I wonder if I shall move from Beolab 18 & 19 to Beolab 5.
Any thoughts about that? (Not design wise)
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Beolab 18 & 19 move to Beolab 5?
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I'd stick to what you've got. I had some 5s, and I felt unless you could truly play them at a volume that befits them, you'd be better with your current setup.I found the 9s at the volumes I played them to be better to be honest, but then again the 5s never really got the chance to get going.
Sound wise, of course, nothing comparable with your current setup
Super interesting question: I have been considering the same in the sense that I am pondering BeoLab 18+19 or a pair of Beolab 5s.
I’ve never heard the 5s, only the rumours! But I did listen to the 18+19 set up and thought it was pretty fine. It would be good to know what other esteemed B&O customers think!
The best and only way to know, is to listen to both sets in your own room.
On the other hand, both are excellent.....you probably could be happy with each of them.
Just don’t think too much about the set, that you did not go for.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
How big is the room and is it a house or appartement? I personally would need more info to make a judgement 😎
I have BL18/18/3 in my living room and to my experience the setup is key. I’m i n the process of tweaking the settings through my Eclipse. To get the most out of the speakers it is a delicate process of both placing the BL19 and adjusting the settings of the bass management. I want the bass to come from the BL18’s to the point that the ABL kicks in and the BL19 takes over AND the BL19 to give the very low bass even on low sound levels. I find this a difficult process but in the progress I also learn to appreciate the performance of my speakers! I can only guess that the BL5’s have the performance I’m looking for out of the box. They can calibrate the sound to the room specifications and play their best sound immediately. In short, the BL5 should outperform the BL18/19 combo but if set up properly they should be close enough (I think haha).
The BL19 has two 8 inch woofers and the BL5s have two 15 inch woofers. If true deep bass is your goal there's no comparison. The 5s have enough bass they can untie your shoes and then tie them again.
Haha that is some nice feedback I like!The BL19 has two 8 inch woofers and the BL5s have two 15 inch woofers. If true deep bass is your goal there's no comparison. The 5s have enough bass they can untie your shoes and then tie them again. Jeff I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
The only area the BL5 disappointed in was low volume listening. I felt they didn’t perform until middle to high volumes. I’d be interested to know how they’d perform with something like DIRAC room correction in a the middle to high frequencies.
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