Bang & Olufsen Beosound 6 the $800 4GB MP3 Player
I don’t know much about Bang and Olufsen, nor have I had any direct experience with them. From what I am told B&O is a brand of audio gear that is for people that have more money than brains. Please, alleged audiophiles, let me finish…
Enter the Beosound 6… This $800 MP3 player will sport a single capacity of 4GBs of flash memory with a 1.8” 64k color LCD screen to boot. Now here is where the notion of a true upper echelon audiophile grade MP3 player falls apart- file support for MP3 and WMA. No FLAC, no Apple Lossless, no WMA Lossless. Well you do get a pair of $160 M8 earphones and a leather case.
This is not B&O’s first foray into portable audio. Don’t forget about the memoryless and screenless Beosound 2 that retailed for $500.
Comments
Slothuus on July 13, 2007 4:04 AM
Bang & Olufsen is a respected Danish brand... It is rumored that the inside electronics is identical with that of a big brand - I don't remember which one - perhaps it's Sony or Philips (not sure!)...
You pay a hell lot of money for the design, but I don't even think it's that pretty.
enigman on July 13, 2007 5:38 AM
Phillips, if I recall
Max on July 13, 2007 7:38 AM
B&O and Samsung has become awfully good friends. They are both behind the silly looking Serene phone with even more silly price. So this is basically just a rebranded Samsung in metal case. If the price is anything to go by I should think that the casing is made from Titanium and Rhodium. Mostly their design is quite stunning though....don't know what went so horribly wrong with this one. It's not ugly - it's just so utterly boring. Funny, actually a Meizu is better looking and probably better sounding too and it's a lot cheaper. For the price you can get a Cowon D2 and sweet sounding Shures or Ultimate Ears and still have money left.
Alex M on July 13, 2007 11:23 AM
Specs would have been perfect at the price say....4-8 years ago? :P
jeremybernhardt on July 13, 2007 6:01 PM
hmm... 800$ why not get a 8gb Iphone and a sansa?
but seriously its an overpriced turd of a player
kahveisteyen on July 13, 2007 6:02 PM
Who cares for a titanium, rhodium, schmodium? After three years it is going to the dumb anyway. Helloo, Bang and Olufsen, this is not a hi-fi set that is going to sit in my living room for a lifetime!...
But yet again there are so many Paris Hilton wannabees around who think they can prove they're better 'cause they can spend 800 dollars on an mp3 player.
zaw on July 13, 2007 8:45 PM
Only things i like from B&O are their CD changers.
Dude on July 14, 2007 10:05 AM
Looks suspiciously like a $160 Samsung Z5 with some minor design changes.
But, hey, the overpriced mediocre earphones it comes with make up for it, i guess. *lol*
Brestinder on July 14, 2007 11:52 AM
They just take yp-z5 , give him new case , and they just doom yp-z5 ogg option and give it half of battery ...
travis beotch on July 16, 2007 9:20 AM
heres an idea
buy a creative zen vison M 200$$ at wal mart (very nice!)
and then shure e4c earbuds 200$ or so
that equals around 400$$
which is 400$$ cheaper then that peice of crap