BL2 superfluous for home cinema?

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VANTAGE (archived)
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Posted December 24, 2011 at 10:14 GMT
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Hi everybody,

My dealer is offering me a good price for my BL 8000s and my BL2, if I purchase a pair of new BL9s from him.

I have no trouble believing that the BL9s will sound better than my BL8000s + BL2 when listening to music, and I obviously like the idea of freeing up space and having less cables in my living room.

However, what about home cinema? I love my 5.1 setup (I have a pair of BL6000s in the back), I do watch a lot of movies, so I am wondering if the BL9s would in that case adequately replace both the BL8000s and the BL2? In other words, isn't a subwoofer needed these days when watching a movie? Would my TV (BV7 55") compensate for the lack of a subwoofer eg. by beefing up the bass on the BL9s? I would end up with a 5.0 setup after all.

Many thanks for your inputs and by the way: merry Christmas to all of you :-)

 

VANTAGE

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Razlaw
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Posted December 24, 2011 at 10:17 GMT
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I also have 9s with a 7-55 with 4000s in the rear. A sub is a matter of personal taste. I have used my system both with and without. I find I like it better without a sub as the bass is much tighter and more uniform coming from the pair of 9s instead of just 1 sub. 

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personaltrainerpaul (archived)
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Posted December 24, 2011 at 10:59 GMT
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Hmmmmm Vantage do you really want to lose the elegance of the BL8000?   The BL8000 is the equivalent of a tiny black Chanel dress on the most outstanding lady in the room or a black slim fit Dolce&Gabbana suit on us boys!

Id stick with the BL8000 knowing that I had a timeless beauty!

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chucky (archived)
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Posted December 25, 2011 at 01:20 GMT
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Hi, I had the same setup. BL 8000 front , REL sub ( even bitter bigger then BL 2) and 6000 in the back.

Traded the 8000, and left the sub in the setup. Sold the sub in 2 weeks, not nescesary imho.

Ask your dealer of he can put in lab 9 and leave your sub in the setup for a few days, then decide.

Happy hollidays

Chucky

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hotknife (archived)
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Posted December 25, 2011 at 08:37 GMT
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Vantage,

was in the same "trouble" like you. Attached you find my article BL8000/BL2 vs BL9.

http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/p/38092/316391.aspx#316391

Try bablefish or other online translators.

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VANTAGE (archived)
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Posted December 26, 2011 at 12:14 GMT
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Many thanks all, for your inputs. Especially you hotknife: as you said, I am in exactly the same situation as you were, so your experience is therefore pretty useful!

 

Cheers - VANTAGE

 

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