Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

I'll say it again, all the people I've played my B Z2 and A5 systems 
too have listened spell bound and no I'm not being paid by B either to 
say that, they're just damn good speaker systems.



On 27/05/2016 6:36 PM, André van Deventer wrote:

It was for me most certainly!

I have what I need now.

Still need to try that society of sound website out.  Got a 3 months
subscription for it.  Never heard of this music site though I get the
impression you can download there only in lossless format.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 27 May 2016 10:25 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I certainly sympathise with you regarding scraping up funds and waiting as
that's exactly what I've been doing with the B A7 I'll have in my hands
shortly so I guess the only consolation about it all is that the wait for
such things is certainly worthwhile.




On 27/05/2016 5:07 PM, André van Deventer wrote:

We actually have an authorized B agent here also with several
sub-distrubitors throughout the country.  The fact that my speakers
took so long was due to the fact that I had to scrape the funds
together to pay the rest of the money.  Imported from the UK it took
just over 3 weeks to arrive in SA.



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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: 27 May 2016 07:21 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Most of my B merchandise has come from my local online Apple Store,
my
P7 headphones and the A7 speaker system were bought from a specialist
Hi-Fi shop up the road.


One of our biggest department store chains - Harvey Norman - stocks
B though when you contact them to order it their out of stock if
that makes any sense so you have to wait, and wait and wait.




On 27/05/2016 2:36 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

Well, here in the town where I live, you definitely have to visit a
high end store to get the brands you named. Those Magnolia shops or
rooms are limited to the Best Buy stores where there are big bucks in
the surrounding community. In fact, the one store here that had B
is closed. So if you want 'em, on line is it.


Mary




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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

It was for me most certainly!

I have what I need now.

Still need to try that society of sound website out.  Got a 3 months
subscription for it.  Never heard of this music site though I get the
impression you can download there only in lossless format.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 27 May 2016 10:25 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I certainly sympathise with you regarding scraping up funds and waiting as
that's exactly what I've been doing with the B A7 I'll have in my hands
shortly so I guess the only consolation about it all is that the wait for
such things is certainly worthwhile.




On 27/05/2016 5:07 PM, André van Deventer wrote:
> We actually have an authorized B agent here also with several
> sub-distrubitors throughout the country.  The fact that my speakers
> took so long was due to the fact that I had to scrape the funds
> together to pay the rest of the money.  Imported from the UK it took
> just over 3 weeks to arrive in SA.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: 27 May 2016 07:21 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally
>
> Most of my B merchandise has come from my local online Apple Store,
> my
> P7 headphones and the A7 speaker system were bought from a specialist
> Hi-Fi shop up the road.
>
>
> One of our biggest department store chains - Harvey Norman - stocks
> B though when you contact them to order it their out of stock if
> that makes any sense so you have to wait, and wait and wait.
>
>
>
>
> On 27/05/2016 2:36 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
>> Well, here in the town where I live, you definitely have to visit a
>> high end store to get the brands you named. Those Magnolia shops or
>> rooms are limited to the Best Buy stores where there are big bucks in
>> the surrounding community. In fact, the one store here that had B
>> is closed. So if you want 'em, on line is it.
>>
>>
>> Mary
>>
>>

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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

I certainly sympathise with you regarding scraping up funds and waiting 
as that's exactly what I've been doing with the B A7 I'll have in my 
hands shortly so I guess the only consolation about it all is that the 
wait for such things is certainly worthwhile.





On 27/05/2016 5:07 PM, André van Deventer wrote:

We actually have an authorized B agent here also with several
sub-distrubitors throughout the country.  The fact that my speakers took so
long was due to the fact that I had to scrape the funds together to pay the
rest of the money.  Imported from the UK it took just over 3 weeks to arrive
in SA.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 27 May 2016 07:21 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Most of my B merchandise has come from my local online Apple Store, my
P7 headphones and the A7 speaker system were bought from a specialist Hi-Fi
shop up the road.


One of our biggest department store chains - Harvey Norman - stocks B
though when you contact them to order it their out of stock if that makes
any sense so you have to wait, and wait and wait.




On 27/05/2016 2:36 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

Well, here in the town where I live, you definitely have to visit a
high end store to get the brands you named. Those Magnolia shops or
rooms are limited to the Best Buy stores where there are big bucks in
the surrounding community. In fact, the one store here that had B is
closed. So if you want 'em, on line is it.


Mary




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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

We actually have an authorized B agent here also with several
sub-distrubitors throughout the country.  The fact that my speakers took so
long was due to the fact that I had to scrape the funds together to pay the
rest of the money.  Imported from the UK it took just over 3 weeks to arrive
in SA.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 27 May 2016 07:21 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Most of my B merchandise has come from my local online Apple Store, my
P7 headphones and the A7 speaker system were bought from a specialist Hi-Fi
shop up the road.


