beosound 6: bang & olufsen’s $600 mp3 player
October 25th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
Designer electronics firm Bang & Olufsen has officially announced the release of their new MP3 player, the Beosound 6. As is usually the case with B&O gear, it looks good and has exceptional build quality. As is also the case with their products, it’s extremely pricey, with an MSRP of $600.
So what exactly does plunking down six Franklins get you? For starters, this player is encased in a beautiful mirrored stainless steel and scratch-resistant glass body. The controls are accessed using a silicon rubber keypad, and track information is displayed on a bright full-color LCD screen.
B&O also includes a pair of their high-end A8 earphones, which look pretty slick and should sound great too.
So is beauty only skin deep? Certainly, the BeoSound’s uninspiring 4GB of (non-expandable) storage isn’t going to win any awards – nor will the display’s anemic 128×160 resolution. On the other hand, the player’s 40 hour battery life is well above average, so it’s got that going for it. That’s about where the story ends though. At $600, the fact that the BeoSound doesn’t even play video clips is absurd. Sure, it looks pretty, but your average $100 player can handle some video these days.
I guess if you’re incredibly brand-loyal to the Bang and Olufsen name, you might have to own one. But with Apple’s equally purty 16GB iPod Touch costing just $399, it’s hard to imagine why you’d pay $200 more for 1/4 of the storage and far fewer capabilities.
filed under: design media players
tags: audiob&obang and olufsenexpensiveglassmediamp3portablestainless
October 25th, 2007 comments (4): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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4GB for about £390? Good grief! I got a 30GB Cowon A2 for £230. For the money they’re asking, I’d want the Bang & Olufsen one to take itself out of the box and plug itself into my computer, guess what music I wanted, download it to itself, then put its headphones on me.
I’d want them to ship me the media player, headphones and five $100 bills in the box. Then I’d think about it.
Um, yeah, it looks gorgeous, but beauty is only skin deep. There are so many other players (most of which are available for substantially lower prices) that are superior (like any of the recommendation engine 3luxe’s winners, for instance – http://www.3luxe.com/category/mp3/Players).
Somehow I have a feeling that devices like the Ipod Touch are going to totally beat this player – after all, the Touch will have all the style/design going for it, along with having so many more capabilities. And it (the ipod touch) costs less!
Wat on heavens name will i spend 6H dolls on dat stuff, first it aint playing videos or picture sliding shits like dat that the ipod touch got. i will rather get a new phone and a 1gb player for my self .lol