Hi thavn,

Thx for sharing your experience. Currently I still use my Avant, of which I am very content with especially the sound. However me too will "step up" to the BV10, I am actually waiting for the BV10-46". Once I have the BV10, I am planning to connect it to my BeoLab 8000. I was just wondering how the sound of the BV10 compared to the Avant, especially with the loudness function.

The sound of the BV10 is astonishing for the thickness of the TV. It is far better than any other make of set with a similar thickness that I have heard - Samsung in particular are very poor. However I disagree with the first post - in my view the sound is nothing like that of the Avant or BV5. There is a missing chunk in what I would call the presence area. It is actually slightly better when used without surround sound so some of the blame would seem to be the distribution to the other speakers, but watching films is simply not such a good aural experience as with the Avant. the picture is quite superb though. My set up is Penta 3s at the front with a Beolab 2 and Beolab 4000s at the rear. The problem is worst in Speaker 5 and the presence returns in Speaker 4.

Have you seen the video clip about BV10's sound on the official B&O website?

You would learn that the amplifiers are rated at 1 x 30 W (AB class) for the bass unit, and 4 X 10 W (ICE power) for the midrange-treble..

This is far from reaching the levels of the Avant/BV5 and is even less performant than a good old MX8000..

So yes, once again, "given the size and volumes allowed" the sound is great, and way better than any other LCD TV, but by B&O standards, it is the poorest performance after the MX4000 line, and technically similar to the BV6/BV8 range.🙂

Hmmmmmm, I guess if one has a BV10, and wants to enjoy a movie at the fullest soundwise, one has to set up the BV10 with multiple loudspeakers. I hope the BV10-46" comes with sound improvements.

Actually the power levels are fine - no shortage of volume - remember that at normal listening volumes, we use less than 1 W a channel, and most of that is bass. I doubt you need more than a couple of watts for a tweeter!

Peter wrote:

The sound of the BV10 is astonishing for the thickness of the TV. It is far better than any other make of set with a similar thickness that I have heard - Samsung in particular are very poor. However I disagree with the first post - in my view the sound is nothing like that of the Avant or BV5. There is a missing chunk in what I would call the presence area. It is actually slightly better when used without surround sound so some of the blame would seem to be the distribution to the other speakers, but watching films is simply not such a good aural experience as with the Avant. the picture is quite superb though. My set up is Penta 3s at the front with a Beolab 2 and Beolab 4000s at the rear. The problem is worst in Speaker 5 and the presence returns in Speaker 4.

I have my BV10 connected to BL 5 as front speakers and BL4000 as rear. I honestly think that the voices coming out of the BV10 are at least as good as the Avant. I use speaker 5 most of the time. Speaker 4 I only use with CD´s, but then the BV10 is quiet.

I don´t know, maybe it has to do with the mounting? Mine is wall mounted, with the picture at 1 meter. This means the the sound of the BV10 hits my ears at the right level, compared to the Avant that were much lower...

I think that treble and midrange sound of the BV10 are very nice, but it needs some help with the bass. The Avant are superiour to the BV10 on that point. The BV10 are of course not as good as the BL7-1, 7-2, 7-4 or 7-6 (the 7-6 I haven´t heard).

But my point is, that the speaker of the BV10 is actually a very good speaker, and it does the job as a centre speaker in a surround setup very good! After reading Peters first experiences with the BV10 I was worried if the BV10 wuold do the job, but there was no need to. The sound is great.

RWST wrote:

Hi thavn,

Thx for sharing your experience. Currently I still use my Avant, of which I am very content with especially the sound. However me too will "step up" to the BV10, I am actually waiting for the BV10-46". Once I have the BV10, I am planning to connect it to my BeoLab 8000. I was just wondering how the sound of the BV10 compared to the Avant, especially with the loudness function.

I haven´t tried much with loudness and adjusting the bass. I can try over the weekend. I think it will perform very well together with your BL8000.

Thavn

Hi,

I have my BV10 now for about a month with 2 BL8000, BL2 and 2 BL4 in the rear. I love the crisp sound of the BV10 for my setup, the bass comes from the BL2. I think the voices are even more clear then the Avant!

I use my avant in de bedroom as standalone TV and there is perfect, with bass!

Yess, the BV10 is a great TV (VERY nice picture) and great sound is a surround setup!

HJ

Hi all,

I have to say that I really like the dynamic sound of my “good old” Avant.

But as I mentioned I will step up to the BV10, just trying to figure out a fitting sound setup.

Reading all the posts, it seems that sound wise the only weakness of the BV10 vs the Avant is the bass volume.

Currently I own one pair of BL8000 but am thinking of getting another pair, I simply like the design. Having the BL2 would be a solution for the base, but I don’t like the design. Would you think that the BV10 with 2 BL8000 in the front and 2 in the back would create the same dynamic sound?

Ps. Thavn thx for “testing” in the weekend