Chris Townsend wrote:

The only people with a problem about this device, are the ones who haven't heard it yet.

Go and listen. Walk around as if you are in a kitchen, or doing naked ironing etc Beovision 7-55 Mk2, Avant RF 28, Beolab 9, Beolit 15, Beoplay A1/A2, Beocom 2, Beotime, H3 ANC/H8/H6/H2, Form 2, Beoplay A3, Beovision 5-42 connected to a DVD1

Agree Chris the bs1 blew me away. The quality of the sound is amazing

A lot has been said about the BS1 in immersive mini mode.

But what about the 3.5 MM mini Jack line-in with sense on the BS2 ?

Does that make it a stereo candidate ?

With these specs:

1x 40 watt 1x 3/4" acoustic lens tweeter

2x 11 watt 2x 2" mid-range

2x 20 watt 1x 5 1/4"

Is it pair as good as / better than a pair BL3s?

Of course duplicating the "sound systems" (eg Deezer) is a bit of an overkill.

PS anyone noticed that the BS3500 has ABL and thermal protection and "room adaption" as well as the BL3. The BS2 only mentions ABL.

No, I don't think the BeoSound 1 is as good as a single BeoLab 3.  

Lee

Chris Townsend wrote:

Go and listen. Walk around as if you are in a kitchen, or doing naked ironing etc 🤒

I tried naked ironing once. Hurt like the dickens and I was still wrinkled afterwards.

For non critical listening, that is not sitting down and focusing on a "listening experience" in stereo or multi-channel, a wide dispersion mono setup works well. Kind of like how the ALT speakers give you a decent stereo image over a wide range of seating positions, something like this lets you get pretty uniform sound over the whole room, i.e. when you move off the center axis of a single normal speaker you get reduced highs, not with a setup like this. So I can definitely see the point.

In my dining/kitchen area, I have a pair of BL8000s on MasterLink. In between them is also where I keep my A3 on charge and to use as a remote for iTunes or Spotify if I stream it to the main setup for use with the 8000s. But, I find I often just fire up the A3, as it's easier and quicker than turning on the main setup, setting the volume, getting the streaming setup to the main system, etc. That's a tad cumbersome as opposed to the newer setups that have streaming built in but it works and it's the hardware and software I have, but a setup like the BS1 or 2 that have their own easy to stream setup and come up and get running quicker would have it's uses,

Re: Beosound 2

I'm also very interested to know if you could run these as a stereo pair, either from streaming services or the 3.5mm jack (via RCA to 3.5mm to  each). 

It used to be the case that at mastering stage all stereo tracks were checked in mono (usually on a "home" equivalent speaker such as an auratone to simulate a cheap AM radio) before signing off the mix to ensure there were no horrendous phase cancellations etc that caused "holes" in the resulting frequency response. 

I would assume this still happens although its been a long while since the main broadcast media was mono (although I do think dance music is properly checked because of mono club pa systems)

It would be interesting to hear if anyone picks up any audio anomalies in a track that they otherwise know well that could be attributed to a mono mix.

Puncher wrote:

It used to be the case that at mastering stage all stereo tracks were checked in mono (usually on a "home" equivalent speaker such as an auratone to simulate a cheap AM radio) before signing off the mix to ensure there were no horrendous phase cancellations etc that caused "holes" in the resulting frequency response. 

I would assume this still happens although its been a long while since the main broadcast media was mono (although I do think dance music is properly checked because of mono club pa systems)

It would be interesting to hear if anyone picks up any audio anomalies in a track that they otherwise know well that could be attributed to a mono mix.

Ah, the famous, or rather infamous, Horrortones! Seen them in many a studio, wonder if they still use them, it's been a while since I was in a pro studio. My two friends who have studios do exclusively stereo, but then they aren't mixing for the major record labels or such, more niche and upmarket/audiophile kind of stuff.

9 LEE wrote:

No, I don't think the BeoSound 1 is as good as a single BeoLab 3.

Lee

I agree

My question was BS2

Even though no one (not even you!) has heard it yet 😁

And like Spangle I suspect the BS2 has been engineered for the stereo use case

spangle wrote:

Re: Beosound 2

I'm also very interested to know if you could run these as a stereo pair, either from streaming services or the 3.5mm jack (via RCA to 3.5mm to each).

Now Mr Lee Bond 009 will you talk about the BS2 or shall we get out the laser thumb screws ? Or have Odd Job Jeff iron the wrinkles into you ?

😜

Re: 2x Beosoumd 2's and stereo sound.

Question is why would you when for GBP100 more you could bag a new Essence and a pair of BL17's

You could have an Essence and a pair of BL12's and save GBP350. Enough for a further purchase of a Play product or two?

I guess everything is down to personal preference, but neither of those speaker systems appeal aesthetically to me. (Especially the floor stander BL17 - why is the logo the wrong way round)

There's the potential for a bit of flexibility with the Beosound 2s as you could run them separately if you wanted to. 

It's more of a proof of concept if anything, it would be quite interesting, especially as it might alter the 'sweet spot' from conventional stereo setups with the '360°' concept.