Beoplay m5 vs Beolit 20 which is better?

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Hi i'm looking for new B&O l


Generaly I'm listening to music through in ear (currently Noble K10) I love the K10 sound sign which it Clear, seperate, great soundtage, the Treble and the mid is awesome, the vocal is balance or a little bit forward...the bass it enough but not too much. The bass is not overlap the mid which make the sound more relax... And I can enjoy for longtime


So with that sound sign I love should I go with the M5 or the Beolit 20? Many thanks


Most of the time I listen at home so I won't care too much about design, portable, connection... Just sound sign and sound quality !

If soundstage is important, then I'm not sure if either of those choices will fit.  Of the two, I believe the M5 has a better soundstage given its speaker configuration, but no single point system is going to rival the soundstage found with headphones.

EDIT:  Sorry, I would delete this post if I could.  After making this post, I realized that the Beolit 20 is a redesign and also has 3 full-range drivers (M5 has 3 tweeters) so I don't know what I'm talking about with respect to these products, except for neither of them are going to give you the soundstage of headphones.  Then again, you can stereo pair a Beolit 20 so maybe you could eventually buy 2 and get a nice stereo soundstage.

The Beolit 20 is worth every penny, and is also a mobile device thanks to its battery. And you can now pair them.

Thanks the two previous advice. Hope more people can help me decide

Things are usually pretty quiet around here in August.  Maybe postings will pick up shortly.

Hop some help :) 

I like the beolit more too, but depends if you want a bt speaker of a network speaker really.
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