Beolab 9's

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Hi there,

I just wondered whether it's possible to change the colours (frets) on these speakers. Also, has any one heard them with a Beolab 2, is it needed in regards to the full sorround sound movie experience?

 

Hi Londonguy.

  First of all, yes you can change the colors, they come in red, blue, black and maybe dark gray,cant quite remember the last one.

 Your second question has been discussed frequently in here and there seems to be different opinions regarding using BL2 with BL9´s. I have got BL 9´s and must say that i do not feel the use of a sub at all. Even though the Bl2 i capable of producing lower frequencies than the lab 9´s, i do not find it to be worth the extra money. Really depends on weather you will use them for music or movies? For movies, a BL2 will give the extra punch but with music i myself dont need it.

Hi Ehlerz,

Thanks for the response, i had a look on the price list and couldn't find the fret covers listed and that's what promted that question. Do you know how much they cost?

I will be using them mainly for movies. I already have a Beolab 2 but was going to sell it once the 9 had arrived.
 

 

I believe the frets cost 100€ per loudspeaker.
Yes, they come in dark grey (as I own these). I thought it was around £100 per fret and there were two per speaker?

Hi Moxxey,

 

Do you have yours working with a Beolab 2? How are the speakers with movies, do they still provide the rumble that the :ab 2 produces?

 

Yes, I have the BL2 (before the BL9's) and I've almost turned it off. Not required and definitely not required in an apartment! I could sell it I suppose, but it's a very early model and I bought it second hand, so my thought was it's probably 'worth' more to me, for future use?

I'd say so. The BeoLab 2 is capable of producing much more bass than the BeoLab 9s themselves can, and will also produce sound deeper too, although it's not needed most of the time, the BeoLab 9s are capable of producing far more bass than you would expect from a small pair of speakers.

agree alex although I had another good listen the other day and found bl9 a little 'unbalanced', very clear sharp treble and mid range and bass a little unclear and muffled, i thinks bl2 is required. none the less for such size bl9 are very good speakers

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