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PhilLondon: ... and as we can see on the pic, they are completely wireless
... and as we can see on the pic, they are completely wireless
And one reason why they are primarily made of wood :)
Not sure too about the new BeoLab.
I like the wood and aluminium association, but i thought that the form would be a little different from the original 8000. Something like a "high heel" form as Roger said before.
stefan: bayerische: imac: McCartney... could B&O have picked anyone more out of date? I don't want to be mean, but you are right. Trying to get hip with the youngsters I presume. LOL The first picture looks promising... Are these 3 separate speakers??? Could the first one even be a new Beolab 5 killer??? "Redefining an icon" ! They could have asked John Mayer and recorded the show directly at the Farm in Struer. He`s playing anyway tonight just about 30 miles away....and I will be there...:-) BTW: not too sure about the "new 8003"... Stefan
bayerische: imac: McCartney... could B&O have picked anyone more out of date? I don't want to be mean, but you are right. Trying to get hip with the youngsters I presume. LOL The first picture looks promising... Are these 3 separate speakers??? Could the first one even be a new Beolab 5 killer??? "Redefining an icon" !
imac: McCartney... could B&O have picked anyone more out of date?
McCartney... could B&O have picked anyone more out of date?
I don't want to be mean, but you are right.
Trying to get hip with the youngsters I presume. LOL
The first picture looks promising... Are these 3 separate speakers???
Could the first one even be a new Beolab 5 killer??? "Redefining an icon" !
They could have asked John Mayer and recorded the show directly at the Farm in Struer.
He`s playing anyway tonight just about 30 miles away....and I will be there...:-)
BTW: not too sure about the "new 8003"...
Stefan
Now there's a thought!
Too long to list....
I was hoping something small and robust... The 8003 looks strange in my eyes... But have to see it in proper pics still.
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
The official pics are not revealed on the Bang olufsen website.
Maybe tomorrow, or the october 30th, date of the official availability in the shops !
Strange they get everybody to come to the website and they put the pics 2 weeks later!
Beoworld app with direct photo upload and emoticons.
PhilLondon: Strange they get everybody to come to the website and they put the pics 2 weeks later!
I couldn't get on the Q&A. I just got a server error, here ("System.InvalidOperationException")! Not seen anything apart from the preview pics, earlier. Talk about a stealth announcement :)
I think I will stick with my BL 8000s...
Beovision 11-55, Beovision 10-46, Beovision 7-40, Beocenter 6-23, Beosound 9000, Beolab 18, Beolab 19, 2xBeolab 3, Beolab 8000, Beolab 6000, Beolab 2, Beocom 6000, Beosound 3, Playmaker
Release new (vague) product related news before announcing (not that good) financial results.
... wait for 2 weeks
Get a Beatle to speak about his new album; show a new product in background.
... still wait 2 weeks before releasing news about the actual products.
Marketing poeple... sometimes you just want to inflict some pain on them :P :P :P
Now, it's official, from the Bang Olufsen Living Room Tour Website :
« The live Q&A with Paul McCartney may have ended but, as we build-up to the 30th October unveiling of our groundbreaking new speakers, Bang & Olufsen will bring you edited highlights of the interview (...) »
Karel, you were right !
Steph: Now, it's official, from the Bang Olufsen Living Room Tour Website : « The live Q&A with Paul McCartney may have ended but, as we build-up to the 30th October unveiling of our groundbreaking new speakers, Bang & Olufsen will bring you edited highlights of the interview (...) » Karel, you were right !
If I was a marketeer I would have done the same thing But since I'm not...
Another 15 sleepless nights!
koning:Another 15 sleepless nights!
kuyttendaele: Steph: Now, it's official, from the Bang Olufsen Living Room Tour Website : « The live Q&A with Paul McCartney may have ended but, as we build-up to the 30th October unveiling of our groundbreaking new speakers, Bang & Olufsen will bring you edited highlights of the interview (...) » Karel, you were right ! If I was a marketeer I would have done the same thing But since I'm not...
I wonder how many non-B&O customers watched it ............. very, very few I would imagine! I hope he did it for a free pair of speakers and didn't cost a fortune!!!
Ban boring signatures!
Puncher:I wonder how many non-B&O customers watched it ............. very, very few I would imagine! I hope he did it for a free pair of speakers and didn't cost a fortune!!!
To be fair, how many run-of-the-mill B&O customers are going to have logged on at 2pm on a working day and sit there hoping to see a preview of new B&O tech? Seriously? I couldn't even get on, for example.
So, nothing on the new sub?
BeoGreg:Now we need a wooden Beovision...
I have one - BeoVision Avant.
Come and get it!
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Gatex:......By the way the alt lense is way to high. If you have low seats its less sound.
Especially for a chinese.
moxxey: PhilLondon: ... and as we can see on the pic, they are completely wireless And one reason why they are primarily made of wood :)
Didn't you notice the solar panel on the backside ☀
It is the eco-version.
Millemissen: Gatex:......By the way the alt lense is way to high. If you have low seats its less sound. Especially for a chinese. MM
and the little mars ian humanoids , fail design. The wood appliance you have to oil frequently and if you have pets they will like to chip away some wood
Steph: A sneak peek from the interview before the official pics
A sneak peek from the interview before the official pics
I am glad I did not stay up until midnight for this - I really expected more B&O content to accompany the event ...
