I'd never listen in speaker 4. The engineers/musicians mixed it on two speakers, let it stay that way...

Hi,

I've always had four speakers. And the sound is better than if you only have two, in general. But that's only my opinion... And all my four speakers was always the same, so there's no difference in front and rear speakers in the room. But if you already have BeoLab 8000s I would not buy anything else than another pair of 8000s. When you're only gonna use them for music anyways... For movies the rear speakers does not have to be as powerful as the front speakers, but for music, please let all four speakers be the same, if you want the best sound experience...

You just have to save your money a bit longer😕 It wil be worth the waiting!!

regards

Ruivar

I always have 4 speakers on, faded to the fronts. Much better.

Ciao Massimo, spero che tutto va bene!

As Alex has mentioned, I would personally prefer only having 2 speakers playing while listening to music. This is because with a good pair of speakers, you really can create a sound stage infront of you through 2 speakers. You cannot do this with 4 speakers, however if you are already using 4 speakers in some form of surrond sound, then using 4 speakers might help to produce a stronger sound.

Taking the size of your room into consideration, I would say your BL8000s and perhaps a BL2 would sound great.

This topic always always provokes a good bar brawl. 😡

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Thank you guys for all you reply! So... I am more confused now about 4 speakers music!

The real reason for my answer is that... I WANT to buy some new B&O stuff... and I am not so reach right now!!!