saf wrote:

soundproof wrote:

(Hmmm - heard of one customer where I live who bought six BL5s, because he wanted more bass at home after trying two. At the time I thought he had to be a bass addict, now I think he wasn't made aware of the correct setup.)

Nice and cozy area you live in, soundproof ... 😂

I would consider applying for a dealership there, unfortunately, the area is obviously being served - and even if it wasn't it would most probably mean I would have to move far away 🙁

 

It sounded quite excessive with six BL5s, but if I remember correctly, there's a house in Uruguay with ten of them ... !

soundproof wrote:

saf wrote:

soundproof wrote:

(Hmmm - heard of one customer where I live who bought six BL5s, because he wanted more bass at home after trying two. At the time I thought he had to be a bass addict, now I think he wasn't made aware of the correct setup.)

Nice and cozy area you live in, soundproof ... 😂

I would consider applying for a dealership there, unfortunately, the area is obviously being served - and even if it wasn't it would most probably mean I would have to move far away 🙁

 

It sounded quite excessive with six BL5s, but if I remember correctly, there's a house in Uruguay with ten of them ... !

 

Lol. 10???!!! Did those people prefer sitting on the BL5's instead of chairs?

Would be nice to hear of your experiences with the BL5s properly set up, Nisrani. And good luck whichever solution you go for!

I had the same problem with my local shop this morning. A friend of mine was impressed by my lab 5 and was quite interessted in th lab 9 to see if this could be a good loudspeaker for him.

At the shop the lab 9 where placed on this "turntable" setup with lab 8000 and 6000, als a lab 2 was connected to a Bv7-32. After my question the guy checked the sound settings to switch of loudness etc., according to him the lab 2 was disabled in the stereo mode (lab 2 was off showing a red light).

But folks, guess what, nice performance but no extra kick! So I took over the BEO4 from the guy and disabled the lab2 in the LS setup menu.....and now the lab9 performed in a way which really where impressive!!!!

Not sure how many not so much impressed potential customers have left the shop with out the superb audio expirence and have the "B&O nice, expensive but under performer" mind set

soundproof wrote:

Would be nice to hear of your experiences with the BL5s properly set up, Nisrani. And good luck whichever solution you go for!

I am going tomorow to the store and hopefully i will be blown away by the bl5 in a good set-up.

kawo wrote:

Not sure how many not so much impressed potential customers have left the shop with out the superb audio expirence and have the "B&O nice, expensive but under performer" mind set

I think we're on the trail of something quite spectacularly sad, Kawo (and thavn). I'm pretty certain there have been a lot of demo's that have gone bad, because of incorrect settings.

After Nisrani started this thread, I spoke with a friend in another city who went to a B&O store to try BL5s after hearing I bought them. He'd been very disappointed by the bass performance in the store, and couldn't understand why I'd bought them. Then he visited a while later, and heard them at my place. His reaction was that this could not be the same version of the speaker. At the time I didn't figure out that they'd been set up completely wrong in the store (though I've experienced some strange store setups).

I'll repeat what I wrote a little earlier. B&O should really remind its dealers about the proper sub settings for BL5 (and other speakers). Not doing it right is shooting oneself in the foot.

What mystifies me is how the dealer who demonstrated the setups Nisrani described could accept the difference in performance, without understanding something was wrong!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry while i read this thread as it goes on and on... BL5's...... *sigh* So unappreciated at times [:'(]

soundproof wrote:

I'll repeat what I wrote a little earlier. B&O should really remind its dealers about the proper sub settings for BL5 (and other speakers). Not doing it right is shooting oneself in the foot.

What mystifies me is how the dealer who demonstrated the setups Nisrani described could accept the difference in performance, without understanding something was wrong!

 

The shop manager who has done the presentation to us is more than 20 years in the B&O business, furthermore, the presentation was done based on this loudspeaker turntable which was designed for showing the strength of the B&O loudspeakers. He did not realize that something was wrong either... 

So too bad! lot of money invested by B&O and the shop owner and than this! 

hello

i went to the same store today because one of the staff members got back from holiday and he could give me the advise about the bl5

but he said the same thing that i cannot use the bl5 with the bl2
because it wouldn t get the right signal only if i gave the bl5 another name
in the set-up menu

confussed

nisrani wrote:

hello

i went to the same store today because one of the staff members got back from holiday and he could give me the advise about the bl5

but he said the same thing that i cannot use the bl5 with the bl2
because it wouldn t get the right signal only if i gave the bl5 another name
in the set-up menu

confussed

 

 

I don't think anyone has said that the BL5's should be used with the BL2 - infact quite the reverse.

If I paraphrase correctly the recommendation was to select the BL5's as fronts and ensure the sub channel is turned off.