Beolab 5 upgrade from beolab 9 questions

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bayerische (archived)
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Posted March 13, 2011 at 13:53 GMT
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KingOfSnake wrote:

@Bayerische - corrected with a sw update if I recall.

9's are more than suitable for 90% of environments IMHO, but if you have available funds and want that extra 20% then wny not?

No, according to B&O I need the internals completely replaced. No Hardware support! 🤒 How fun isn't that? My operation manual explains to me though that sync works... 

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BeoFab (archived)
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Posted March 13, 2011 at 14:16 GMT
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I have read a thread about the Beolab 9's lack a little in the mids. Is that correct?

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SwissToni (archived)
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Posted March 13, 2011 at 14:19 GMT
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Just out of interest how early dont the beolab 9's support the digital volume control?

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Killyp (archived)
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Posted March 14, 2011 at 06:07 GMT
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BeoFab wrote:

I have read a thread about the Beolab 9's lack a little in the mids. Is that correct?

Not when they're set up correctly. I used to find BeoLab 9s actually sounded better when toed-in (which is against what you would expect from an ALT speaker). Try both. I've heard them sounding full and correct across the midband, but then I've also heard them sounding a little recessed across the mids.

 

SwissToni wrote:

Just out of interest how early dont the beolab 9's support the digital volume control?

Other than the PWM amplifiers, there is nothing digital about the BeoLab 9. All the crossover circuitry and signal processing is completely analog. In the BeoLab 5, everything goes through a digital stage and gets processed by a computer...

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