Beolab 8002 or 12 as rears?

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mjmedlo (archived)
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Posted February 19, 2012 at 14:22 GMT
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I'm Really not sure.

If that's the case then probably so!

My dealer says they're aimed at more of an entry level B&O guy.

I dare say you're not and entry level guy at this point.

Why not pick up a pair of lab 3s and call it a day?
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Razlaw
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Posted February 19, 2012 at 14:46 GMT
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Visually I do not like the 3s and do not think they would sound much different as rears than the 4000s
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mjmedlo (archived)
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Posted February 19, 2012 at 19:05 GMT
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Well maybe the 12s are your best bet.

I like my 3s. Paired with 5s

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BillC (archived)
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Posted February 22, 2012 at 17:11 GMT
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I like my 2 pairs of 3s. It's not as pretty but I love it's sound

Though I would prefer the 5s for the front of course but that's another lifetime ago....

I wonder if a single 3 would be a good central speaker...
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akoro (archived)
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Posted February 23, 2012 at 21:06 GMT
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I would say that BL12-3 is more like BL3 with BL11, it's that powerful and has great extension.

And no way a entry level speaker, maybe the smaller units that might follow (12-1 and 12-2) but this big wall speaker is serious stuff IMO.

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Razlaw
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Posted February 24, 2012 at 08:00 GMT
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akoro wrote:
I would say that BL12-3 is more like BL3 with BL11, it's that powerful and has great extension.

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting comparison. I had not thought of it that way.

 

 

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akoro (archived)
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Posted February 24, 2012 at 09:43 GMT
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Well, actually you have 4x6.5" bass with 4x160W amps with BeoLab 12-3 and only 2x6,5" bass with 1x200W in BeoLab 11...

BeoLab 1 is merely 2x6,5" bass with 2x400W so theoretically you could get more spl out of BL12-3 than BL1!

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mjmedlo (archived)
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Posted February 24, 2012 at 09:53 GMT
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This is interesting.

I'm anxious to hear the lab12 as it sounds like they're going to be quite nice

Anyone actually heard them as compared to some others in the line?
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akoro (archived)
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Posted February 24, 2012 at 11:40 GMT
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I actually had the privilidge to listen one of the pre production Beolab 12-3's in the same place where there previously were BeoLab 1's and I would rate BeoLab 12-3 better in these areas :look, sound quality and BeoLab 1 only easier to install/facilitate.

And yeah, better than BL3. Even better than BL8002, but it depends more on placement.

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Razlaw
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Posted February 25, 2012 at 17:00 GMT
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I just about had myself talked in to the Beolab 3s. Then today I learned that the wiring in my walls to the rear speaker locations is not MK3 and thus not ICE compatible. :(  

Dealer is offering me a great price on a left over pair of pre-ICE  8000s. 

So it seems three options are do nothing, have some major work done to run new cables, or go with the 8000s.

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