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The Essence has now been out for some months.
I saw that the BeMusic app has been updated just recently.
Anyone out there, who wants to share his/her experiences with the Essence - and especially with the app?
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Also ich habe die Essence. Naja, nicht schlecht. Den Knopf habe ich an die Wand getackert... meine Frau weiss gar nicht was das ist... ;-). Aber ob es notwendig war weiss ich nicht. Eine große Verbesserung zu Playmaker sehe ich nicht, außer dass man Spotyfy und Internetradio mit hat. Die App finde ich unmöglich - komme immer noch nicht klar. Bei mir läuft die Essence über BL5 und BL3.... sowie Masterlink. Der Klang ist natürlich gut. Viel interessanter finde ich meine Olive One... schönes Spielzeug in Glas und Aluminium.
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Iceman10245: Viel interessanter finde ich meine Olive One... schönes Spielzeug in Glas und Aluminium.
Viel interessanter finde ich meine Olive One... schönes Spielzeug in Glas und Aluminium.
Kann man das jetzt kaufen? Ich dachte, das war noch in Vorbestellung.
Can you already buy it? I thought this was still in pre-order.
"Believe nothing you read and only half of what you see, let your ears tell you the truth."
Did I miss something? We've switched to German? :)
i bought the Essence remote to use with my PM and the only button which currently works is the 'off' button. Volume, obviously. I can't get it to move between tracks, which sort of defeats the reason for having the remote!
Ich weiss es nicht... ich habe damals zu den"Unterstützern" gehört und habe die Olive One Ende April erhalten. Jetzt werden ständig Updates eingespielt. Interessant ist, dass es ein "offenes" System ist und viele interessante Funktionen möglich sind. Z.B. bei Internetradio eine Aufzeichnungsfunktion in Vorbereitung. Ich habe das Gerät mit einer 1TB Festplatte.
@Moxxey - if you speak/read germen and english, you sometimes don't even notice that you have switched.
I began my post in english, and I intend to stay with (and expect) the english language in this thread.
By the way - I would prefer that the thread would be about the Essence and the BeoMusic app!
The Olive One might be interesting, but I would prefer to read about it in another thread.
There must be more Beoworlders, who have bought the Essence, or at least had a chance to play a bit around with it and the app.
moxxey: Did I miss something? We've switched to German? :) i bought the Essence remote to use with my PM and the only button which currently works is the 'off' button. Volume, obviously. I can't get it to move between tracks, which sort of defeats the reason for having the remote!
That's interesting as I can skip tracks forward and back on my PM using the arrow keys on my Beo4.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Millemissen: @Moxxey - if you speak/read germen and english, you sometimes don't even notice that you have switched. I began my post in english, and I intend to stay with (and expect) the english language in this thread. By the way - I would prefer that the thread would be about the Essence and the BeoMusic app! The Olive One might be interesting, but I would prefer to read about it in another thread.
It was in another thread! Looks as if Chris unconciously switches languages and threads at the same time!
Graham
My sincere apologies, in my country they speak three languages, and sometimes I forgot that another does not. Hopefully I did not offend anyone.
I just played a bit with it at a dealer, and should get a sample from B&O press as soon as they can get RJ45>Powerlink (DIN) cables so that I can test it with my Beolabs...
First thing I have to say is that the app doesn't look to be of "B&O quality" at the moment : it's quite confusing, commands are small on the large screen of an iPad, there's no magic, there's no "B&O-studied-ergonomic" user interface. It's just an app that do it's job, and nothing more. Nowadays, some apps can download fullscreen pictures of your artist in the background when you browse by artist, here everything is gray... I think it's a good start, but Sonos and others have already done a lot of iterations to perfect their apps, where B&O looks like a beginner...
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Thanks mbee,
That is sad, I think - I had expected more/different.
On the screenshots of the app on the app store there seems to be coverpics (of some kind) to see in the interface.
Guess I'll have to take my iPad Mini with me next time I'm near a B&O store.
Yes, you have the covers, which is the minimum you can hope for... But you don't have anything that "stands out", that makes you think that you're in front of a "designer app"... That's the current problem of B&O : how to keep the "mecanical/craftmanship/ergonomic" tradition of B&O in the digital world ...