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
Already done !
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There is a tv - and there is a BV
Funny thing, though - how I would prefer to control the volume depends on where I’d place the speaker.
So...... ;-()
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Present: BL90, Core, BL6000, CD7000, Beogram 7000, Essence Remote.
Past: BL1, BL2, BL8000, BS9000, BL5, BC2, BS5, BV5, BV4-50, Beosystem 3, BL3, DVD1, Beoremote 4, Moment.
Survey done but there are some options missing.
i am very excited what speaker b&o has in mind. I would love a 2nd Gen M3 which can be used in stereo or as rear speakers.
Living room: BeoVision 7 MKV + BeoLab 7-2 + 2x BeoLab 8000 + BeoLab 2 + 2x BeoLab 4000Office / guest room: BV 7-32 MKIV / BL7-1; BeoSound Core + TurntableKitchen: BeoPlay M3Bathroom: Gira Radio + BeoLab CelestialEntrance: BeoPlay M3
Haha what a weird survey! I really wonder where they are in the design process of this new speaker to be asking these two questions specifically. I do however feel like the answers lack some granularity. Like for me I use the volume control on my phone 98% of the time, but for the 2% of the time when I don’t I really do love interacting with the rotary dial on top of the BeoSound 1 & 2; best volume control ever.
They have such a smooth and lovely tactile feel that adds so nicely to the overall personality and quality of the speakers. I also feel that a physical dial is a much more accessible approach; I know in an instant what to reach for and what to do. Grab the dial, turn it and the job is done.
No need to muck around with having to specifically touch a given area of the speaker and so on.
BeoAnna: Haha what a weird survey! I really wonder where they are in the design process of this new speaker to be asking these two questions specifically. I do however feel like the answers lack some granularity. Like for me I use the volume control on my phone 98% of the time, but for the 2% of the time when I don’t I really do love interacting with the rotary dial on top of the BeoSound 1 & 2; best volume control ever. They have such a smooth and lovely tactile feel that adds so nicely to the overall personality and quality of the speakers. I also feel that a physical dial is a much more accessible approach; I know in an instant what to reach for and what to do. Grab the dial, turn it and the job is done. No need to muck around with having to specifically touch a given area of the speaker and so on.
Agree regarding the survey! Also agree regarding BS1 and 2 volume control. Im not too happy with the way M5 volume control works. Also the "tapping" of the upper plate is too wobbly. When I lie in bed and M5 is on my beside table its almost impossible to tap the upper plate to e.g change source.
Livingroom: BL3, BL11, BV11-46 Kitchen: Beosound 1 GVA, Beocom 2 Bathroom: M3 Homeoffice: M3, Beocom 2 Library: Beosound Emerge, Beocom 6000 Bedroom: M5, Essence remote Travel: Beoplay E8 2.0, Beoplay EQ, Beoplay Earset
There must be several different ways of interacting (contolling the volume etc).
We are all different individuals with different needs and we are all in different situations (standing near by the device, laying in bed etc etc), that might require different actions.
B&O - please give us as many options for interacting as possible. The only way to reach more people!
This questionnaire is surely more interesting, imo:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlksFbN6wUmDL4LTPyRkf037oFynNS5MfSahp7IftzIB0J6A/viewform
BS Moment, BS Core, BG 4002, BC 4500, BS1, BL18, BL19, BL8000 + RCV1, A6, M5, M3, A1, P6 (tks Botty), H5, TR1
The best thing about the survey is that it is so short. I agree with those who have said the controls depend on the placement. For the M5, I would prefer both tactile and voice.
B&O in my life 😊:
I don't do instagram so I didn't see the survey. However, from reading the responses here (and being an engineer that has worked with marketing people over the years), it sounds like they are trying to justify app only control vs. on device volume control.
I just did a quick experiment. So I have a Core connected to an iPhone X running beta iOS 14.2 and the only installed app I run are the B&O App and Apple Music App. So this morning, I played TuneIn from my B&O App to the Core. Interestingly, I can use the volume button to control the volume and the lock screen to change stations etc (similar to the Essence Remote). What I didn't realize that I can do now is to increase or reduce the volume as well as pause audio using Siri! Wow, impressive.
Millemissen:There must be several different ways of interacting (contolling the volume etc).
Hey! Just completed your survey. It was really good and I liked the detailed questions in particular. I am into surveys and I like them a lot, so I'm constantly looking for new surveys to complete. I recently found this website, https://www.weareecs.co.uk/social-research-insight/, It allows people from around the world to have discussions online and complete surveys. I suggest you post your survey there so it will be completed by many others.