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Location: Utrecht
Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
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Beolab 28
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Location: Utrecht
Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
Looks ever more promising. No shiny chrome but nice aluminium. The AR version was somewhat underwhelming, but now I’m looking forward to see it irl!
I don’t understand and like the design, it is unbalanced to my eyes.I thing it was better if they took the BL20/BL5 as starting point for the design. The BL18 is way too iconic and the 28 looks like a BL1 meeting a Loewe Klank 5 The upside to this all: the BL50 design instantly looks way better from now on
I hope we will be able to buy non-GVA versions as I don’t want a microphone in my speakers...
Controls and display a bit wasted if your less than 5ft tall!
Maybe if you're short you mount them horizontal on the wall rather than vertical!👍
Location: Wien
Surely the fix is to mount them higher but upside down in this scenario? 😎Controls and display a bit wasted if your less than 5ft tall! Maybe if you're short you mount them horizontal on the wall rather than vertical! Ban boring signatures!
Controls and display a bit wasted if your less than 5ft tall!
Maybe if you're short you mount them horizontal on the wall rather than vertical!
Ban boring signatures!
Surely the fix is to mount them higher but upside down in this scenario? 😎
Excellent idea!😁
Some comments if I may?
Rumour is this is a $15k loudspeaker? I hope not. If so, I see this as a joke. My reasons:-
1. Beolab 90 and 50 (and somewhat BL5) are/were critically acclaimed. Big money but appealed to a broader clientele who would never have purchased B&O just for being “form over function” mantra.
2. The BL28 goes back to the good-old bad days in my opinion. It appeals for die-hard B&O fans who are probably too busy buying-up good used gear for a fraction of its original value right now.
3. The BL28 actually looks like a Beosound with the user interface? i.e built-in music sources.
4. The BL28 has Bluetooth. I suspect this is for streaming music directly rather than for control?
5. If for streaming music, again, for a $15k loudspeaker, Bluetooth is always lossless and therefore has a credibility issue.
6. Am I reading the comments correctly that the BL28 has a wooden-slat “curtain”? that “parts” when activated? if so, it will get slated by the Press. There’s no-way all that electrics and mechanics don’t impact on sound quality etc. Again, credibility as a $15k loudspeaker? How much is spent on delivering sound vs all the bells and whistles that probably detract from that sound? It pushes itself away from the competition?
Aside from the my questionable comments regarding the Marketability, Im sure its got all the electronic gubbin’s to have good tonal balance and have a classic B&O sound signature etc... I just think it will seriously lack all credibility from anyone apart from the well-healed nut-case BeoFanBoy’s who cant stretch to a pair of BL25s or done want the real-estate occupied by them.
For the aesthetic, not my taste to be honest. I question the effectiveness of wooden slats as a source of extraneous acoustic noises? Further, If I was penning these things, I would extend the slats at least down to the circumference of the sphere.
There are some very good active loudspeakers out there like the Kii Audio’s Kii_Three (similar price with DSP and room correction) and Dutch&Dutch 8c’s (1/3th of the price).
As Ive posted before….I think a $4-5K replacement for the BL3 would be a good move. A $15k speaker…I think B&O have gone back to smoking pickled Rollmop weed in the current climate.
We will see. Tell me I’m me wrong?
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