked as such for a number of years. I don't really care what label is on stuff. As long as I think it sounds good: I'm in. Aesthetics are added benefits rather than a requirement, but fortunately the two often go hand in hand.:)
I keep up to date with IT via work, but for audio through friends mostly, several of whom have both the time and dedication to trawl everything they can about interesting nerdy things. I find information on my own need to know basis.
Wow some nice jobs here! It's pretty cool to have some understanding of Beoworld members we are all talking / writing to on the site.
With appreciation,Chris
Nuclear Physcist and part time Molecular Biologist with an interest in metaphysical neurology.
I subscribe to the usual tech mags for the discerning intellectual , Viz and The Beano being among my faves.
Who would have figured that out
My profession is sound designer within the audio post of film and television, with past withtin music recording, public address and electronic repair.How I ended up with B&O ? well it is descirbed as a real history on my profile.I keep up with news on internet, mostly hardware sites.I get more and more vintage over time, due to the technical cutlure of china, that things never last more then 2-3 years. Its waste of our natureresources and destryes the ethics of inspire the few that tries so hard to develop quality, like B&O
My re-capped M75 are my precious diamonds.
Millemissen: Who would have figured that out MM
It's an official bang and olufsen resource
BE AN O
As Chris suggested in the beolab 5 + avant thread:
Chris Townsend:I feel a "Prove your profession with a selfie" thread on the horizon.
Wouter