Get a pair of the BL50'ies.

MM

MP3 on a BL9 or BL50???????????????

What do you mean??

The MP3's i do play are 320 bit rate.

Most of the music i play is vinyl & CD's

What do you think of my Beolab setup against using a pair of Beolab 9's.

Thanks.

Hi pauljrog,

I went through a similar process a few years ago, until I settled on Beolab Pentas for the main speakers in my workshop, with Beolab 3000 (similar sound to the 4000s) for the rear speakers.  The Beolab 2 was then redundant, as the Pentas give more than enough bass on their own.

Whilst Beolab 50 are certainly on my "lottery win" shopping list, Pentas are my first "real world" choice every time! 😁

Kind regards, Steve.

In my opinion, and as a former BeoLab 9 owner, the Lab 9s will be perfectly suitable for your requirements. A highly recommended speaker.

pauljrog wrote:

What do you mean??

The MP3's i do play are 320 bit rate.

Most of the music i play is vinyl & CD's

What do you think of my Beolab setup against using a pair of Beolab 9's.

Thanks.

You asked for something with plenty of sound pressure and a low distortion!

That is what you would get with the BL50 - regardless of the source (MP3, vinyl or whatever).

However, one step on your way to these ;-) you are good adviced with what Steve wrote in his post.

Maybe adding a second sufwoofer would be worth considering.

As for the BL9's, yes - but just as with any other speaker/speakers combination, you should try them out at home first.

MM

I think that you meant 320Kbs. OK, but the difference between a CD and MP3 files, even if they are 320 Kbs, is there. BL9, I own them myself, are very good, but when I hear Spotify or TuneIn, or MP3-files, I often think that my speakers have a problem!

pauljrog wrote:

The max sound level from the Beolab 4000 is 97db, I believe when you double the speakers you increase the db levels by 3 db, so adding the 7.1 and 2nd pair of 4000's should now get me 103 max db?

Good morning

Well it sounds as if we are listening to the same music and perhaps at the same volume levels.

I love nothing more than having friends over and the ability to crank up the music without distortion and quality of the sound must be amazing.

My journey was an interesting one as is below so you can see:

Lab 8000 + Lab2

Amazing setup sounds great but did not pack enough of a punch.

The lab 8000 has a great range but for Bass i needed Lab2, I find the lab2 amazing for films with its rumble and amazing lower end, the problem I had was when playing faster punchy dance music it would rumble on and didnt quite sound right, its almost as if its to slow for the music I listen too.

so I purchased some:

Beolab 9's

Wow what an amazing set of speakers these are and I still have them but not in my "Party" room

I had these and they pump out some sound the problem I found was the speakers kept going into protection mode after some heavy bass music like usher for example, the speakers perhaps were being turned up higher because they are projecting sound at my knees, I stil have these today but on my BV7

So I purchased

Beolab 12-3

Lets just say these are amazing but had the same issue as the lab 9's any real bass and the orange light come on, worst part was my friends were over and they said wow they look amazing but can you turn them up.....

So then

B&W CM9 + AMP

I took the plunge and tried to move away thinking perhaps I just need some good old fashioned passive speakers, these were great until new years and then easter weekend when one of the four woofers blew and I have to replace them at £90 a pop. they worked really well but would not manage 

so then 

Beolab Penta 3

These I purchased two years ago and refurbished them with new foam surrounds and frets.

They have once or twice clipped a little but generally you know when its happening because the sound dips.

They are by far the most powerful speakers with great sound great bass, they are relentless and never let me down, I am moving soon and having the discussion will they fit in the dining room and I cannot bear to part with them. Maybe SHAPE will be the next step but fact remains the 20 year old Penta outperform every other speaker I have had.

Hope this helps

Sean