Beolab 18 & 19 move to Beolab 5?

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mr_anders_son
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 09:13 GMT
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The other one!

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Jaffrey
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 11:54 GMT
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IMHO the BL 5 aesthetics works better in your space. It just looks much much cooler. Great move!

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Duels (archived2)
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 13:58 GMT
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mr_anders_son wrote:

The other one!

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Thanks for posting the additional pic. Looks absolutely gorgeous.
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Severian (archived2)
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 14:58 GMT
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Jaffrey2230 wrote:

IMHO the BL 5 aesthetics works better in your space. It just looks much much cooler. Great move!

I agree. In fact, in my opinion, the BL5 is the most attractive speaker B&O, or anyone, has ever made. Followed closely by the BL8000. In the TV series "The Expanse" which takes place 200 years in the future, in one scene in a person's house you can see on BL5. And I suspect the majority of people who saw the show had no idea that it was a speaker.

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Steph
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 15:20 GMT
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Congratulations Mr Anders son :-)))

The Beovision Eclipse with the piano black stand is truly amazing in front of your dark wall! 😕

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pauliander (archived2)
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 17:01 GMT
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To Jeff: Totally agree with that. Even my wife likes them a lot. Before the BL5 I had JBL K2 series 4800 with 2 15 inch woofers in front. Magnificent sounding speakers especially for jazz. But pizzas she called them. They are gone and no regrets with BL5 since then. Replacing them will be difficult. BL50 and BL 90 are not really my taste. As long as they keep playing I am happy 😎
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fansastic
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Posted April 30, 2020 at 18:01 GMT
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Congratulations with your new setup. What a nice interior design also, true B&O spirit and is it only me or is the BL5 getting even better in age. The form and proportions are really nice and design wise so much better then the BL50’s. The 90’s are best behind curtains imo.

How do you rate it sound wise compared to your former set up? Especially at lower levels also huge difference?

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mr_anders_son
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Posted May 2, 2020 at 08:41 GMT
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When it comes to design, Beolab 18 & 19 is top class. But I've never been happy with the sound. Probably bl 19 has been misplaced.

In any case, I like the sound picture much better with bl5.

It's a big difference.

Which should be with bl5 considering the price.

When it comes to decor, I think it works too, though they are more eye-catching❓
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mr_anders_son
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Posted May 2, 2020 at 08:44 GMT
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And at lower level BL5 plays in another league.
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markiedee (archived2)
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Posted May 2, 2020 at 09:35 GMT
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I 100% Agree with that statement Beolab 5 i feel is such an iconic futuristic ahead of it’s time piece of David Lewis design.

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