One of our biggest department store chains - Harvey Norman - stocks B
though when you contact them to order it their out of stock if that makes
any sense so you have to wait, and wait and wait.




On 27/05/2016 2:36 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
> Well, here in the town where I live, you definitely have to visit a 
> high end store to get the brands you named. Those Magnolia shops or 
> rooms are limited to the Best Buy stores where there are big bucks in 
> the surrounding community. In fact, the one store here that had B is 
> closed. So if you want 'em, on line is it.
>
>
> Mary
>
>

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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

Most of my B merchandise has come from my local online Apple Store, my 
P7 headphones and the A7 speaker system were bought from a specialist 
Hi-Fi shop up the road.



One of our biggest department store chains - Harvey Norman - stocks B 
though when you contact them to order it their out of stock if that 
makes any sense so you have to wait, and wait and wait.





On 27/05/2016 2:36 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

Well, here in the town where I live, you definitely have to visit a
high end store to get the brands you named. Those Magnolia shops or
rooms are limited to the Best Buy stores where there are big bucks in
the surrounding community. In fact, the one store here that had B is
closed. So if you want 'em, on line is it.


Mary




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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Mary Otten]

Well, here in the town where I live, you definitely have to visit a
high end store to get the brands you named. Those Magnolia shops or
rooms are limited to the Best Buy stores where there are big bucks in
the surrounding community. In fact, the one store here that had B is
closed. So if you want 'em, on line is it.


Mary

Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

Okay thanks.


I've since been talking to a couple of people who inform me that the 
Best Buys chain have B P7 headphones so I guess it figures that they 
should have other B products.



We don't have a Best Buys in Australia but we do have discount stores 
such as JB Hi-Fi And Dick Smith which - for the most part - sell the 
cheaper kind of goods not fund in a specialist Hi-fi shop or store, a 
specialist place in Australia is where you'd most likely have to go to 
get such names as B, B, Denon, Keff and so on and these stores 
unfortunately are becoming near to extinct.





On 27/05/2016 1:42 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

Certain Best Buy stores have the Magnolia room, which is a high end
hi-fi, probably other stuff too like high end a/v receivers, area in
the store. Our local store doesn't have that. It may be that these high
end rooms inupscale shopping areas have some B stuff.

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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Mary Otten]

Certain Best Buy stores have the Magnolia room, which is a high end
hi-fi, probably other stuff too like high end a/v receivers, area in
the store. Our local store doesn't have that. It may be that these high
end rooms inupscale shopping areas have some B stuff. 

Mary

Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

You're not going to find B computer speakers at Best Buys as far as I 
know, we're talking about "A Cut Above The Average" here .





On 27/05/2016 11:50 AM, Brent Harding wrote:
That's a brand I've heard a lot about online, but never got to 
actually hear how they sound. I imagine they don't sell many, if any 
at all, of their speakers in the major chain stores like Best Buy. One 
of their smaller Airplay systems might be nice though.


- Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" 
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To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally


I moved to get the B A7 system as quickly as I could given that B 
were recently taken over so Goodness Only knows what changes the new 
crowd are thinking of making given they're in the home automation 
business and not in the business of making products that sound good.



The B sound is lengendery if I dare say so myself.




On 25/05/2016 4:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
Got the rest of the tab out!  Very simple actually you simply have 
to open the battery compartment!


Very handy little control indeed.  All the functions work with fobar 
2000 which is what I am primarily use.


Still can't get over the sound of these little speakers!



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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
Mary Otten

Sent: 24 May 2016 06:01 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer 
it immensely to the controls on the speaker, because they have no 
tactile indication, and because you have to reach for the speaker in 
order to use those controls. Plus, with the remote you can move 
among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy little unit.

Mary


Sent from my iPhone

On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer 
<andred...@webafrica.org.za> wrote:


Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
speakers finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected 
up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the 
USB port.

Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
shows up in my audio devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size 
and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left 
side of

the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale 
indication where

they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite 
astonishing.

However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is 
interested.




Regards



Andre







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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Brent Harding]

That's a brand I've heard a lot about online, but never got to actually hear 
how they sound. I imagine they don't sell many, if any at all, of their 
speakers in the major chain stores like Best Buy. One of their smaller 
Airplay systems might be nice though.


- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally


I moved to get the B A7 system as quickly as I could given that B were 
recently taken over so Goodness Only knows what changes the new crowd are 
thinking of making given they're in the home automation business and not in 
the business of making products that sound good.



