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Looks very nice with the White 8000's. Having it close to the 8000's makes the Black bases look good too. As I always though they should be White too.

Craig🙂

I agree with Craig here, the black bases fit quite well with the contrasting colour of the wall and the drivers of the BL2. Love the paint job, I've never liked the original grey colour.

Fantastic look in white! 

Contemplating our BL 2 in black.  If the white frets were available for my Beolab 1's, I might have to consider paint the BL 2 in white.

Thank you for the photo.

That looks very nice in white color.

I have a BL2 in my A/V setup (BL8000 in front and BL4000 for the rear). It is worth every penny.

Guy

Very nice indeed - the contrast between the black and white is great.

If buying for a music system, the new sub-woofer sounds interesting though.

moxxey wrote:

It can't keep up with fast electronic music either.

Agree 100%

Even though i love the Beolab2 for the way it delivers low frequencies, especially in a surround setup,

it struggles with fast electronic music, the bass isn't "tight" enough.

akeithj

Referring back to the original question, it is always clear from the differing answers, and comments in other posts on this topic that speakers are a very personal topic, so other people answering the question for you will never confirm your question.

Realistically, if you are going to spend £1,500 on a BL2 I think you can expect a dealer to bring the speaker to your home and demo the effect of with, and without. Only then will you know whether it is right for YOU.

I have had your set up of 8000/6000s and certainly enjoyed the effect of BL2 to the surround sound. Certainly I suggest that you at least have the wiring in place to give you the option of adding the BL2.

I then upgraded to a BL9/BL3 set up, and had the 9's demoed at home - my dealer was fully expecting to trade in my BL2 along with the 8000s and 6000s, on the basis of what others say here, that the BL9s do not need a BL2. When listening to music, I agreed that this was the case, but in a surround sound movie, I personally felt there was something missing without the BL2, so ended up keeping it with the 9s and 3s.

Just my view and certainly suspect not that of others

Justin

Justin,

Thank you, that was very useful.

Regards

Keith

The point stands, BL2 is great with movies and TV but you're better off without it when listening to music. I much prefer my BL4000's with out the BL2, the BL2 seemed to tarnish the well balanced sound.

What about adding a good non B&o sub and hide it away, if the budget is tight?