Nice Jeff :)

Here's mine. CX50s are on shelf below the 5000 Lab/Master, sandwiching a load of medical textbooks :P

j0hnbarker wrote:

Here's mine.

I think we are tuned to the same station! 😂 😂

@STEPHEN: I have S45's... but I never used them with this combo. I went with the S60's initially for the greater power handling. Rest assured, the S45's (single fret, not the double fret models) are very good speakers! If you have access to a good pair, I would recommend them as great interim speakers until you can find the correct 3000/5000 + 2500 cubes. Then you can move and connect the S45's to your next B&o purchase! ...There will be more! 😁

You'll have to choose whether you want to go with vintage B&O speakers or with newer speakers. I'll have to second Frede's suggestion that the best choice would be a set of the speakers that were originally created for this amplifier. It's a very special amplifier, with circuitry you do not find in many other amplifiers, due to the requirements for setting them up properly for correct playback of the various sources (using a mono signal and the dials on the bottom.)

B&O itself ideally wanted you to use a three-speaker stereo configuration, plus the Beovox 2500 omnidirectional tweeters. I've listened to music I knew well through Frede's setup (Classic Audio), and it sounded brilliant.

I asked Tim Jarman what other B&O speakers he could recommend, since I didn't have room for the Beovox 5000 setup. He suggested that I should get a good set of Beovox S80.2 for the Beolab 5000. And I've been looking for an excellent pair ever since - and will probably have them reconed when I find one. Think that would look good and be quasi-authentic as it's within the brand.

However - I am using a pair of Dynaudio Focus 140 speakers now, and they are doing an excellent job together with this amplifier.

I agree completely about the Beovox 5000 and 2500 combination. They are however bulky! I actually use BBC LS3/5A speakers with AB1 woofers and these work wonderfully. For classical music, especially vocals, these are superb. I confess to not being a fan of S80.2s - Tim's pair were mine at one point! If I wanted B&O speakers, but didn't have room for the 5000s, I would get 3000s instead.

Dammit!
I thought I had the full setup.
Beolab 5000
Beomaster 5000
Beovox 2500s
Beovox 5000s
Now, having read this thread I just have to find a center speaker.
Hmmm, the fireplace is a bit of a nuisance!🤔

... and Jandyt

you also need the StereoBox to connect in a fexible way to the Beolab. This Box will also make it possible to connect a headaphone to your Beolab.

/Frede

  Thank you all so much for the advice on choosing speakers for my BEOLAB 5000 I live in Canada and its harder to find a good selection of B&O speakers here at a reasonal price but im going to keep looking.  Im also looking for the little red power button indicator for the beolab amp it fell off. Let me know if anyone has a spare one i can purchase.  Thanks again im new to BEOWORLD  and im  very impressed with the knowledge you people have and also feels good knowing im not the only beonut out there.  I think my beocollecting has only begun.

Beovox 5000.. aren't they nice?

But you will need space, they are big indeed.

beobeo wrote:

Beovox 5000.. aren't they nice?

BEAUTIFUL!

Nice clean setup... and a BG1000!

classic wrote:

My best choise will allways be speakers developed for the product in question - the Beolab 5000.

Speakers for the Beolab 5000 is Beovox 5000 or a 'not so known' speaker the Beovox 3000.

The best choise is Beovox 5000 and for me I prefer MKI or MKIII of this speaker. If this will be your choise, you will get a fantastic sound and really getting the best of the Beolab 5000 system. If you also connect a couple of Beovox 2500 Cube's the sound will be further improved. Last week I also connected the Stereo Box and a Beovox 3000 as center speaker - (The Beolab is designed to drive a center speaker too) - this is even more fantastic, I would say, this is a kind of unknown improvement for owners of the wonderfull Beolab 5000 system.

/Frede

hi stephen,

if you want the best, go for the original setup, as frede recommended.

i use a some beovox 2400 connected to a pair of beovox 2500 cubes. they are also build at the same time as the beolab was manufactured. imo also a good setup, if you don't have much space... but some beovox 3000 would sound even better. if you looking for new speakers piega will also a good choice. http://www.piega.ch/en/produkte/

regards

dario