Bang & Olufsen’s new digital audio centre can store up to 1500 CDs, with a 500GB storage capacity, and the company is bullish about it being its new hero product.
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With an industrial finish, large LCD screen that showcases a myriad of options – artist, album, album cover etc – the technology that the company is most proud of is MOTS.
MOTS is an algorithm that automatically scans your library and finds similar tracks based on parameters such as rhythm, syncopation, key tonality and vocal harmonies. As the algorithm uses the actual music, not just the genre or mood tags, to match tracks, MOTS effectively helps rediscover the hidden gems of your record collection on the basis of your initial choice.
Every time you sow a seed, MOTS responds by playing selections that are musically similar, taking you on a musical journey which is more than likely to please and surprise you.
The aluminium wheel and pointer mounted on the side of BeoSound 5 give users control over their content and all on-screen actions. This also facilitates one-hand operation for optimal ease-of-use and an astonishingly tactile experience.
While the aluminium wheel allows you to scroll swiftly through your music collection and countless internet radio stations, the graphical user interface is at once intuitive and inspiring. A clever combination of graphics and mechanics, BeoSound 5 provides an easy way to overview and navigate large amounts of content. Make a selection and every move you make is mirrored on the screen in an aesthetic array of colours, fonts and carefully choreographed graphic displays.
All the digital music files, covers and internet radio stations accessed on the unit are stored on BeoMaster 5, a black box designed to be discretely sequestered out of sight. It includes all the circuitry, internet connections plus a houses the 500GB storage.
There are some issues though, with it not being as functional for left handers, and the storage capacity is not expandable.
RRP
$8,999
