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
Well...against my better judgment, I decided to stick with Bang and Olufsen, I traded in my Beovision 10-46 and bought a new avant 55...wow...great tv....the stand is amazing, great sound, great picture...smarttv platform a disaster, very poor...NO NETFLIX!!!! but all and all, what a great tv.
then I decided to simplify my sound at home, got an A9...very cool design....impressive sound....I should mention...I am a windows phone guy....so guess what....A9 does not work, spotify or no spotify...what an awful experience...this one I regret completely. hard to set up...with the network...oh...and add the detail I cant listen music with it...yeah...
anyway just wanted to share with you guys...still a B&O guy...but...still some really annoying things happening. BTW bought a Sony 65" 4k for downstairs, new model,.......spectacular...wow!
Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), no Subwoofer. Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096Dining Room: Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 4000 on stands, fed by Amazon Echo Show 8Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 1 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55Home Office: Beosystem 3, Beolab 7-4, Beolab 5000, Screen: Sony KD-55XH9005 on Beovision 7-40 stand, ML to Beosound 9000 MK3 and Beosound 5/Beomaster 5 (1 TB SSD version)Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted)
In storage: Beolab 5000/Beomaster 5000 (1960s).
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
About the A9. It's clear that the Beoplay A9 support Airplay and DLNA so if you're phone is one of this it will work great. But if you're did not have of those it would me almost impossible to stream music as most of the brands out there use dlna or Airplay.
if you build in an apple tv in you're avant you will have a great netflix function. if the standard is outdated in a few years just replace the apple tv instead of the whole tv.
The answer from Ralf is correct - but too short!
There are some DLNA app's for the WinPhone platform - in case TDB happens to have his music stored on a NAS on on a pc.
Buying a small (16gb) iPod Touch could 'solve' the problem for now - Spotify Connect....and NetRadio stations (through AirPlay).
It is also nice to know that - if an AppleTV box is connected to the Avant, this can be configured to use the A9 as a speaker (the AirPlay function of it). The A9 probably is in another room.
Further - the A9 has a line-in, which might be used for the headphone output of the WinPhone (or another source).
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
BeoNut since '75
If I were in the same situation as TDB, I would go for an iPod Touch or an iPad Mini.
I would think of it - and use it - as a part of my video/audio system, and use the WinPhone as a phone.
Having a WinPhone does not exclude having a 'controller' for audio/video!
No doubt that the iDevices are better for this.
Using a DLNA app like the 8Player or the (good old) PlugPlayer for more Win-based streaming (including to the BV Avant), and AirPlay for streaming Spotify etc to the A9 (and the ATV.
With regards to the costs for the Avant and the A9, what you would spend for the iDevice is a no-brainer.
TDB:then I decided to simplify my sound at home, got an A9...very cool design....impressive sound....I should mention...I am a windows phone guy....so guess what....A9 does not work, spotify or no spotify...what an awful experience...this one I regret completely. hard to set up...with the network...oh...and add the detail I cant listen music with it...yeah...
Beolab 50, Beolab 8000 x 2, Beolab 4000 x 2, BeoSound Core, BeoSound 9000, BeoSound Century, BeoLit 15, BeoPlay A1, BeoPlay P2, BeoPlay H9 3rd Gen, BeoPlay H6, EarSet 3i, BeoVision Eclipse Gen 2 55", BeoPlay V1-40, BeoCom 6000 and so much else :)
Aussie Michael:How do you send your Apple TV sound to the AirPlay speaker ? What settings do you use?
That is easy to do from the settings menu.
Michael: I would change the phone.
I would change the phone.
Looking forward to see, how the op reacts to that suggestion!
thank you all for all the help, and insightful remarks!...but this is the winner. lumia play to works, not yet with spotify or xbox music...but with MP3..thanks guys.
Btw...the avant is spectacular. wow what a tv. and anybody out there tried the A2...is it worth it?
If you read or search the forum you will see several people have already reported on the A2. Yes, it is worth it in my opinion.
Dave.