Hi Sal

Thanks for your post.  This is what Beoworld is for :-)

The 9s were my favourite speakers for a very long time.  I loved their simplicity in design and I always thought (for me) that they were superior to the Lab 5s which I always though that design was not really for me.

Back then I could never afford a pair of 9s and now I have come to realise that there are so many more speakers that are double triple and even 10 times the price that don't have what the 9s have. 

I had the opportunity to listen to the 20s , and I appreciate you state they are not 20s, next to the 9s, and that brings me to the conundrum, that in the future I hope to be fortunate enough to own a pair of 20s.  I never thought that they could better the 9 design, but I love both the 9 and the 20. 

In my back room I have no room for them at all.

In my front room however, if I ever get to the point of having another B&O TV, it would be a wall mounted 11 with a pair of 20s, or 9s.  

Thanks for your post.  It's funny because when i read it, that's how i first felt when i listened to my pair of head phones the A8s (i think that's what they were called back then) - i could hear things in them i can't hear before, and that's what started my affair with B&O.  From a simple pair of headphones has turned in to a TV and speakers lol. 

I don't listen to classical music, but I will look up Philip Glass.  Yesterday I was playing "Princess of China" by Cold Play and Rhianna through the Apple TV and I was thinking man the quality is bad.  But then i realised my speaker group was mono.  I then changed it to Music and whammoooooo .  I would love to listen to that song on a pair of 9s. 

These are definitely a good speaker if you cant afford beolab 5's.

I have had mine for years and they are really sensitive to placement like most floor speakers but when you find a good spot, they are orgasmic to the ears and other senses!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!  I've had a love hate relationship with my BL9's but you can't argue that they are fantastic value for money and they look fantastic as well.  As Dave says placement is quite important to get the best out of the ALT but once set up correctly they are great.  

I'll be taking delivery of BL5's next week and have a huge dilemma!  I can't justify such great speakers being relegated as rear channel speakers but I have no other areas to use them in and I can't see myself parting with them. I have a problem!

Lack of midrange that corresponded to placement was my greatest issue but have been happy with them since.

I haven't auditioned the BL5 in my environment but I hope for it to be a step up.  I didn't want any opportunity for my partner to tell me to take them back!

Well, as a fellow Beolab 9 owner, I can relate. First time I got to hear them properly setup at a dealer, in his good room, I was just amazed. The midrange was so detailed, smooth and seductive, and the treble was extended but not harsh, bass was there when called for but not boomy or exaggerated.

Then when I years later heard them in my house, all those feelings were validated and then some! These speakers will go surprisingly low for such a small speaker, but do so with great control. Still some of the best midrange I've heard, and silky smooth treble. And the speakers just disappear, with your eyes closed I challenge anyone to point directly at one of the speakers and say that's where the sound is coming from.

When I got them I spent the better part of a week going thru all of my recordings, from classical to hard rock and everything in between, with just this huge grin on my face. My wife just loves them as well.

Congratulations on your purchase, and hope you have years of enjoyment.

One of my BL9 turns orange quite often (I bought them new half a year ago). And I don't like the noise from the treble/midrange speakers but I will have to live with it. Don't know why that sound is so much louder than the speakers in my Avant (that I can't hear noise from in my sofa). 

Other than that, I love BL9 :).