AdamS wrote:

Ah, but does it have a Moving Coil phono stage?! ;-)

No.

That's why I'm using a BeoGram 4500 (with the built-in RIAA dream) to listen to them as I type this. :-)

cheers

-g

Geoff Martin wrote:

That's why I'm using a BeoGram 4500 (with the built-in RIAA dream) to listen to them as I type this. :-)

cheers

-g

Before anyone else asks - WHAT are you actually listening to ;-))

MM

Wilderwein wrote:

Can you please tell us why B&O decided to use Heliox amps for the bass drivers instead of ICE-power amps?

This explanation is somewhat technical - but only a little bit...

It is easy to specify an amplifier by how many watts it can deliver. However, this one specification is inadequate to describe its capabilities.

When, in the development of a loudspeaker, we consider our requirements for a power amplifier, we almost never consider the power rating, since it doesn't give us enough information. We're more interested in the peak voltage and peak current (which is why those are in the Technical Sound Guide instead of a simple Power rating).

Watt's law states that Power is the product of Voltage and Current (or P = VI). This means that 1000 W can mean different things. It might mean 100 Volts and 10 Amps - or it could mean 10 V and 100 A - or it could mean something else.

Although ICEpower and Heliox both make 1000 W amplifiers, the balance between their output peak voltages and currents are different. The Heliox can deliver a higher peak voltage (and therefore a lower peak current) than the "equivalent" ICEpower. For the purposes of the BeoLab 90, this better met our specific requirements.

As with any other BeoLab loudspeaker, we are not bound to using ICEpower amplifiers. We are free to use the amplifier that best suits the specific requirements for a given driver in a given product. In the case of the BeoLab 90, the end result of this was that we used ICEpower for the midranges and tweeters, but Heliox for the woofers.

cheers

-geoff

Has the price been revealed yet?

bayerische wrote:

Has the price been revealed yet?

54k £ for two.

Millemissen wrote:

Before anyone else asks - WHAT are you actually listening to ;-))

Geoff Martin wrote:

link . 

Cheers

-geoff

I wouldn't have guessed ;-))

MM

Tremendous Value for money when you consider all the active Amplifiers , software R&D Scanspeak Quality

Just think theres loads of Box speakers with Illuminator drivers that cost more  money and have a fancy cabinet with just a passive Crossover

all I can say is I hope they do Brill and wish more enthausiatist could also get an Invite to hear them