Steph wrote:

Floorstands by " Art of metal design ", a swiss manufacture.

Not bad at all !

Depends on how you view modern design. I think a lot of B&O users have a different opinion on 'style', with a bit of an old-school 70s/80s edge.

I don't know how anyone would want incredibly shiny speakers in their home. Less is more in my book. Sure, I prefer the aluminium edged BV11 over the black version, but I wouldn't want more shiny metal than the edge around the TV. Brushed aluminium isn't so bad, but not shiny metal. It's also hard to keep clean - the shiny metal base of my Beosound 4 is very hard to keep looking clean.

You can apply my new avatar to what I think of these BL12 floorstand speakers :)

BL 12 is good shiny blink blink good for 50Cent rappas home interior

Maybe they have a gold version!

Here is 50cents home by the way ;-) 

OK,

Apparently, the BL12 are too shiny for the majority of Beoworlders ! 😁

Maybe i could just get a good old pair of BeoLab 6000 and a BeoLab 11 for my BeoVision 10 ! 😎

I think the 6000s are great for their size and used they are amazing value - I've had a couple of pairs. I've got a black pair at the moment I'm thinking of exchanging for a plain pair, just to match with the rest of the system. Mint condition, 2007/8 - if you're interested give me a shout!

Cheers,

Jonathan

Here's a hands-on report with the new BeoVision 11 for those interested:

Good lord Chris, you lasted less than 5 days before flogging your BV10? What convinced you that you must find the extra cash to get a BV11? I can't find anything that compelling to justify the 'upgrade'?

Didn't we both agree - with our own eyes - that the PQ was no better? For me, it was worse. It was too bright and sharp and showed all the flaws in the source.

Worse, as it doesn't have masterlink, it renders my BC6-23 in the kitchen as a dead TV.

I'm actually a bit disillusioned as it just proves how much money B&O users have to spend on things like a new TV and how 'throwaway' a few months old TV is in this world. What's gone wrong where we flog massive, heavy and hand-engineered TVs after a few months? No wonder consumerism is such a mess.

Well it all depends on how good the offer is, but I think as it includes a £1600 Beolab 11 the difference shouldn't be too heavy.

Regard Chris

Ps I drive a 13 year old car, don't live in one of the most upmarket expensive cities in the UK, don't smoke or drink so i think my "consumerism" really is my concern🤒 Remind me who has been virtually through the entire speaker inventory? And i'm not knocking that, big up.

whilst not doubting the BV11 is a fine TV, I find the flatpanelshd site to be very "pro-B&O" and so would always expect their reviews to be very favourable. Still a nice TV though!