Another store bites the dust..

B&O / Palm Beach, FL.  Tiny shop in CityPlace.   If you can't survive in ultra wealthy Palm Beach, where can you??

I remain optimistic - plenty here tell me everything is still tickety-boo. 

MediaBobNY:

B&O / Palm Beach, FL.  Tiny shop in CityPlace.   If you can't survive in ultra wealthy Palm Beach, where can you??

That is incredible. Similar to St Paul's in London or Bath here in South West UK - so many people who live here are your typical B&O customer. 50-something, lots of spare cash, likes tradition, etc.

Puncher:

plenty here tell me everything is still tickety-boo.

Translation for us Yanks:  'hunky-dory'

p.s. - Happy 4th of July! every....  err... some of us..    (no darn fireworks emoticon?)

MediaBobNY:

Translation for us Yanks: 'hunky-dory'

p.s. - Happy 4th of July! every.... err... some of us.. (no darn fireworks emoticon?)

🎆 🎇

Thanks mate..

The other store in Florida is in Gulfstream Park, the shopping center outside the racetrack and casino in Hallandale Beach.

I saw the Coming of the End when they moved from a much larger space up the block.  A store smaller than your average Manhattan studio apartment just doesn't project the proper ambiance, not to mention makes it impossible to demonstrate large speakers.

 

 

We popped in there a few years ago. Very nice chap but the shopping centre just didn’t say hi end audio to be honest.

Apart from the Beolab 50s, they’ve got nothing I want anymore.

Chris Townsend:

We popped in there a few years ago. Very nice chap but the shopping centre just didn’t say hi end audio to be honest.

Apart from the Beolab 50s, they’ve got nothing I want anymore.

More concerning, they’ve got nothing new to entice people anymore. I’m sure I’m right in saying we’ve gone an entire year without a release or rumour?

I remember us discusssing the Eclipse months (from Easter 2017?) before it was officially announced. No one is discussing anything now. It’s a round-robin discussion of old products, updates and whether we should buy them or not!

moxxey:

More concerning, they’ve got nothing new to entice people anymore. I’m sure I’m right in saying we’ve gone an entire year without a release or rumour?

I remember us discusssing the Eclipse months (from Easter 2017?) before it was officially announced. No one is discussing anything now. It’s a round-robin discussion of old products, updates and whether we should buy them or not!

I went into the local store the other day and it felt so vacant.

Granted in design speak they are making use of their white space but there is not enough products.

@Michael H.

@Moxxey

Sadly for me the vibe has gone; maybe others as well.

What surprises me the most is that when I meet my dealer he doesn’t bother talking about the current range.

When the Eclipse 1.500 € offer was available, not a word.

Years ago I always had a few phone calls about the new products or special offers, now it’s nada since a long time ago (since the BV11 offer I believe).

elephant:

@Michael H.

 

@Moxxey

 

Sadly for me the vibe has gone; maybe others as well.

I think it's obviously safe to say I agree with you.

moxxey:

More concerning, they’ve got nothing new to entice people anymore. I’m sure I’m right in saying we’ve gone an entire year without a release or rumour?

I remember us discusssing the Eclipse months (from Easter 2017?) before it was officially announced. No one is discussing anything now. It’s a round-robin discussion of old products, updates and whether we should buy them or not!

A SoundBar and a new audio streamer / interface to replace the Moment are possibly coming, and the successor to BeoLab 3.

A SoundBar with a motorized stand/base and a pole with Vesa compliant adapters to attach any TV (BYOTV concept) would probably bring in new customers to invest in B&O audio , the competence they still have left!

Some will argue that it would not be a B&O design, to which I would argue that B&O has unimaginative, incompetent and innovation-deprived designers!

BL 3 replacement in the price segment that's somewhere there in the BL18 ballpark, with the audio principles of BL90 & 50 – oh yes, thank you! A BeoLab 30.

As for an audio hub, I would even go for a BS Core in a nice aluminum (B&O style) housing I'd like to have on display. Maybe with micro-perforated aluminum top or front to show the source that's playing – in simple B&O style. The brand and design should be shown, not a plastic box you want to hide! I really liked the tactile aluminum of BeoCenter 2. To suggest I should drive a pair of BeoLab 50 or future BL30 with a hide-it-away BS Core is an insult to what B&O used to be. A Google Wifi Mesh AP is better designed than the BS Core and something I like to have on display. It's also subtly informative with its lights!

All of these would interest me: someone who hasn't been inspired to buy any new B&O since BeoVision 11 – but someone who's owned most of their 90's - 2000's products up to BeoVision 11.

Maybe I'm in the minority, and B&O is doing fine with their current crop of new customers & the products they offer today.

