I really liked this one :

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What I see here is a very, very interesting new speaker design : wall mounted, flat, shiny, with acoustic lens...

Have you noticed that B&O says that the Beovision 12 integrated speaker, which is very small and flat (in fact, it looks even flatter than a Beovision 8) is design to be used with Beolab 5? That's interesting. We will have to listen to that!

A big mistake in my eyes : the light is a very good work, illuminating the full acoustic lens... But it's too much light while watching a movie...

From seeing and hearing these at an event in late 2011 i can say that they sound amazing and look excellent in real life.

Very pretty and would also take on a role of a price of Art located within my alcoves either side of my fireplace.

the sound is amazing the only flawi think its that the green bright light looks plastic and cheap to me but the rest is outstanding.

i hope they change the Green / Red to more like the lab 9 descrete and not cheap looking.

Like many B&O stuff you need to see and experience them in the flesh in order to judge. I understood they will come in white as well, which I think is something I will like better than the shiny ones.

Probably a nice alternative to having BL6000 on the wall.

It will be interesting to see if B&O has better luck with wall mounted speakers this time around.  The Beolab / Beovox 3000 and 5000 may be loved on this site but they where never a sales success.  The extra cost for installation plus the difficulty of getting wife approval for wall space made them a hard sale.  The Penta's introduced as the same time however were a hugh success?  Maybe they will have a floor standing version.  Didn't someone mention there would be different sizes? 

I agree that the light seems a little strong.  Hopefully that is just the way the photo was done to highlight it for the press.

Placement will also be a challenge since the alt speaker needs to be at ear level +/- 42" for the best sound balance since the vertical dispersion of alt speakers is low.  It will need to be at the bottom most of the time unless the speaker and screen are setting on the floor. 🙂

The user guide is now on the official website; the speakers have the new RJ45PL plugs, plus a new setting (line 1 or 2) for sensitivity adjustment.

And the guys kept the 3 position switch (free/wall/corner) but don't recommend using the "free" position setting 😎

expoman wrote:

It will be interesting to see if B&O has better luck with wall mounted speakers this time around.  The Beolab / Beovox 3000 and 5000 may be loved on this site but they where never a sales success.  The extra cost for installation plus the difficulty of getting wife approval for wall space made them a hard sale.  The Penta's introduced as the same time however were a hugh success?  Maybe they will have a floor standing version.  Didn't someone mention there would be different sizes? 

Don't forget, it's the era of wallmounting flat big thin things!

is there a price available for these twins?🙂

Price in Italy is 4.260 Euro /pair.
Whit swap GBP/Euro is 3526,00 GBP.
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Can anybody understand how this speaker work? I only can see acoustic lens for  small midrange  speaker  and a tweeter in the lower part, but what about the rest of the structure where  I cannot see more  holes...