For the top of the range music system for your home there is no better than a Bang & Olufsen system. This BeoSound 3200 is not only amazing to look at but also is packed full of features producing great sound.
The main feature of this Beosound 3200 is the upright playback of CD’s. The system also has lots of versatility in the home and can be wall mounted, placed on a stand or a shelf. On the 3200 you can store up to 400 CD’s to the memory and split these into four different groups, presumably so that each member of the family can have their own music selection. The tracks on the CD can be stored in full or just a few songs, and these can be named as you choose.
Bang & Olufsen has always been matched with exclusive designs and very high levels of craftsmanship that go into each model. This is why you have to expect to pay £1,500 and upwards for the latest models. If you have more than one Bang & Olufsen product in your home you can control the sound from your main unit to other BeoLab speakers in different rooms using a BeoLink remote control.
Postscript: One of our Techlounge readers has highlighted that the BeoSound 3200 can not record the radio onto the HDD, which strictly speaking is a form of piracy, but this does happen a lot so that people can listen to their favourite radio show at a later date. We will be looking out for a good sound system that does have this feature on it.
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Why regurgitate the product literature? A review cannot simply re-state B&O’s own publicity material. Here is a fact worth mentioning: This 3200 cannot record from the radio to the hard drive.
Hi SR,
We will be looking out for a good music centre that does have this capability on it.
Techlounge
A quick solution for the radio onto the HDD, is to record the radio onto CD and then put it onto your HDD. Not as easy as it could be but it works
I think I have to agree with SR above I’m affraid. It does sound a little like a cut and past from thier website. I actually bought one of these a few months ago and although its good i dont know if it sounds any better than some of the other stuff for around 1500 GBP. On the other hand you can just buy B&O stuff without doing any homework/listening to sales staff as they are a company that live off reputation and that reputation is good. also it doesn’t really date and its tiny compaired to the competition
SR > Who needs a feature like ‘recording from the radio to the hdd’? I personally cannot imagine a way of using it in my everyday life.
I received a Beosound 3200 and a pair of blue Beolab 4000 speakers for my 50th birthday a few months ago. The sound is unbelievable. I fell in love with B&O products in the mid 1970′s. I own a 30 year old receiver and turntable (Beomaster 4000 and Beogram 1900) that still work perfectly and still look timeless. B&O products are both simple and sophisticated at the same time and extremely easy to use. I am planning on this sound system lasting me the rest of my life.
I bought 3200 CD player which failed after 1446 hours play , B&O have disowned it leaving me with a bill of £314 .09 to get it fixed , will it last any longer who knows they certainly are not prepared to say !!!!!
BE WARNED SHODDY GOODS IN MY VIEW comparison my £30 CD player is still working fine after 10 years
I used to sell B & O products back in the 70s, so I was delighted when I was able to afford to buy my son a beosound 3200 for his 21st birthday 4 years ago. During the first year it broke down and a computecomponant inside had to be replaced. Then the doors failed to open & it had to go back again. After the guarantee ran out the doors failed again & I had to pay over £100 to get it repaired, the repair only lasted a couple of months so it had to go go back again. The store assured me that it went to a proper B&O technician, & they kept it for a good couple of months. It lasted until the repair guarantee ran out so I had to pay for it again, this time I had to take it to a different B&O outlet because the original one ceased dealing in these products, they kept it for over two months and I had to pay over £100 again. It has lasted around 3 or 4 months and the doors have failed to open again. Has anyone got any suggestions, At first it was suggested that the fault was due to where the equipment was situated, so we moved it. My son has sinced moved and this equipment is now situated in a beautiful large light airy room and still the problem has recurred. Has anyone got any suggestions, have they experienced the same thing. I am at a complete loss, as my son says, ‘I have paid Porche prices only to get the performance of a cheap ford’. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.