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I currently have 2 BL8000's as front speakers and two BL6000's as rear speakers and am just about to get a BV 4 with a BL 7.1 front speaker, and have considered having the wiring put in place so I can possibly add a BL 2 at some point.
Do you feel that a BL 2 will add anything significant to the overall sound experience of my speaker set-up or will there be little detectable difference for the cost involved ?
Regards
Keith
Agreed! However, I always insist that you would be better off getting a pair of BeoLab 9s! They provide almost everything the BeoLab 2 delivers, and also vastly improve all other aspects of the sound when compared to the BeoLab 8000.
Another advantage is that you would be able to move the 8000s as rears and have a true 7.1 setup, which is really quite astonishing to hear! 8000s either side of the sofa with 6000s or a single 6000 wall mounted behind you.
I have send mine for repaint and I have BL8000 as front and BL3 as rear.
All I can say is that sound is so bad without BL2 - Believe me
Depends entirely on the main speakers used. It will never sound 'poor' without a subwoofer, just often lacking in bass. BeoLab 8000s are always going to struggle to fill a medium or large room with powerful bass without a subwoofer, but BeoLab 9s can cope quite easily.
I find myself amazed by this statement but I believe you since you have the speakers and I do not. Makes it very difficlt to know what to buy for s surround sound setup though for the BV7-40.
Simon.
For surround sound I would almost always want a BeoLab 2 unless BeoLab 9s or 5s were in the equation, or the room in question was relatively small.
LOL Chris! I am always changing my mind. On the one hand I'd like to have some kind of surround setup because I enjoy my movies and I think they sound much better with at least a 5.1 setup. Having said that, I find myself balancing that up with an interior design viewpoint as well, which is equally (if not more) important to me. I don't really feel that the dimensions of my flat allow for surround sound, no matter what speaker in the range was used. There simply isn't enough space. Its an ongoing issue but one I love coming back to and thinking of every time!!
Well it keeps me on my toes!
Simon,.
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