Bang and Olufsen Offers Smart Music System, A La Pandora

Looking to trade the free, cloud-based music prediction of Pandora and Microsoft’s MixView for an expensive stand-alone system? Bang & Olufsen’s got the solution, and they make sure it looks damn sexy for all that extra coin. At $5,900, plus $500 for the floor stand, the BeoSound 5 includes a master control and a “black box” that houses all the PC and Web connections. A “More of the Same” program creates playlists from your existing music collection using math formulas. The 10.4-inch wireless LCD panel can also connect to Web radio stations, which are, you know, free. Oh, the irony. [via Wired]