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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beosound 8 Dock

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The BeoSound 8 is the first Apple docking station Bang & Olufsen has ever made, and in customary B&O fashion it looks nothing like any docking station you've ever seen. Two aluminum-ringed orbs are actually conical speakers 'suspended' between the docking bridge. The entire unit can be set on a counter or hung from a wall, with clashing hues avoided by using one of the black, white, or six colored grills available for the speakers. Audio harmony is meant to be insured with a setting that lets you: wall-mounted, in a corner, or freestanding on a flat surface.

It works natively for the iPod, iPhone and iPad, the latter of which needs no special adapters or cable for compatibility. They can be plugged in atop the bridge between the speakers, or any player can be connected with the AUX line-in or USB port, and your DJ Shadow ministrations can be controlled by the docked device, by the BeoSound 8 remote control, or by one of the company's intelligent remotes if you're already a member of the B&O family. You can expand your source options to Mac and PC by plugging the BeoSound 8 into an Apple Airport Express and getting it onto your home wifi network.

If that still isn't enough, B&O is creating free and paid apps for the device. The free app will add an alarm clock function and access Net Radio, the $19.99 app will include 10,000 Internet stations, a music library browser, and an upgraded alarm clock feature. The BeoSound 8 is available now for $999 at B&O showrooms, the apps will be available in December.

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Bang & Olufsen Teams Up with BMW

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

Ask any audiophile or design enthusiast who makes the slickest sound systems on the market, and they're likely to point you towards Bang & Olfusen. But the Danish audio company doesn't just set up your home sound system: they've been working on a rapidly expanding array of car systems as well, including those in Audis, Aston Martins and Mercedes AMGs, and have now teamed up with BMW on their latest.

The first Bavarian motor work to feature B&O's technology is the new 6 Series Coupe Concept slated to debut next week at the Paris Motor Show. The show car packs no fewer than sixteen BeoLab 5 speakers, including a pair of subwoofers (one under each seat), seven mid-range speakers and seven tweeters, as well as Bang's proprietary Acoustic Lens Technology. Though strictly a concept car at the moment, we don't doubt Bang's systems will find their way into commercially available BMWs before long.

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Calling James Bond: Sunseeker Unveils New Superyacht

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UK-based Sunseeker, whose sleek craft had a starring role in the last three James Bond films, has unveiled the stunning new 40-metre (131-ft.) superyacht it plans to debut at the upcoming Southampton Boat Show. Bristling with balconies, bars and sundecks, it's designed to accommodate all the Bond girls you can muster in extreme luxury. An integrated touch-screen-controlled lighting system and state-of-the-art audio visual system by Bang & Olufsen help set the mood. The yacht's three decks of interior space are designed to optimize available natural light, and the lower deck guest cabins feature large, panoramic portlights. Layouts can be customized to individual customers' specifications so you can choose between more space or more cabins. Exterior-wise, an increased rake makes for an impressive streamlined profile and a sharp, ocean-going bow. Stairs curving inwards on each side of the hydraulic central bathing platform make for a dramatic entrance when boarding the yacht.

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B&O Takes the Aston Martin DBS Cabron Black Edition on U.S. Tour

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Destined for exclusivity, many of us might not normally have the opportunity to behold the Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black edition. Based on the top-of-the-line GT that serves as James Bond's ride of choice, the Carbon Black edition features a unique black paint process designed to deflect the light at different angles, plus lightweight carbon-Kevlar seats draped in black leather with silver stitching, piano black trim, special wheels and more.

The Carbon Black edition also comes equipped with a 13-speaker, 1000-watt premium audio system from Bang & Olufsen. Now the Scandinavian audio firm is taking a pair of DBS Carbons on a coast-to-coast tour of the United States, hitting New York, LA, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington and Miami along the way. So if you want to check it out and live near one of these major metropolitan centers, call your local Aston dealer to find out when you can stop by.

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Bang & Olufsen Makes Sound Sound Better in the New Audi A8

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

The recently unveiled Audi A8 contains so much wizardry that we hear Merlin has made it his official conveyance when duties necessitate leaving Camelot. The A8 is made of aluminum. It can tell whether cars ahead of you are signaling a turn. It can read speed limit signs (Merlin's not so happy about where that one is going, neither are we...). Its thermal imaging system can detect people 300 feet away. The adaptive lighting system knows when you're going to turn because it's paying attention to the same navigation system that you are. It has Google Earth.

It also has 19 speakers, part of the second generation Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System. That is five more speakers than in the first generation B&O system. That is probably 10 more than you have in your entire living room, the size of which -- unless you live in Manhattan -- most likely dwarfs the interior space of an A8. Four of those are in the rear, to create a "movie-theater-like" experience that makes up for lacking popcorn by substituting LED mood lighting.

Rated at 1,400 watts, and with the rear seat entertainment package and "Movie" mode, you might as well be in a theater. Although we probably wouldn't recommend you conduct date nights on the rear bench, in a pinch it can certainly make for some rewarding interludes. Unless, that is, you live in Manhattan, and in that case an evening in the back of an A8 could be just the kind of thrilling, and roomy, getaway you've been looking for...