Peter Pans has also posted a link that includes a smaller picture (prehaps cropped from this one?) and a Youtube link that seems to have a privacy block.
http://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/444/68645.aspx#68645
BeoNut since '75
Chris Townsend: koning: Another 15 sleepless nights! By which time the whole world would have forgotten the whole thing and moved on......
koning: Another 15 sleepless nights!
By which time the whole world would have forgotten the whole thing and moved on......
Yup!
I won't be sleepless over this. But I've probably forgotten about it after two weeks.
Millemissen: BeoGreg:Now we need a wooden Beovision... I have one - BeoVision Avant. Come and get it! MM
I have one too. Beovision 9.
I have to say that I worried unnecessarily about the lens on top killing the understated elegance of the BL8000, from that picture I think the wood makes them look too thick and frankly quite awkward, catching sight of the lens is almost an afterthought.
Still, there maybe alternate finishes and maybe even an unwooded version, (I would quite like to see a BL8000 with a conventional but curved fret).
I'm also still keen to learn about the internals - since the signal will be received digitally there is the opportunity for DSP to better optimise the signal to each driver and therefore the response of the speaker as a whole.
Think about a BL8000 with an integrated ALT. It could easily be done. Where the tweeter used to be, hidden. The tweeter ALT isn't exactly a big construction. It's about as wide as the tweeter, perhaps a bit bigger. A tweeter commonly used by B&O is 3/4". This looks bolt on!
Let me take out my crystal ball....
I see no big sales for B&O.
-Next!
Chris Townsend:So there is a wooden 8000 with an ALT, a sub like a cone and some bookshelf speakers. What do they look like and cost?
Have to wait until the 30th apparently!!!
BeoBoy68:Big Mistake from B&O to change an Icon products like the BeoLab 8000 !! David Lewis was the best designer definitively.
you can see very good in the sneak preview screenshot with Mr. Cartney , while he's sitting the ALT lens remains way aboove his head. For what I know ALT tech. can only spread sound horizontally. so fail design to me. And many furnitures are even lower than this one here.
Puncher: Have to wait until the 30th apparently!!!
I'm off to a pre-preview preview before then... I'll inform everyone if they're there, whilst I'm there.
I may get frogmarched into a side-alley and shot, but if I can tell you, I will......
Lee
Gatex: BeoBoy68:Big Mistake from B&O to change an Icon products like the BeoLab 8000 !! David Lewis was the best designer definitively. you can see very good in the sneak preview screenshot with Mr. Cartney , while he's sitting the ALT lens remains way aboove his head. For what I know ALT tech. can only spread sound horizontally. so fail design to me.
you can see very good in the sneak preview screenshot with Mr. Cartney , while he's sitting the ALT lens remains way aboove his head. For what I know ALT tech. can only spread sound horizontally. so fail design to me.
Is SPMc looking away in disgust there?
Triple post, and I'm sorry - but wood is a bold move.
There are many types of wood - and if the wood on the speakers is at odds with your floor or furniture, you won't be buying it..
9 LEE: Triple post, and I'm sorry - but wood is a bold move. There are many types of wood - and if the wood on the speakers is at odds with your floor or furniture, you won't be buying it.. Lee
You're right Lee. Look at the "wood" in the picture. There's 4 different kinds/colour. Looks awful! One of the perks with aluminum and plastics. It's not everywhere...
In Scandinavia most homes have wood flooring. Often Oak. We had a big problem when we moved this spring... Oak flooring, meant we needed oak tables.
9 LEE: Is SPMc looking away in disgust there?
No , I saw the whole footage. He was staring at the hot chick at the opposite apartment.
bayerische: In Scandinavia most homes have wood flooring. Often Oak. We had a big problem when we moved this spring... Oak flooring, meant we needed oak tables.
Maybe I'm just too picky - but from my own experience with B&O users, we're a picky bunch. We like uniformity, we like perfection - we appreciate it!
9 LEE: Gatex: BeoBoy68:Big Mistake from B&O to change an Icon products like the BeoLab 8000 !! David Lewis was the best designer definitively. you can see very good in the sneak preview screenshot with Mr. Cartney , while he's sitting the ALT lens remains way aboove his head. For what I know ALT tech. can only spread sound horizontally. so fail design to me. Is SPMc looking away in disgust there?
And he hasn't done a bloody thing all day...
As for the BL8000 replacement, I'm not digging it at all.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
My apologies to the Wedthredders©, but - there was this company that made a wooden fronted speaker, they placed it in a wooden decorated room, they tried to launch it by associating it with a wooden coloured ex-pop star, they tried to post a video on Yewtube ............ unfortunately it wooden work!!
I'll get my coat!
9 LEE: bayerische: In Scandinavia most homes have wood flooring. Often Oak. We had a big problem when we moved this spring... Oak flooring, meant we needed oak tables. Maybe I'm just too picky - but from my own experience with B&O users, we're a picky bunch. We like uniformity, we like perfection - we appreciate it!
You are not too picky.
You sound like a scandi.
Wood flooring will mean those 8000 will easily look out of place.