B&O Play FTW! /s

If you read my post right, I'm pissed because I'm still passionate about B&O. They were an integral, delightful part of my daily life for over 20 years – with must-have (lust-have) products every year during that time. And it all just worked & brought immense joy & entertainment to me – Like No One Else (today, that's just a tagline).

KMA:

If you read my post right, I'm pissed because I'm still passionate about B&O. They were an integral, delightful part of my daily life for over 20 years – with must-have (lust-have) products every year during that time. And it all just worked & brought immense joy & entertainment to me – Like No One Else (today, that's just a tagline). KMA

B&O product history since 1991: Ridiculously long to list in a signature.

“Lust-have products”. I like that

KMA:

A SoundBar and a new audio streamer / interface to replace the Moment are possibly coming, and the successor to BeoLab 3.

A SoundBar with a motorized stand/base and a pole with Vesa compliant adapters to attach any TV (BYOTV concept) would probably bring in new customers to invest in B&O audio , the competence they still have left!

Some will argue that it would not be a B&O design, to which I would argue that B&O has unimaginative, incompetent and innovation-deprived designers!

BL 3 replacement in the price segment that's somewhere there in the BL18 ballpark, with the audio principles of BL90 & 50 – oh yes, thank you! A BeoLab 30.

As for an audio hub, I would even go for a BS Core in a nice aluminum (B&O style) housing I'd like to have on display. Maybe with micro-perforated aluminum top or front to show the source that's playing – in simple B&O style. The brand and design should be shown, not a plastic box you want to hide! I really liked the tactile aluminum of BeoCenter 2. To suggest I should drive a pair of BeoLab 50 or future BL30 with a hide-it-away BS Core is an insult to what B&O used to be. A Google Wifi Mesh AP is better designed than the BS Core and something I like to have on display. It's also subtly informative with its lights!

All of these would interest me: someone who hasn't been inspired to buy any new B&O since BeoVision 11 – but someone who's owned most of their 90's - 2000's products up to BeoVision 11.

Maybe I'm in the minority, and B&O is doing fine with their current crop of new customers & the products they offer today.

B&O Play FTW! /s KMA

B&O product history since 1991: Ridiculously long to list in a signature.

They could do a cover on the core a la speaker grilles like they have done for Bentley

St Pauls isn't exactly the same. When that mall opened there were a lot of high-end shops which have subsequently closed in favour of cheaper options. I don't know if the rent was simply to high because the owners got greedy. I guess they thought there was a big enough market near the stock exchange to justify high rents but most people working in that area who do shopping during their lunch-hour are more likely to be on £40k than £400k. Now it's mostly bog standard clothes places and a few bars/restaurants for the after-work crowd.

KMA:

A SoundBar and a new audio streamer / interface to replace the Moment are possibly coming, and the successor to BeoLab 3.

1.

A SoundBar with a motorized stand/base and a pole with Vesa compliant adapters to attach any TV (BYOTV concept) would probably bring in new customers to invest in B&O audio , the competence they still have left!

Some will argue that it would not be a B&O design, to which I would argue that B&O has unimaginative, incompetent and innovation-deprived designers!

2.

BL 3 replacement in the price segment that's somewhere there in the BL18 ballpark, with the audio principles of BL90 & 50 – oh yes, thank you! A BeoLab 30.

3.

As for an audio hub, I would even go for a BS Core in a nice aluminum (B&O style) housing I'd like to have on display. Maybe with micro-perforated aluminum top or front to show the source that's playing – in simple B&O style. The brand and design should be shown, not a plastic box you want to hide! I really liked the tactile aluminum of BeoCenter 2. To suggest I should drive a pair of BeoLab 50 or future BL30 with a hide-it-away BS Core is an insult to what B&O used to be. A Google Wifi Mesh AP is better designed than the BS Core and something I like to have on display. It's also subtly informative with its lights!

All of these would interest me: someone who hasn't been inspired to buy any new B&O since BeoVision 11 – but someone who's owned most of their 90's - 2000's products up to BeoVision 11.

Maybe I'm in the minority, and B&O is doing fine with their current crop of new customers & the products they offer today.

B&O Play FTW! /s KMA

B&O product history since 1991: Ridiculously long to list in a signature.

I numbered the key “products” you identified;

I rate them as follows:

1. I would interested ... IFF it was simple to implement / configure for a range of “monitor” like panels ... I have been holding back from going Loewe simply be cause of a lack of time to invest in gaining skills and making it all work seamlessly for the family

2. I absolutely would be interested; but ouch on your price guess — but I’d still do it.

3. Less interested — with a BLC + Essence Mark II + Core Mark I there would need to be significant functional enhancements, not just aesthetics / design.