Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 Digital Music Player

by Bang & Olufsen

Product Details

• ASIN: B000RGN2IE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,033 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer

BeoSound 2 - A Genuinely Personal Player

BeoSound 2 brings a touch of sophistication to portable sound. With its distinctive shape and polished stainless steel finish, this pocket-sized digital music player looks as good as it performs. So recline your seat and enjoy the extraordinary sound quality from your multi-adjustable Bang & Olufsen Earphones. The battery will outlast a transatlantic flight and the replaceable flash memory cards can each hold several weeks' worth of music.

Easy to use portable sound

Flying Blind Comes Naturally

BeoSound 2 is so simple and intuitive to use, there is no need for a display. The thumb-tip navigation quickly becomes second nature. Just enjoy the faithful music reproduction through the earphones, without unnecessary complication. Copy music onto the memory card directly from BeoSound 4 or from your computer. A specially designed docking station provides the connection to the computer and, at the same time, acts as a convenient power charger.

It Will Never Skip a Beat

SD flash card storage means BeoSound 2 can be used anywhere. The absence of any moving parts means that no matter how active you are, no vibrations will come between you and your musical enjoyment.

A powerful, portable music player with a sound performance that will simply astound you

Superb Sound Quality and Unlimited Memory

Sound playback is superior in its class, with a dynamic range that outperforms other MP3 players. Combine the BeoSound 2 with our adjustable Earphones for an impressive listening experience. BeoSound 2 supports inexpensive SD cards of up to 2 GB in size, which means that each card will hold approximately 400 songs recorded at a quality level where you cannot hear the difference from a CD. Flash memory technology offers a means of storing music that has several advantages over hard disc drives, not least portability, lower power consumption, and greatly improved shock resistance. A fully charged battery allows up to 10 hours of uninterrupted music – either playing your pre-defined music lists or in Random mode. Re-charging the battery is a simple matter of clicking BeoSound 2 onto the docking station.

Beauty, Power, Quality

Bang & Olufsen's reputation is based on development of their unique technologies, beautiful design, creative solutions, outstanding quality and a never failing will to pursue perfection and make the impossible possible. Let the beauty of Bang & Olufsen’s products seduce you, but also do yourself the favor of going beyond the looks and let yourself be amazed, surprised and impressed by the outstanding technologies on which the Bang & Olufsen products are based.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The minimalist approach is sometimes best, December 1, 2007

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M. Elek "Just a guy" (Pittsburgh, Pa. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 Digital Music Player

I've owned the BeoSound 2 since 2002, and I've never been disappointed.

As you can see, B&O has taken a different approach with the design, which should come as no surprise to those who have enjoyed the company's minimalist approach to its audio components in the past.

There are just seven buttons, and their functions are very easy to learn.

Holding some of the buttons simultaneously provides other functions, such as locking the device, setting it to shuffle and have it rescan the card. Those are explained in the manual.

Because there is no display, you really have to remember the order of the albums on your card if you are searching for a specific track, for example.

The BeoSound 2 does not contain a hard drive. Rather, it relies on SD memory cards, which you can change quickly. Currently, the maximum size card allowable with the BeoSound 2 is 2GB. Perhaps a future firmware upgrade will provide for larger-capacity cards.

With 2GB cards, I've found moving from album to album can be slow. I haven't tested with other 2GB cards, so I don't know if this would be rectified by using a different brand of card. There is no delay with smaller-capacity cards. However, there is a pause between songs, which seems to happen with other MP3 players.

The BeoSound 2 fits nicely in your hand. Battery life is decent, although with all internal batteries, there is no simple way to replace the cell when it comes to the end of its servicable life. That's a fact with all rechargeable batteries, so it's not limited to the BeoSound 2.

There is no equalizer with the BeoSound 2. From what I can tell, B&O has chosen to adopt a neutral approach, which I think is the correct method. Bass lines don't sound tubby or artificial, and higher tones retain their natural timbre without sounding bright.

I've used several earphones and headphones with this. B&O's own A8 are a very nice set, although you'll need to fiddle with the ear bar to find a comfortable height. I've also used several different sets of Sennheisers, which sound really fantastic.

If you're tired of the "me too" designs from everyone on the planet, take a look at the BeoSound 2. Just make sure you have plenty of cash in your checking account.

Pros: Great design. Easy to operate without looking at the buttons. Great audio.

Cons: Limited to 2GB capacity SD cards (holds about 17 to 20 albums). Travel charger and other accessories are unreasonably priced. Too easy to inadvertently press buttons if it's in your pants pocket.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars no comparision whatsoever, September 24, 2007

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pirate varun (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 Digital Music Player

Well first of all i always admired the designs of Bang & Olufsen. Its hard to believe that only 7% of Americans are familiar with this brand. It has been rated the top luxury audio brand in the world followed by BOSE.
It all started when i was trying to buy a mp3 player for myself. Most of my friends recommended ipod. Buy i said :C'mon guys, every other guy standing next to you has an ipod." I was looking for something unique. Then i came across this mp3 player - Beosound 2. I tried to give it a shot, so i went to the showroom and tried it. Guess what, i was blown away with its crystal clear music. I purchased it the same day. It comes with a three year warranty.

Pros: design, sound quality, overall performance.

Cons: no display, price.

Actually, you cant really complain about the cons. It was buit without a display because it runs on an SD card with 20 albums in it. So it could get really difficult to find a song if it was more. What i do is I carry multiple SD cards with 20 albums in each .Simple.
Coming to the cost, if you are trying to buy a B&O product, Price must not be in the frame of mind. There are some things in life for which you have to pay the premium price like a lamborghini or a Zegna Suit or whatever.

Coming to the player, the music is flawless. The earphones are very comfortable too. There's nothing like listening to your favourite song on a Beosound 2, its priceless. You cant measure the expression you get out of it. Well i read a lot of reviews where people said the price is too high. C'mon you gotta hear it first and you dont expect to get a ferrrari for the price of Honda, do you?

Anyways i am highly satisfied with this product and i just wanted to say that if you are the kind of person who puts design, quality and taste before price, you might wanna try this out.

Bang & Olufsen has recently released its second mp3 player Beosound 6.It costs around $800.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing sound, July 12, 2009

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Thomas D. Zervas (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 Digital Music Player

Simply put, the sound out of this little player is far superior to any other portable device I've ever used.