Hello Mrankit07, welcome!

Why not a BeoLab? The 7-1s come really cheap now (with a BV7 attached to it🙂)

I also managed to collect a 5.1 system of BeoLab speakers, using a BeoLab 7-1 for center. I am really pleased with it. Be aware that the 7-1/2/6 are stereo speakers, and the 7-4 is not, it has a very different shape and an acoustic lens (as your 20s have). A more rare, but I believe more powerful BeoLab center speaker is the BeoLab10, also with the acoustic lens technology. This speaker is visually much more present than the others, but could look stunning.

Let us know what you will do!

Regards, Johan

Hi,

woukd having a dedicated centre speaker better than using stereo speaker?  I cannot use 7-4 as aesthetically it won’t fit in the current setup.

i was thinking of using either klipsch credit 64 iii or kef htc8001.  However, I am not sure if I am making The right decision 

Not only does B&O need a BeoSystem 5, but B&O also needs to fill the absence of a center channel speaker in the current speaker selection. Does anyone else remember years ago when there as an interactive section of the B&O site where we could design a home theater and see have various configurations would look?

I have Beolab 9s as my fronts with a Beolab 10 as the center below a 3rd party 75 inch tv that can be covered with a motorized screen lowered when I want to use the projector in CINEMA mode. The Beolab 10 looks and sounds great with the Beolab 9s -- which look similar to the 20s. It's advisable when using a projector to have a dark wall where the screen is in order to avoid reflecting light. My wall is painted a dark grey, and the black Beolab 10 nearly disappears when watching movies. You can always recover the fret with fabric to match your wall if you want to.

I thought with  BeoLab 20  i  could  get away using a subwoofer. Has anyone tried using a 3rd part centre speaker with b&o setup?

jowus wrote:

Hmm! Good to know this, BeoJeff! I just acquired Lab 19 and BeoSystem 4 to Add to my old Stuff, does that means, I didn’t even need that?

It all depends on which speakers you have. In the older version of the Technical Sound Guide, there was a great chart on the last page that showed which speakers would get re-routed bass from which subwoofers. If speakers handle the bass better than a dedicated subwoofer, those speakers get the LFE instead of the subwoofer.

beojeff wrote:

It all depends on which speakers you have. In the older version of the Technical Sound Guide, there was a great chart on the last page that showed which speakers would get re-routed bass from which subwoofers. If speakers handle the bass better than a dedicated subwoofer, those speakers get the LFE instead of the subwoofer.