Dare I say I rather like both… and Naim, for different reasons.This should be fun, B&O fans make Linnies look casually disinterested.
Some of their tech is first class (eg Icepower, Dolby HX) but clearly better left to third party implementers.
They do more in depth R & D into audio than any other company to my knowledge. They've even done research that appears to be aimed at increasing mankind's understanding of various bleeding edge audio matters (mainly with speakers) when there was no instantly obvious commercial exploitation waiting for it.
Adam will no doubt know more but I'm getting stirrings in the grey matter involving some "biggest ever" research on speakers involving the Danish and Canadian govs, several universities and the biggest anechoic chamber in the world... "The 'thingamajig' project" or whatever.... yer know I ain't gonna google this but I'm getting "Eureka Project".... but I could have seen that on "Star Trek"!
Good thing if they remain an independent company.B&O had recent years, massive economic issues but nobody took over or merged with them.
No idea if they have managed now.
I’ve got a totally mint one (as new) in my collection. A nice thing to behold but more akin to a luxury Dansette! It weighs a ton too.So I bought a Beogram 1500 in a house sale. It’s in good cosmetic condition but I’ve not tried it yet. Anyone got any experience of this?
https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=271
Good thing if they remain an independent company.
No Chinese compromise involved, but at the expense of product cost perhaps.
I’ve got a totally mint one (as new) in my collection. A nice thing to behold but more akin to a luxury Dansette! It weighs a ton too.
I say "clearly" since none of the B&O "form over function" kit appeals to me at all, which seems to be a view shared by the majority on here.
Now why is it you can't actually buy a B&O branded Icepower class D power amp in the traditional form factor?
Why do you have to go to Nord, or Bel Canto or somesuch?
Nor could you easily buy a B&O standard form factor cassette deck with HX pro back in the day, but yuo could buy one from plenty of other manufacturers.
I presume they know their business but there does seem to be an obvious (and quite large) sector of the HiFi market they deliberately choose not to engage with.
I say "clearly" since none of the B&O "form over function" kit appeals to me at all, which seems to be a view shared by the majority on here.