No I have separate powerlinks for each speaker and sub from the back of the Avant. Thank for the advice I will try what you say.

Can anyone else confirm the filter? 

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Now I am totally confused! As David quite rightly proposed I do love the timbre of my BL8000's and want to enhance them and not detract from them. Because of my room set up everything goes through the Dolby unit of the 6-26. Is the bass on the speakers going to cut out in favour of the BL2 or is the BL2 going to add to the bass.

 I must stress that I am not into "injected" bass music but would like the bass range of the 8000's to improve. In order to justify this purchase I must use it for music as my use of DVD is limited.

We have had our Lab 2 for over a year now and would never get rid of it. We have a BV-7 with Lab 3 front and Lab 4 rear...and both films and music simply don't sound as good when the Lab 2 is not switched on...there is a massive difference!

Buy a sub before you invest in rear speakers...we use the rear speakers sometimes when listening to music at lowish volumes on Speaker 4 and for when watching 5.1 dvds everytime. When watching tv we only ever watch it on just the Lab 7.1 centre speaker or on Speaker 3 for tv films...so basically the rear speakers do not get used that much compared to the front speakers and sub. 

As for settings...we leave everything at the standard factory settings...we have 'Loudness' turned on...and i have the sub set on the 'Corner' setting which gives the least bass of the three settings that it has on the back of it (freestanding, wall or corner iirc). 

Buy one...you will not regret it! 

Only time I would consider losing the lab2 would be if a pair of 5s or 9s came along.

The lab2 is a must have to complete the sound from any lab speaker imo.
 

Following my reply earlier to this thread...i have apparantly made a bit of a boo boo!

My dealer told me today that i can use Speaker 5 for Dolby Surround tv programs which he says that most tv is these days...i thought that i could only watch Dolby Surround on Speaker 3? My dealer said that in Dolby Surround the rear speakers will work in Mono and not Stereo...but they will work as rears and give a better sound than if i just have Speaker 3 turned on. 

Well...that means that i have not been using my rear speakers enough at-all...and i shall definitely be using Speaker 5 for tv films now and other programs too...although for certain tv such as The News and documentaries i think Speaker 1 is better.

Well then BarryAndrew, give the BL2 a go. Plug it in and alter the bass level settigs until you are happy with the sound. Then you can try connecting the BL2 directly to the CD player and have the BL8000's plugged into the BL2 (this is when the sound of the BL8000 will be filtered and changed) and have a listen to that sound as well.

I believe that you will achieve a nicely balanced sound with the BL8000's left unfiltered, with the bass simply turned down on them. See, i don't know how the DSS in the BeoVisions work - whether or not they filter the bass from the BL8000's when the BL2 is connected and registered or not... i don't know. All you can do is give it a go. Let us know how you go. 🙂

Alex:

What!? BeoLab 5s or BeoLab 9s? I would have 5s any day over 9s unless I was really pushed for a more discreet design or cash.

I'd personally never add a BeoLab 2 to the 9s. All you're going to do is degrade the sound, the performance from the 9's 'subs' is better than that of the BeoLab 2 (although the 2 goes louder).

alex,

the bl5's seems to be huge in my living room... and i feel that i won't use them at 100%... do you know what i'm saying?
 

BeoLab 5s are never wasted. Don't forget they adapt to where they are placed, so you never get 'over-boomy' bass that would normally be characteristic of high-end speakers in a smaller space. You then end up with all the extra benefits the BeoLab 5s provide which no other speaker will give, even the BL9s don't show some of the really amazing sonic characteristics of the 5s.

You know what, i know what pedropinto is talking about, so i guess you've got to respect that his opinion is different to yours. They are double the price when it comes to the hard earned money. Everyone is different, and in most domestic setups, the BL9's would be more than sufficient. What if it's a small room? Thats ALOT of money for a speaker that may not be satisfactory aesthetically or if the user does not feel the need for that sonic perfection.

I read a post a long time ago that stated that the BL5's are only getting started where the BL9's would be out of breath, but in a smaller setup, who in the world is going to turn up their music that high?