What would you guys say sounds better: The Beolab 9 or the Beolab 1+2?

Kiran wrote:

You won’t get the look that you will with the BL1.

 

 

They are huge!

 

 

Yes they don’t have any bass but I use BL2 for that 👍🏻💯🔥

They are indeed! Still pretty timeless.

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I (now) have 8000s only and will hopefully soon add a BL2. I cannot tell if BeoLab 1+2 is better than 9. I never heard them. I know many in the forum say they are not good for music. I will just try it. They are very stable in value, so no problem there. One day I hope to be able to get a pair of Beolab 5s :-).

koning wrote:

Beolab 2 for music...don't do it

Go for the beolab 9

I have read that once or twice. Why do you think, that the BL2 is not good for music?

Which Suns do you reccon?

I have bought myself a used pair of BL1 last year and must say, they have lots and lots of power! The frequencies don‘t go as deep as modern speaker might do, but the do it with a lot of pressure. Wann to add a bl2 as a sub, but as i have mentioned it before, People are saying bad things abput the Music performance. 

I live in a flat and my living is Not mich of a dancefloor. Its about 20m^2 or so, but the labs fit perfectly in this room. I‘ll post a picture in case one is interested. 

Bl2 is to slow,i would go for the beolab 19

i've had a Beolab 2 in the past for music, i thought it was ok.

If you can't afford a Beolab 11 then get the 2, it' better than having nothing, it really helps with the deep bass with the beolab 4000,6000,8000 and 1.

koning wrote:

Bl2 is to slow,i would go for the beolab 19

please help me to understand as i am really interested, but dont know  

what dös beim Slow mean? As i understand the woofer moves do Slow  dös it make the Music not precise enough? Bl 19 is dar to expansive and bl11 doesnt Seem to have enough power or size of the woofer according to the specs. Does anybody habe experiences with other subs from Yamaha or so?

i allways wantes the bl2 so i am keen in having one. Is it though good for Movies?

Slow is a misnomer for underdamped, either the sub itself or its interaction with the room. Boomy, ill defined bass. You usually address that by moving the sub around until it sounds best. One approach is to put the sub at your listening position and wander around the room to find where it sounds best, good bass but not boomy, then move your sub there.

BL11 will not have enough bass. BL19 has no built in high pass filter so it's hard to get it to mate well without causing humps or suckouts in the crossover region. Really, the BL2 was designed for use with the BL1 and is the best option. It has a high pass and low pass section to filter bass out of the high range speakers (BL1 or other) and settings to match the efficiency of the BL1s.

Really though, there is no such thing as a "fast" subwoofer. A "fast" subwoofer would be called a tweeter. That being said, the design of the BL2 using passive radiators doesn't help. Makes it easy to make a smaller enclosure/cabinet, but passive radiator woofer alignments tend to be a bit underdamped.

Thanks Jeff,

in other words you are saying that even if the BL2 ain't perfect it is the best solution for my setup? Think I'll get one in the near future.