One thing that the Beolab 90 does is highlight the true design elegance of the the inferior sounding Beolabs that have gone before.

If only there was a way to get all this technology to perform in an elegant column. As Geoff has stated in one of his blogs, this design has been engineering led, rather than the previous approach of the designers choosing a form and then asking the engineers and technicians to get the best performance out of it.

Graham

Now the challenge will be to engineer both in tandem, with neither taking priority. The 90 is a a tour de force for B&O, and hopefully the retailers will benefit from it. No doubt over the next few years we will see a trickle down of the tech to smaller 9 sized speakers. Hopefully🤒🤒🤒🤒

paolomariano wrote:

The technologies developed for bl90 will be used in the smaller speakers ad well in the future, as always... 🙂

Or how about this:

 

The form of the BL5s was dictated by the sound reproduction goals and requirements, from top to bottom.

Traditional "monkey coffin" loudspeakers have made us expect that form/function when judging new speakers. But throughout the years, many have experimented with alternative dispersion patterns and driver placements. Sonab, a Swedish company, had quite a lot of success with their, precisely because the sound appeared truer than with traditional designs.

What R&D at B&O have done now, is to take the concept to its absolute utmost, given our ability now to measure and model in a lot more advanced way than before, while DSP and on-board dedicated amplifiers also provide leeway unknown before the advent of BL5s (and other dsp-driven designs outside B&O).

The shape and driver configuration follows from the goals. So it's basically a question of whether one is willing to be uncompromising in achieving the reproduction aimed for, or whether you want to struggle with the limitations of the more acceptable monkey coffin design that we judge speakers through when faced with new configurations.

 

Sonab speaker: [View:http://old.carlssonplanet.com/forum/gallery/image.php?mode=medium&image_id=729:800:0]

What a speaker!

It even seems they satisfied the critical people of beoworld.

The question that arises is whether they can supply enough! 😁

Wouter wrote:

What a speaker!

It even seems they satisfied the critical people of beoworld.

The question that arises is whether they can supply enough! 😁

It has been so beautifully presented and they juggle with technical terms, almost praising this speaker in to heaven. I want to hear this speaker before I judge it. Remember my quote beneath...

Not many dealers will take this speaker in their showroom. At least not in my region. I was better born in the Emirates, at this price level...

Hi everyone,

I've put together a quick guide to connecting Beolab 90s for those Beoworlders who are looking to upgrade their existing speakers, please take a look here:-

http://www.soundsheavenly.com/faq/cabling-beolab-90-speakers/

The guide is a "work in progress", so I will be adding more connection options shortly.  If anyone has specific products that they would like to use with Beolab 90, please let me know and I will be happy to add these to the guide.

Kind regards, Steve.

Blimey Steve, you're quick off the mark!  Interesting to see how many customers you get for these.

Dave.

Well, I have to say it was worth the wait - I'm very impressed and cannot wait the see and hear them in the flesh.

I'm even more impressed that B&O have seen fit to add RCA and XLR input connections to increase their appeal beyond all B&O systems - thank you Struer!

Bravo B&O for being brave enough to spend real time and real money developing this technical tour de force, especially given the very difficult economic climate experienced during the development process. It is a real pleasure seeing someone develop something significant to be a state of the art, genuine step forward in performance (rather than the typical tech fashion accessories, to be waved in view this week and discarded in the next, we see week on week in the "technology" press)!  Hopefully you will be rewarded with glowing reviews and critical acclaim for your efforts.

(I also hope that this statement speaker system isn't besmirched by software UI or format compatibility issues etc. - it would be a crying shame)!