Did MR Dave M ever get back to us about this, does anyone know? I'm sure we are all very curious about what he has to say, considering he had a big part in their devlopment.
Last post that i can see was april...

I have to say the BL9's never fail to impress me and I moved from a system costing nearly 3x more.😐

The quality of sound does vary depending on the age of the source material.Older stuff sounds slightly 'thinner' with more noise but take a current recording or remastered cd and this setup is just superb-I can think of less ways to improve this system than my last and I never thought I would hear more detail with these speakers and BS9000.

I have found using the tone controls and loudness settings just bloats and spoils the sound and run them in neutral as recommended by B&O.

I set them up approx 1m from the back wall and 7ft apart and never looked back,they are quite hard to position straight ahead though because of the shape of them but angling them toward the listner is a big mistake!!.

Its just such a novelty having them!🙂

DirtyDiana wrote:

I have to say the BL9's never fail to impress me and I moved from a system costing nearly 3x more.😐

The quality of sound does vary depending on the age of the source material.Older stuff sounds slightly 'thinner' with more noise but take a current recording or remastered cd and this setup is just superb-I can think of less ways to improve this system than my last and I never thought I would hear more detail with these speakers and BS9000.

I have found using the tone controls and loudness settings just bloats and spoils the sound and run them in neutral as recommended by B&O.

I set them up approx 1m from the back wall and 7ft apart and never looked back,they are quite hard to position straight ahead though because of the shape of them but angling them toward the listner is a big mistake!!.

Its just such a novelty having them!🙂

 

Nice to hear some positive comments.... may I ask what kit you were running before your present B&O setup with the Lab 9's, and also, what are the demerits re sound, if you angle them in towards the listener?

Many thanks

Best Regards,

John... 🙂

I agree with your point about the position being ahead rather than the speakers pointing at you, i suppose this is beacuase the lens spreads the music anyway.

Since i have adjusted the levels on my speakers i love them

they are perfect and sound amazing.

i currently dont use the lab2 as im seeing how i get on without, i am thinking that i will miss the rumble very much for film so i may be this evening setting up my projector sound settings to use the sub while display 1 does not use it.

Hi John,

I worked my way up through the hifi separate ranks over the last 10 years and ended up using Mark Levinson and Pass labs which gave a beautiful sound but one that still didnt relinquish the need to upgrade to better cables or bigger amps ect,it ends up being more about the gear than the music and I basically got bored of the concept.

We always had B&O in the family and once I discovered how much R&D had been put in to the new speakers and the smallish outlay needed I sold off my other gear and now have a system that gives more enjoyment and is far nicer to use,I honestly was not expecting quite so much from the BL9 but everytime they are a revelation-if they were not I would be the first to say but no way would I go back to seperates.

Re the positioning,they did not sound at their best when angled and seem best straight ahead-unlike conventional speakers.

DirtyDiana wrote:

Re the positioning,they did not sound at their best when angled and seem best straight ahead-unlike conventional speakers.

The acoustic lenses are designed to engage the side walls, in that the sound is to reflect off these, and to the listeners, complementing the direct sound, but with a slight delay - which is why straight ahead is better than with toe-in towards the listener, with the acoustic lens equipped speakers.

david coyne wrote:

Hello Comrades

Dave and I have been having this conversation for several months... (Dave, whenever you are in Sydney, let me know, lets have a drink! I'd be keen for you to see my set up as well and make any suggestions for improvement.)

For me, my beolab 9's are a source of great joy and at times frustration!!! Play Jazz (eg Rigmor Gustafsson, Astrid Gilberto) they sound fabulous. Electro Pop (e.g  Human League, Goldfrapp) amazing.. Even Kylie Minogue and ABBA sounds great, something to do with good quality sound production I suspect.

I do listen to a lot of mp 3's- varying form about 320 bit to lossless.. and the sound quality varies enormously. CD's also vary from brilliant to making my ears bleed. Has anyone listened to Alphabeat 'The Beat Is'??? it sounds likes a 128 mp 3!!! I love their joyous pop but cant listen to it as it sounds so badly produced ( I appreciate I have lost all credibility now for admitting I like Alphabeat!)

In part, I cant help but think that the 9's just emphasise any faults in the original recordings.. Sometimes they sound great and other times they sound muffled with no midrange... Surely this cant be the speakers, or else they'd always sound bad?

Against my design aesthetic i have put a large fluffy rug on my living room floor to soften the sound. some improvement.. A DAC has been added to further improve the sound of NMUSIC and NRADIO.

Treble and Bass are set to around middle settings... perhaps i'll turn down treble even further.... Speakers are set on free and are about half a metre out from wall....

I've never seriously listened to lab 5's and never in my house... would I be similarly disappointed? You can't make badly produced tracks sound much better can you? 

Of course if someone wants to loan me a pair of beolab 5's, I'll get back to you!!!!!

David

In my humble opinion what is written here is the same experience that I have with the Beolab 9's. A truly great speaker will deliver whatever you might choose to feed it with sensere honesty. No distortions and no makeup. Garbage in, garbage out. Signalwise that is. It is not my intention to insult any musical references in this thread.

I think the Beolab 9's are a truly amazing set of speakers, and given the right source with a blend of quality, they will sound like a godess of music. Feed them som poorly put together cd's, low rate mp3's, or something else of with a lack of stamina and you will get your pennies worth and nothing more. With regard to the input signal that is.

I love my BL 9's and would not consider anything but an upgrade to the 5's. Sadly, that's not about to happen.

Jesper

takktakk wrote:

In my humble opinion what is written here is the same experience that I have with the Beolab 9's. A truly great speaker will deliver whatever you might choose to feed it with sensere honesty. No distortions and no makeup. Garbage in, garbage out. Signalwise that is. It is not my intention to insult any musical references in this thread.

I think the Beolab 9's are a truly amazing set of speakers, and given the right source with a blend of quality, they will sound like a godess of music. Feed them som poorly put together cd's, low rate mp3's, or something else of with a lack of stamina and you will get your pennies worth and nothing more. With regard to the input signal that is.

I have never heard the Beolab 9, but I have listened a lot to various high-quality studio monitors and my experience is just like yours - modern tracks suffering from the Loudness War (see

Alas, i must stop listening to rubbish pop and buy some serious music  :(

david coyne wrote:

Alas, i must stop listening to rubbish pop and buy some serious music  :(

Well David.. As stated I wrote from a technical point of view. No offence intended at all. I'm sure the music is fine in itself, but you might want to have words with the producers... :-)