Not mine. 

olvisab wrote:

I discussed with a german dealer and he told me that every bl5 with old chassis (big power plug) of 10 years old became defective. He told me that b&o has never recognized this defect.

It might be of some interest to you that the symptoms of a faulty main chassis were identical for both speakers. The upper (smaller) bass driver didn’t work any longer and as a consequence the speaker refused a re-calibration.

David Andel wrote:

Mine are now eight years old. The main chassis have both been replaced, one in autumn 2011 and one in winter 2012. I read about other cases in this forum with speakers having had more or less the same age and the same behaviour but cannot conclude that it would be a frequent phenomenon – the dealer might do this, however. I was a bit frightened about the perspective that there could be one day no more replacement parts available, so that it would be the end of the whole speaker if the main chassis dies a second time …

It might be of some interest to you that the symptoms of a faulty main chassis were identical for both speakers. The upper (smaller) bass driver didn’t work any longer and as a consequence the speaker refused a re-calibration.

olvisab wrote:

If i compare my pair to yours, i would say that they are older and still working.(2006).

That doesn't mean they won't be defectiv soon.

Thanks for this info about the upper driver and calibration.

Did they replace the old chassis by the new one ?

For each speaker it should cost around 1000 euros all included.

Hi,

One of my Beolab 5:s that are 3 years old went down in august last year. I was very suprised that a speaker that is around 3-years old stop working. I was listening to music and suddenly one of the speakers made a loud noise and died.

I had to make a main chassi swap which cost about 2000 euro incl work.

My question: Is the Beolab 5 generally very fragile regarding the main chassi?

I have read about a lot of Beolab 5 owners that has swapped their main chassi both one and two times.

Why does B&O accept this during so many years of production and not fix this fragile electronics?

Best Regards
Martin

It certainly is a worry for Beolab 5 owners, sounds like the fail rate is quite high.

From my personal experience I've owned my pair for one and a half years and they were 6 years old when I purchased them. The only fault I have is one of them forgetting it's calibration twice, they have a 3 year warranty so I'll probably get it repaired.

They are fantastic speakers, although B&O have stopped selling them and with the high fail rates I wonder how long the spares will last so in the future you could have scores of Beolab 5's broken unable to be repaired unless a third party  company specialises in them.

Yes, my Lab 5s were very problematical. Both speakers needed their chassis to be replaced twice during the 12 years I owned them.

I have the first ones,no problems at all

Hi,

Thanks for all your comments on this regarding fragile Beolab 5.

Does anyone know WHY the electronic part (chassi) is so fragile? Why has not B&O made it more robust and safe from issues?

My Dealers technician has told me that he changes a lot of main-chassis (20-30 changes) every year in the south of sweden. I dont know how many Lab 5 that are sold in south of Sweden but my thoughts is that this means that almost everyone who owns Beolab 5 will have broken main chassis on one or both speakers in 3-5 years intervall.

This is really a very expensive speaker to own, not just to buy. If you own Lab 5 from year 2010 the mainchassi change will cost about 1900 Euros. The earlier models (before year 2010) will cost about 1000-1200 Euros. Does anyone know WHY there is a difference in the price of chassi-change between older and younger Labs 5?

Best Regards
Martin