The B sound is lengendery if I dare say so myself.




On 25/05/2016 4:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
Got the rest of the tab out!  Very simple actually you simply have to 
open the battery compartment!


Very handy little control indeed.  All the functions work with fobar 2000 
which is what I am primarily use.


Still can't get over the sound of these little speakers!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten

Sent: 24 May 2016 06:01 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it 
immensely to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile 
indication, and because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use 
those controls. Plus, with the remote you can move among tracks and stop 
playback. It's a very handy little unit.

Mary


Sent from my iPhone

On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer 
<andred...@webafrica.org.za> wrote:


Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
speakers finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the 
two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB 
port.

Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
shows up in my audio devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side 
of

the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication 
where

they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is 
interested.




Regards



Andre







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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

I still remember the blazing sound of the B A5 and I often kick myself 
for selling that unit as soon as I did given it took me a little longer 
than I anticipated to save for the A7 but that can't be helped and - 
given the sound of the A5 - I just can't wait to have the A7 in my den.


I know the chap who bought my A5 and he wouldn't be rid of it even if 
you paid him, actually he asked me if the place I bought my A7 from had 
any more left so that's how impressed he is with the B sound.


Regarding the P7 cans? Well I wouldn't go so far as to say that those 
cans are the best you can buy but for the money they certainly punch 
above their weight, hard to believe I've had my pair for nearly 9 months 
now.


My only slight complaint about the P7 is its weight, it does get a 
little heavy around the ears but the ears don't get sore.



On 26/05/2016 2:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

I know what you mean about the take over. If the company that took them
over is smart, they'll let them alone to do what they do best. Still,
glad I got the m1 and the p7.

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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Mary Otten]

I know what you mean about the take over. If the company that took them
over is smart, they'll let them alone to do what they do best. Still,
glad I got the m1 and the p7. 

Mary

Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

I moved to get the B A7 system as quickly as I could given that B 
were recently taken over so Goodness Only knows what changes the new 
crowd are thinking of making given they're in the home automation 
business and not in the business of making products that sound good.



The B sound is lengendery if I dare say so myself.




On 25/05/2016 4:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

Got the rest of the tab out!  Very simple actually you simply have to open the 
battery compartment!

Very handy little control indeed.  All the functions work with fobar 2000 which 
is what I am primarily use.

Still can't get over the sound of these little speakers!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:01 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it immensely 
to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile indication, and 
because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use those controls. Plus, 
with the remote you can move among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy 
little unit.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone


On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
wrote:

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
speakers finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
shows up in my audio devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically 
press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

Yep indeed, they're desktop units but I still think - even given their 
price - they're amazing.



As you've stated the tops and bottoms of those speakers aren't 
emphasised in any way, its a nice honest and flat sound and that's great 
for music.



50HZ is about right, I think the specs quote 46HZ or something similar 
and that's pretty good for computer speakers without a sub-woofer, a lot 
of the speakers around now - even with a sub-woofer - only go down to 
100HZ and I've seen some that only boast 150HZ which isn't good at all.





On 25/05/2016 5:07 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

Dane

Got it sorted thanx!

Pricy but the most amazing set of speakers I have ever owned.

Just keep in mind they're desktop speakers.  They're not made to fill a whole 
room.  I've heard criticism about that.  My feeling is though that you buy a 
set of speakers for the purpose you want to use them.  I tested them with a 
sweep generator program and they go down to about 50 Hz when they start to fall 
off.  Amazing for such small units!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:38 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come 
off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti 
clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.

The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B Powered 
Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a cross, 
2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is your pause 
button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom button is your 
source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top button is for power.

I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle but 
very desirably so in my opinion.

I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I hadn’t 
forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set yesterday, I’ve 
finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 speaker system so 
started doing research to find a good price which paid off immediately, I was able 
to find a place that had one model left on the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the 
original price so that’s been reserved until I can arrange to go and pick it up and 
I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup day can’t come quickly enough.



On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
wrote:

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
speakers finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
shows up in my audio devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically 
press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Dane

Got it sorted thanx!

Pricy but the most amazing set of speakers I have ever owned.

Just keep in mind they're desktop speakers.  They're not made to fill a whole 
room.  I've heard criticism about that.  My feeling is though that you buy a 
set of speakers for the purpose you want to use them.  I tested them with a 
sweep generator program and they go down to about 50 Hz when they start to fall 
off.  Amazing for such small units!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:38 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come 
off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti 
clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.

The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B Powered 
Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a 
cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is 
your pause button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom 
button is your source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top 
button is for power.

