If you want unique design it's going to cost money, there is nothing strange about that and B&O has always been focused at producing devices with unique design. With B&O you primarily pay for the unique design and probably the price makes it possible for them to base it on high quality components.
However, I think it's important to remember to also look at the software. There are a lot of different low and high-end streamers on the market, but the problem on most of them is that the software is completely ignored. Some relies on DLNA and leave it up to the customer to try to combine different components from different manufactures and get them to work together, usually you end up with a very basic setup (from a feature perspective) or a setup with a lot of reliability problems. Other rely on AirPlay which more or less assumes that your music files either are small enough to be stored on the limited storage space on a mobile device (typically in lossy format) or that it's streamed from online sources, neither is a good solution if you are looking for a high-end solution. Another problem is that many manufacturers tend to either focus on low end devices or high end devices but not both, so it's hard to use them if you want a whole house audio system with devices that fits both the main listening room and the kitchen/bedroom/bathroom. Having said that, I'm sure the B&O system can be an excellent solution if: - You want a stylish design and is prepared to pay for it - You are looking for a solution for a a single room - You want a solution with a built-in speaker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97662 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
