I'd use the BL7.2 with a short BV Stand. Or I would put the TV on a wall bracket with either the BL 7.2 or 7.4/

Would the BL 9 look bad placed on top of the low cabinets, one at each end?

In cinema mode, where would be the screen compared to the TV?

p.

hello again,

thanks for the quick responses. the cinema screen will hang down in front ot the tv itself.

i have considered putting the bl9 on the low cabinets, but i am afraid that the combination of the two will make them rather conspicuous. my only real worry about putting them on the floor is the relative proximity of a radiator. how careful should i be about getting them close to a heat source, how close is close ?

i hadn't considered mouting the bv7+bl7.4 on the wall above the low cabinets. the only question is will the screen be to 'high' up the wall for comfortable viewing ?

i am looking hard at the bl7.2 as center speaker, has anyone out there been able to compare it with the bl7.2 in this role ?

thanks again,

scott

What will be the colour of the wall and cabinets, it it is white you may consider the white version of the BL9, they would disappear more.

Beolab 8000 maybe? But if you can afford the Beolab 9, it would be a pitty to get something else just for decoration considerations.

have struer design do all the cabinets to match for you -and meet your design requirements ;-)

they already do a bv7-40...

struer design thread

White beolab 9 picture, just posted in another thread:

The 7-2 does the job very well as long as you're listening 'on-axis' (ie, not at an angle to the 7-2) and as long as you're not too close (ideally at least 3m away). As soon as you start listening off-axis, the differences between the 7-2 and the 7-4 become quite large, not only because of the lack of an Acoustic Lens on the 7-2, but also because it contains two sets of drivers, you start getting sounding 'overlapping' between them, which does cause issues.

hello again,

i have read elsewhere of using a single bl3 as a center speaker. this seems an interesting solution as the bl3 is 'shorter' than the bl7.4, it even seems to just fit under the bv7-40 on a tablestand.

i have never seen the bv7-40 on a motorized tablestand (and yes, i plan to go to my dealer next week). can someone with the tablestand tell me what it is like, could i put a bl3 underneath it, would it get bumped by the dvd tray, could i put the bl3 elsewhere ?

thanks again,

scott

Here is a photo of my BV7-40 on the motorized tablestand, I decided to go for this because my ceiling comes down quite low. I already had the BL8000s, but I'm thinking of getting the BL9s or BL3s instead so the height difference would not be as noticeable...