I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle but 
very desirably so in my opinion.

I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I 
hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set 
yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 speaker 
system so started doing research to find a good price which paid off 
immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on the floor 
for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been reserved until I can 
arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup 
day can’t come quickly enough.


> On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
> speakers finally arrived today.
>
>
>
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
> active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
> recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
> shows up in my audio devices as mm1.
>
>
>
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
> speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
> physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
>
>
>
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
> I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
> battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
> part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
>
>
>
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
> seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
> to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
> only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
> would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.
>
>
>
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Andre
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Fanus

Yes two separate speakers.  They connect by usb  to your computer directly so 
you do not need to use an external digital to audio converter for them.  The 
connections are all at the back on the underside of the speaker.

They run from their own power supply so they are not portable in that sense of 
the world.  But it should be quite easy to travel with them although they are 
quite heavy!

André

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:22 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

Hello Andre
I assume there are two speakers to have stereo sound? So are both connected via 
bluetooth simultaneously? Did you get it here in SA?
Regards
Fanus


From: André van Deventer
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:40 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: B speakers arrived finally

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers finally 
arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active 
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it 
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio 
devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker which 
is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have 
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door from 
closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab broke off!  
Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to be 
the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very 
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can 
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the sound 
is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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RE: B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Got the rest of the tab out!  Very simple actually you simply have to open the 
battery compartment!

Very handy little control indeed.  All the functions work with fobar 2000 which 
is what I am primarily use.

Still can't get over the sound of these little speakers!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: 24 May 2016 06:01 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B speakers arrived finally

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it immensely 
to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile indication, and 
because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use those controls. Plus, 
with the remote you can move among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy 
little unit.
Mary


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> On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1
> speakers finally arrived today.
>
>
>
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
> active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
> recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now
> shows up in my audio devices as mm1.
>
>
>
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
> speaker which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be 
> physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
>
>
>
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which
> I have not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
> battery door from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest
> part of the tab broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
>
>
>
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as
> seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going
> to be very disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the
> only way I can describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you
> would need.  And the sound is wonderfully clear.
>
>
>
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Andre
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Dane Trethowan]

Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.

The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come 
off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti 
clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out.

The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B Powered 
Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a 
cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is 
your pause button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom 
button is your source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top 
button is for power.

I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B Audio as being subtle but 
very desirably so in my opinion.

I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I 
hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set 
yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B A7 speaker 
system so started doing research to find a good price which paid off 
immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on the floor 
for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been reserved until I can 
arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup 
day can’t come quickly enough.


> On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
> finally arrived today.
> 
> 
> 
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
> speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
> immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
> devices as mm1.
> 
> 
> 
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
> which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
> 
> 
> 
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
> not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
> from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
> broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
> 
> 
> 
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
> be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
> disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
> describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
> sound is wonderfully clear.
> 
> 
> 
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Fanus]

Hello Andre
I assume there are two speakers to have stereo sound? So are both connected via 
bluetooth simultaneously? Did you get it here in SA?
Regards
Fanus


From: André van Deventer 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:40 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org 
Subject: B speakers arrived finally

Hi all

 

For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.

 

Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
devices as mm1.

 

The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.

 

There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.

 

The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
sound is wonderfully clear.

 

Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.

 

Regards

 

Andre

 

 



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Re: B speakers arrived finally

[Mary Otten]

I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it immensely 
to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile indication, and 
because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use those controls. Plus, 
with the remote you can move among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy 
little unit.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
> finally arrived today.
> 
> 
> 
> Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
> speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
> Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
> speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
> immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
> devices as mm1.
> 
> 
> 
> The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
> extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
> the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
> which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
> so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
> they are located.
> 
> 
> 
> There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
> not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
> from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
> broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.
> 
> 
> 
> The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
> However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
> be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
> disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
> describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
> sound is wonderfully clear.
> 
> 
> 
> Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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B speakers arrived finally

[André van Deventer]

Hi all



For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B mm1 speakers
finally arrived today.



Getting started was rather straight forward.   I simply connected up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers.  It now shows up in my audio
devices as mm1.



The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and
extremely solidly constructed.   There are two buttons on the left side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker
which is the power on button.  All of these buttons must be physically press
so they give tactile feedback.   But there is now physicale indication where
they are located.



There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have
not yet used.  You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door
from closing.  I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab
broke off!  Still have to get the rest out.



The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very
disappointed.  The sound of the B is subtle  that is the only way I can
describe it.  All the frequencies are there that you would need.  And the
sound is wonderfully clear.



Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested.



Regards



Andre







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