olvisab wrote:

The beolab 5 is probably not the audiophile Holy Grail speaker but would certainly be accepted into the room of the Knight's Round Table.

I don't think any speaker that doesn't require you to obsess and fret over selecting cables and associated amplifiers would ever be the Holy Grail of "audiophile" speakers...😎

To the OP: how big is your room?

Unlike what they say, these speakers do not perform well at all in smaller rooms.

They are really subjected to the room boundaries. At first I thought too that the mids are not world class, but after moving around a bit I'm quite satisfied, but I agree there is room for improvement there. Otoh, The bass is stupendous for such a small size.

I've had my good dose of so called high end speakers and the bl5 is the one that I've kept the longest and still not considering a trade.

I have no center channel speaker, and the fathom center is spot "on the screen", crips and centered as I sit at a distance of 19', on whichever side...

link suggests that the calibration microphone motor had a short life on early models due to the repeated demonstration of the feature by owners.

Earlier thread on the topic.

I cannot find the other reference to the software limiting recalibrations to 200 but I am fairly certain it was on a google books sample page similar to the first link above.

So it seems to me that buying an early Beolab 5 pair of speakers might carry the risk of both recalibration software problems and recalibration motor failure.

 

Graham

 

The calibration issue looks strange for me when you know the experience of bang olufsen in cinematic and motor for this purpose.

30, 40 calibrations during 6 months mean around 200 calibrations but also intensive use.

This kind of information has a value when at least one owner confirm this.

So unless an owner or someone from b&o say it, it is pure speculation.

And this fact true or not doesn't explain the issue of Moxxey or the OP and is off topic. His motor still works.

But thank you graham for showing us the source.🙂

I agree it's off-topic as far as the motor is concerned. However, if the software can only deal with a limited number of recalibrations it could explain some of the problems where owners complain about apparent poor quality sound settings.

The first link concerning the motor gives the impression that the source of the information was B&O, so it would be nice to see some confirmation here from someone like Geoff Martin concerning the alleged motor and software issues.

 

Graham

vikinger wrote:

I agree it's off-topic as far as the motor is concerned. However, if the software can only deal with a limited number of recalibrations it could explain some of the problems where owners complain about apparent poor quality sound settings.

The first link concerning the motor gives the impression that the source of the information was B&O, so it would be nice to see some confirmation here from someone like Geoff Martin concerning the alleged motor and software issues.

Graham

The software can only deal with a limited number of recalibrations ? That's just scyfi.

A motor can do that but which engineer would create a software like this (apart from A---- 😮 and M------- of course)

Let's wait a serious opinion from geoff or any official from b&o.

They shouldn't let this kind of information being spread if it is not true.

Search the archived forum and you will find many references to Beolab 5's needing hard resets from time to time.

Does a hard reset reset the calibration software?

Graham

Sincerely the PIN code function is the DANGEROUS part.

It can mess everything and there is no other way to solve this.

Every software based system could be subject or need a hard reset for a reason or another whatever the number of time you use it.

The beolab 5 is surely the more fragile speaker from this side because of its built in technology.

Hello everybody,

 

I have tried now several locations, calibrations,... and result : very bad sound. just cold sound, there is no soul in the music. have tried several cds, classic, jazz, blues, hip hop, dance ,... nothing. they sound no better than my computer speakers of 50 euros. really.  My wife asked me even If I had problems with my ears when I bought these. In the b&o  shop it was like an angel. 

i will call dealership and if they can not help me out, im selling this units again. I suppose that my living room is not suited for these speakers. back to the magnepan speakers with sub.

I would start thinking this has something to do with the software, such a bad sound.

I have tried the hard setup, 20 - 30 sec on the button on top, but nothing happened. a plop at the beginning but thats all.

thanks

artie

 

Hi

If they sounds like your computer speaker of 50 euros, they have really a technical problem or your environment is very particular.

Sorry to hear that as they are really excellent with good source.