Jaffrey2230 wrote:

As you can see from my sig and photos I have posted - I have BL 11 and BL2 as well as BL 8002 and BL 6000. I have tried them in all combinations. IMHO, the BL 11 does not improve the bass for the BL 8002 . The BL 2 is another matter! The BL 2 adds excellent bass but might be a little slow for some types of music. Overall it is great and punchy - one of my favorite subs. The BL 11 isn’t really a subwoofer. It lacks punch and is one B&O product I would never buy again. It adds a little bass and adds a little punch to the BL 6000 and it might be OK for that. However, adding a Core to my BL 6000 made a bigger difference to me for music than the BL 11.

My 2 cents worth. 

I agree with you regarding BL2 being my favorite sub also. But about the slowliness and not fitting for music listening, like we can read sometimes about it, I totally disagree. It is 100% matter of setting it up properly, and room response probably. BL2 is quite simple to setup to achieve excellent results, much easier than a BL19 actually.

Recently I acquired a BL19 for my home office, to run with Beovox CX50 as main speakers. I never succeeded in according properly the CX50 and BL19 and obtain a good result despite the many setting options the BL19 is providing, never. I then decided to give a try with the BL2 I had in my bedroom. In 5mn I have been able to setup with such an amazing result, using CX50 and BL2 on a BM4500.

The BL19 moved to the bedroom, connected to the BV11, so managed directly by the built-in Beosystem 4. And believe it or not, the BL19 managed by the sound processor of the BV11 gives a better result than the former BL2, surprisingly.

In my setup/rooms, definitely the BL19 is better than the BL2 connected to the BS4/BV11 (mainly used for movies), and the BL2 gives such an incredible result for music only, better than the BL19.

I actually agree with you. For all my listening (I listen to music way more than watch TV) I love the BL 2! I should have clarified that there are some who complain about it being slow, it might be for the types of music I don’t listen to 🤷🏻‍♂️

The BL 11 is a beautiful subwoofer but I would not buy it as a subwoofer. I agree with the poster who said it adds some bottom end to the BL3 and that is what he wanted. Plus his set up looks amazing 🙂

Great discussion.  Thanks for the various opinions - without the ability to listen to any of the B&O subs (or quasi-subs 😕)  before committing to purchase, your experiences really inform.  'Appreciate it.

So how will you decide, then?

MM

I believe that if you're using a BeoVision/BeoSystem that the way the BeoVision handles bass management could make a difference. The older version of the technical sound guide has a handy chart at the end the shows how the bass management and re-direction is handles based on the speakers. The latest version of the technical sound guide no longer includes this chart. The chart shows that bass is removed from a BeoLab 4000 or BeoLab 6002 and sent to a BeoLab 11. However, it shows that bass is NOT removed from a BeoLab 8002 for re-direction to a BeoLab 11.

I completely agree on that! It's defintiely the most beautiful subwoofer on the market, and maybe the only one which can be wall-mounted. I have to admit that I became almost a passionate collector of BL11 covers 😁

BTW, I am running BL11 hooked to a pair of BL3 and it's an awesome addition to gently "fill" the lower frequency range 

Damir

I bought a beolab 11 to compliment beolab 6000's. There was a noticable difference for sure and an improvement but for the money it was tiny! So was I happy? No, not really.

But i kept it. It is a very cute unit. It is now solely connected to a Beovision 11 to add a little extra and it does do that quite well, but again for the money??? Questionable. 

It's a lot to spend when it still cannot get close to a Beovision 7 with  Beolab 7-2. 

Friends ask me why I am boiling a kettle next to the TV?