jooka:
forget us with our opinions. just get beolab 5's and play with them. you will be happy.
Very happy! Get a roomfull! 😉
LOL soundproof, this does not at all contradict any of your earlier advice - not disorientating at all!!
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BL5 or BL9 ? That's the question.
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if I could afford BL5s, I would buy them, not matter what others would say.
soundproof:
tom:
if I could afford BL5s, I would buy them, not matter what others would say.
Lol are you married, because it sounds like you don't have a wife. You could buy them but you may be evicted from your own house lol.
Girlfriends are devious. They'll make a mental note that the AV hardware is deeply questionable, but they won't raise the issue until you're hooked. By the time the ring's on your finger, your hobby is in the garage - if you're lucky.
Personally, I would (and have done so!) go for the BL5s. The room adaptation by itself is almost worth the price difference, as you have surmised.
Distance from walls is a problem for ALL loudspeakers. BL5s probably suffer LESS than most. Nonetheless, 1.5 m isn't a bad recommendation for distance from walls. However, if you can't do it, it's not the end of the world.
I respectfully disagree with those who say that BL5 surround speakers are overkill. Identical speakers for all channels is the best, if you can afford it. We use different rear speakers for a variety of practical (and often quite important) reasons, but such choices are almost always a compromise.
I hope this helps. Good luck with your choice!
Best,
Dave Moulton
Ok the last time I'll say when we were in Struer (promise 😂)
In the listening room they had the BL9's set quite close to the back wall which was mentioned by several members. The reply was that this is where they thought we would put the speakers so they were placed there for every test during development. Lee and others said that this actually meant they sounded less good than the setups they had at home.
Agreed, the Beolab 9's behind the test curtain sounded more like BL4's with a BL2 set low than a pair of BL9's!! My 9's at home sound miles better, and the crispness of the acoustic lens wasn't apparent at all in 2 of the 3 tracks played to us.
Lee
Lee
Were you seated at the focal point of the Lab9s, Lee?
As to Dave's recommendation above. I was out in the garden trying to think of reasons why I'd want to have four BL5s, and came up with one!
With BeoSystem 3 you can select different sound setups, and rotate the speaker configuration from one to the other. Your front speakers become your back speakers, or side, or whatever. So - with regular listening/watching right ahead, you can punch in CINEMA and rotate the soundstage to fit with the screen, on another wall (hmmm - maybe have the couch rotate, as well!). Presto - you'd want the same speakers all around then.
Cheers - and whatever you do, get the very best speakers you can afford and sensibly fit in. It matters a lot to your experience. The BL5s Dave helped develop are right up there in the stratosphere. Their music have put tears in my eyes, goose pimples on my skin and made the hair on the the back of my neck stand up in brilliantly resolved musical passages!
Agreed, there is no compromise in terms of the BeoLab 5s!!
For rears though, BeoLab 3s are the most suitable IMO. Do you have a BeoSystem 3/BeoVision 9? If so, it might be worth getting four BeoLab 3s for rears (instead of two BeoLab 9s).
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