BEOSOUND SHAPE : THE BEOWORLD REVIEW

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Interesting new concept and I have to say it would look pretty amazing on the back wall of our boardroom linked to our big screen. I can see this as a high end commercial product.

Top end hotel rooms too.

I'm struggling to see it as a big domestic seller. I do however hang this on the wall....,

As ever it would be good to see it and hear it in the flesh.
Novel and rather pretty. Ten out of ten for form but am puzzled why they brought out yet another mono speaker with so many in the Beoplay range. Mono, another mono, another mono...?!

9 LEE wrote:

 It almost felt like it needed a Subwoofer

Hi Lee,

Thanks for a very interesting and well considered review.  I will await my first look (and listen) of this superb concept with great interest.  Looking at the connectivity options quoted by B&O, adding a subwoofer shouldn't be an issue at all if this is needed for some environments.

This idea is exactly the sort of fresh thinking that B&O need right now to take them forward as a brand that can amaze and excite.  I just think it is a shame that Samsung hired Yves Behar to design "The Frame" TV for them instead of sending him to B&O, as his project would be a perfect match to Beosound Shape......

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Ceiling mounted would be quite something too.

Duels wrote:
lausvi wrote:

Thanks for the review. I must say this looks pretty fascinating.

Any ideas if the blank ‘acoustic dampers' will be sold separately? I'd love to have some for just as acoustic panels!

Ah. A wall of no sound.

Pocket-lint are impressed. But unless those blank units are expensive or only sold in complete speaker sets, expect lots of wall sculpture with the sound source coming from elsewhere.

Graham

Sandyb wrote:

in a good or bad way? or just unsure way?

Bad way unfortunately. Really don't know what to think but it's not what I'm waiting for (a Beosound 9000 or 3000 or 9300/9500 successor).

Is possible to use like REAR speacker in DD setup?
For exemple:

If I have beovision Tv with integrated center channel and pair of Beolab Sp. and beolab 2 subwoofer can I use like Rear channel?

Atmos / DTS-X / Auro systems could benefit from those, but it looks like there is no stereo output.

 

Great review :) Very informative!

Wonder if they will release a starter kit with absorbers only cause it would probably make a lot of people's current systems a lot better. Nice-looking absorbers are hard to find!

November35 wrote:

Is possible to use like REAR speacker in DD setup? For exemple:

If I have beovision Tv with integrated center channel and pair of Beolab Sp. and beolab 2 subwoofer can I use like Rear channel?

The Engineering team in full swing answer that and other questions here:

https://vimeo.com/211272895

Your question is answered at 14:00 onwards.
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