Is it just another mono speaker? it states two tweeters and two midrange?Front and back speakers therefore does it offer stereo separation? Listening to music I think should be how it was recorded and how the artist intended.

Not overly fussed to see yet another mono speaker, its not rocking my boat.

I believe I am already at that point where I want to swap a nice mono speaker (A9) for the stereo setup (two BLs17). Still, I like the design of Beosound Edge and I do agree it is very sculptural. Maybe not for everyone’s taste or everyone’s home - but it would nicely fit into mine. :)

Very curious to hear first listening impresssions once it starts to sell, also wondering where is the power cable situated? One thing I’m unsure about is fingerprints all over the beautiful aluminium sculpture as you rock the Edge back and forth daily... Price seems to be about right.

Setting aside the stereo argument, there is something technically interesting in the photograph of the dismantled unit. Those plastic trumpet shaped sound ducts. It's the sound duct technology that was unique about the Bose Wave Radio. The Wave radio never made any claims about being hi fidelity but the output of those little units is quite phenomenal, and my Mk 1 Radio is running strong to this day.

Has the wave technology patent expired, or has a deal been done between Bose and B&O? Or is it something  different altogether?

Graham

vikinger wrote:

Setting aside the stereo argument, there is something technically interesting in the photograph of the dismantled unit. Those plastic trumpet shaped sound ducts. It's the sound duct technology that was unique about the Bose Wave Radio. The Wave radio never made any claims about being hi fidelity but the output of those little units is quite phenomenal, and my Mk 1 Radio is running strong to this day.

Has the wave technology patent expired, or has a deal been done between Bose and B&O? Or is it something  different altogether?

Graham

This kind of ‘plastic trumpet shaped sound ducts’ was actually used in the S8 sub as well.

The difference here is, that you (= the system) can choose not to use it - means it reacts as a sealed box system.

That is a bit different from what Bose (and others) have done.

Please check out this review - which gives some insight in the inside of the Edge (at the end of the video):

What about streaming? Is it only Bluetooth? Or still much better: WISA?

Jeff wrote:

Want to know what we listen to most in the house? The Beosound 2.

Heathen!

😉😁

But an honest one, who just tells the truth of how he - and a lot others - are living with sound nowadays.

MM

Jan Præst wrote:

What about streaming? Is it only Bluetooth? Or still much better: WISA?

Basicly what the new (updated)  BeoSounds are.

No WiSA....it’s not a speaker, it’s a music system.

MM

So it's like ex. beoplay 5? Except the posibility to stream to frem another device?

It is just like the new BS1 and 2.....because they just got updated with the Google Assistant support (and AirPlay 2) - or think BS Core or Essence (2nd gen).

MM

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vikinger wrote:

Setting aside the stereo argument, there is something technically interesting in the photograph of the dismantled unit. Those plastic trumpet shaped sound ducts. It's the sound duct technology that was unique about the Bose Wave Radio. The Wave radio never made any claims about being hi fidelity but the output of those little units is quite phenomenal, and my Mk 1 Radio is running strong to this day.

Has the wave technology patent expired, or has a deal been done between Bose and B&O? Or is it something  different altogether?

Graham

This kind of ‘plastic trumpet shaped sound ducts’ was actually used in the S8 sub as well.

The difference here is, that you (= the system) can choose not to use it - means it reacts as a sealed box system.

That is a bit different from what Bose (and others) have done.

Please check out this review - which gives some insight in the inside of the Edge (at the end of the video):