Now it should be out...

Did somebody have the chance to play with it?

I'm curious about the first listening impressions.

A9 arrived in Liverpool on Monday are we are already supplying customers. Sounds incredible in my opinion. I'm surprised that there isn't comment on the forum about it now that it is in the UK stores.

Opman

In Vienna A9 with black fabric & teak legs - a bit 60's style. BIG sound 😁 

I didnt care too much for the wooden legs but it seems it can be wallmounted.

Sound is incredible ....... It has a decent sized sweet spot, I sense most will not miss that its a single stereo speaker ......

Airplay worked nicely, that is for me the way to go ...........

jk1002 wrote:

most will not miss that its a single stereo speaker ......

I still wonder whether two of them operating as a stereo unit might be interesting

Theoretically that will sound HORRIBLE. There will be tons of phase cancellations and frequency lobbing effect. Multiple drive units operating in tandem will mainly work in the lower frequency range say below 300hz or even lower. Unless that is you are trying to create a line source but that will be an entirely different execution. You will have to line the drive units up in a a Line as the name would suggest.You will ideally want sound in the higher frequency range to be dispersed like a point source bubble. 

I am sure Beoplay will follow up with separate stereo speakers if the Beoplay A9 is to be successful. From my experience with the A8s I think the Beoplay range is voiced in a more monitor speaker kinda way as in the sound is more flat less tilted up in the high frequency and less boosted in the low. More accurate I will say. Albeit there was some cabinet resonance induced coloration by the flimsy plastic cabinet of the A8s which hopefully is ameliorated in the A9. BTW I recommend a high quality AC power cable and preferably filtered. Yes! B&O electronics is not excluded from the effect of good quality current. Perhaps something from Russ Andrew? 

I can't wait to get my hands on the the A9 I preordered. I hope that it accepts international voltage! I am looking forward to hanging it up in the bathroom of my Singapore apartment after I am done using it during my 1 month stay in Taiwan with family. Anyone here knows about the voltage requirements? Anyone? 

Anybody noticed a 2013 CES stamp of approval award now posted on the Beoplay A9 page? Is that a first for B&O or what?! 

wonderfulelectric wrote:

BTW I recommend a high quality AC power cable...............

Whereas I would recommend just using the one supplied by the manufacturer - there will be no audible difference!

jk1002 wrote:

its a single stereo speaker ......

Surely that's an oxymoron?

I accept I've never heard the A9, but surely stereo is an audio effect which to be truly conveyed needs speaker separation? 

Does the A9 achieve a true stereo effect, ie; left, right & centre with a single speaker or is a pseudo effect created by electronics in the way that the effect of surround sound can be electronically reproduced without rear speakers?