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The BeoVision 4 From Bang & Olufsen: Rapture on the "Small" Screen for $112,000

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

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The New American Heritage dictionary defines the adjective "superlative" as: "Of the highest order, quality, or degree; superior to all others; 2. Excessive or exaggerated." The third entry should read "The BeoVision 4." The television from Bang & Olufsen presents these credentials: it spans 103 inches; the screen alone weighs 580 pounds, the floor-standing base adds another 600; when the BeoVision 4 isn't being viewed the screen lowers itself to the floor via dual gas shocks and actuators, hiding the center speaker; sixteen years of research have gone into it; oh, and it costs $112,000.

Luxist recently took a trip to Beverly Hills Aston Martin to get a good look at just how much TV you could get for the price of an Aston Martin V8 Vantage. The story is here.

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Bang & Olfusen Forecast Turns Dim

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Another purveyor of luxury goods seems to be in trouble. Bang & Olufsen has forecast lower profit and sales for the year for the third time. The Denmark-based company has said that they have seen less of a demand for luxury consumer electronics and they are also facing legal disputes. Bloomberg reports that shares have lost almost two-thirds of its value this year.

Bang & Olufsen is in a tricky spot because their products often cost more double or triple what a similar products would cost from another manufacturer. While Bang & Olfusen products often have really fantastic design and a distinctive look in an economic crunch that might not be be enough to keep customers shopping. Analysts say that Bang & Olufsen may have to find a partner for their electronics business as technology increases and if profits continue to fall. Bang & Olufsen is scheduled to release fiscal 2008 earnings in August and hopes that profit will improve. I'm certainly pulling for them. They've had a few design clunkers over the years (I think their Serene cell phone is a bit of a miss) and their products may be overpriced at times but no other company produces consumer electronics that are quite as distinctive.

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BeoSound 6 Music Player

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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The latest designer toy from Bang & Olufsen is the new digital music player, the BeoSound 6. The BeoSound 6 comes with a leather bag and travel charger as well as an excellent pair of A8 earphones which are made from rubber and aluminium. The little BeoSound 6 has room for around 1,000 songs (it has an internal 4GB memory). The BeoSound uses the BeoPlayer software system for downloading music. It sells for around $800 which means you really have to love the design and those earphones to make it worth it for you.

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Bang & Olufsen Beo 5 Remote Control

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The latest toy from Bang & Olufsen is the Beo 5 remote control. What does it do? The Beo 5 offers touch-screen control of your TV, films, music and more. The remote is designed to know what products you have and will be able to control new Bang & Olufsen products, even the ones that haven't been created yet. The Beo 5 presents the info you need on its hardened glass screen without having to clutter up the screen of your television. It can be linked up with home automation so that with one touch you could close the curtains, dim the lights, set the sound of the speakers and open the DVD player to prepare for a movie. The design reminds me a bit of B & O's Serene phone with the juxtaposition of the circle and the square. For more pics check out Engadget HD's gallery.

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Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 8

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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The BeoVision 8 TV is designed to be beautiful and versatile at the same time, and is designed to appeal to the "every day" needs of its target market. It's a compact LCD TV that's just as happy on the floor as it is in a more formal entertainment center or on your computer desk. It has a hidden built-in speaker capable of putting out the quality sound you expect from Bang & Olufsen, along with a picture that looks good in difficult lighting (sunlight included!) thanks to a new high-glare surface and low-reflection coating. It also has both a low light transmission and a high black level for an awesome LCD screen. Everything is integrated, which makes the BeoVision 8 easy to move around, to where ever the summer takes you.

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Samsung and Bang & Olufsen WEP 420 Headset

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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This week took me through several different airports and so I got to see a lot of people sporting Bluetooth headsets. Starting soon, those in need of new ear candy might want to check out the WEP 420, a headset designed by Bang & Olufsen and created by Samsung Electronics. The sleek and silver WEP 420 has buttons that are hidden behind a sliding cover. The sliding cover blocks static to increase overall sound quality and comes with an attractive charger cradle. Not bad, although the blockish bar look makes it look as if you have a silver ingot strapped to the side of your head.

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Bang & Olufsen Limited Edition BeoCom 2 Phones

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In order to celebrate their 80th anniversary, high-end audio designer Bang & Olufsen has created two limited edition BeoCom 2 cordless telephone handsets. There will be 600 of these phones produced worldwide and sold in North America. The new phones use a new color just for this series and half of the units have patterns etched by hand directly onto the surface by Danish designer, Bess Kristoffersen. Each one is individually numbered and has its own signature pattern. Bang & Olufsen will be donating 10% of the proceeds from the sale of each Limited Edition BeoCom 2 handset to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. The new phones go on sale this month and sell for $1450 for the etched version and $1000 for the plain version.

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Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System for Audi

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

Bang & Olufsen has introduced a new sound system for Audi automobiles. The Advanced Sound System is designed for Audi's A8, S8 and Concept Car, the Roadjet. The system, which will be available in the summer of 2006 offers better sound staging for all passengers and has the ability to respond to chances in background noise conditions like rain or traffic. The system has a digital signal processor,amplification for each loudspeaker and acoustic lenses which provide horizontal sound dispersion of high frequencies. The acoustic lenses rise out of the dashboard when the system is on.The system is offered as an upgrade in the A8/S8 class automobiles. In Germany, it costs 6000 Euros but U.S. pricing hasn't been set yet.

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