B&O Beosound 5 & Beomaster 5 (sold)

by **useditem123** Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:47 pm

BeoMaster 5

Commonly referred to as a “modern-day juke box”, BeoSound 5 combines an unparalleled, high quality listening experience with an interactive piece of art to form a two component audio solution featuring an award winning playlist technology, intuitive graphical user interface, and an interactive, convenient operation for the end user.
BeoMaster 5 uses a VIA 2.0 Ghz processor made by VIA Technologies Inc with 1GB of random access memory and a 500GB hard drive running on an embedded Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system.
The unit has DVI-I, S-Video and YPbPr for TV along with MasterLink, two Power Link sockets, two USB sockets and a 10/100 Mbit/second ethernet.
BeoMaster 5 provides power to the Beosound 5 as well as infra-Red and USB mini. Display resolution via DVI-I is 1920×1200 and supports HD 1920×1080p.
BeoMaster 5 connections: AV, DVI-I, HDMI, S-Video, YUV, 3 x USB ports, port ethernet, Wi-Fi (for streaming, Internet radio etc), mains power.

BeoSound 5

Specialist credentials
Well, we say 'just' - the BeoSound 5 is similar in spirit to more specialist music server products on the market from the likes of Sooloos.It comes in two boxes: the brains of the operation is the BeoMaster 5 500GB hard-disk with network access and connections to B&O's range of active speakers, while the eyecandy comes in the form of the BeoSound 5 controller.
Flexible music storage
The BeoMaster 5 doesn't include any disc-ripping drive of its own, instead inviting you to hook it up to your PC or Mac via Ethernet and transfer your music into its plentiful hard-disk using the supplied software.Most digital music file types are supported, including high-quality options like WAV and WMA lossless, and B&O reckons it'll handle up to 1,000 CDs in best-quality form, rising to 6,000 CDs in 196kbps MP3. It'll even support internet radio, photo storage and some video formats.
Eye-catching controller
But it's the controller that's going to get the most attention. A gorgeous 10.4in, 1024x768 resolution affair, it uses a deliciously heavy and tactile aluminium wheel mounted to the side of the unit instead of a touch-panel interface.It's not just a pretty face, though. The unique design makes the business of searching through your music an incredibly enjoyable, hands-on experience, aided by B&O's clever MOTS (More Of The Same) software, which helps create intelligent playlists automatically.
Sounds as good as it looks
In action, the B&O always sounds good and occasionally great – although as with all digital devices like this, audio quality depends on the file types you store your music in.Linked to a pair of BeoLab 9 speakers, WAV and lossless files naturally worked best: here, the sound is at once assured and impressively 'hi-fi', and has little truck with the high-frequency hardness that can plague many digital music systems.It's true you could rival the B&O's sound with a more conventional hi-fi set-up – but would that look so good, be so lovely to use, and generally leave you with such a warm glow every time you used it? We don't think so

condition: 7.5/10
asking price: RM sold for Beosound 5 & Beomaster 5 (postage can be arrange with extra charge)
location: pulau pinang
contact: sms or whatsapp at 016-4554 333 (useditem123)

by **useditem123** Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:51 pm

B&O Beosound 5 & Beomaster 5 (sold)

B&O Beosound 5 & Beomaster 5 (sold)

Re: B&O Beosound 5 & Beomaster 5 (sold)