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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marc,

Congrat, Marc, but, two things that I haven't understood:

Why a BL 2 with a pair of BL5? 😕

Why is the BV4 mounted so high?

Anyway, a great set up! 🤒

xegoon wrote:

Congrat, Marc, but, two things that I haven't understood:

Why a BL 2 with a pair of BL5? 😕

Why is the BV4 mounted so high?

Anyway, a great set up! 🤒

Many thanks for the compliments.

Answering your questions: My dealer advised me: In order to have full Dolby 5.1 sound quality while watching DVD it is advisable to have BL2 as sound engineers lay specific information on the subwoofer channel only which would otherwise be not lost but reduced. Actually I did try it out: A set up with and without BL2 and I have to say that while watching DVD the sound is crisper and punchier (of course most noticeable with action movies). But you are also right: A BL2 is not a must to go with BL5

The BL4 is mounted so high because otherwise the cabinet would not have had enough space. Actually I find it quite pleasant not to have to view down while watching. 

Marc wrote:

 

The BL4 is mounted so high because otherwise the cabinet would not have had enough space. Actually I find it quite pleasant not to have to view down while watching. 

 

I would agree here...I find it strange that many B&O TVs/stands require a downward view.

macjonny1 wrote:

Marc wrote:

 

The BL4 is mounted so high because otherwise the cabinet would not have had enough space. Actually I find it quite pleasant not to have to view down while watching. 

 

I would agree here...I find it strange that many B&O TVs/stands require a downward view.

It's a physiological thing: the blood circulation to your brain doesn't work as well if your neck is tilted back. I guess that improves most movies and TV shows, though 😁 This is why you haven't seen office monitors sitting on top of the main unit any more since 20 years or so. Seating arrangement is usually different though, but still I find it most comfortable when the screen is mostly below eye level.

If I may say so, visually the BL10 doesn't quite benefit from a rectangular thing under it... but that may be just my opinion.

Marc wrote:

Answering your questions: My dealer advised me: In order to have full Dolby 5.1 sound quality while watching DVD it is advisable to have BL2 as sound engineers lay specific information on the subwoofer channel only which would otherwise be not lost but reduced.

Unfortunately, your dealer doesn't have a clue and probably didn't know how to set up your system correctly, in order to feed the subwoofer signal (LFE) to your BL5s. A properly set up BL5 5.1 surround would completely obliterate whatever the BL2 is trying to push into the room. My own BL5s literally make my apartment and the apartment below move about during action movies ...

That said, congratulations on a beautiful set-up, which radiates good taste - and a belated congrat's to Acanthus, who keeps revealing more and more of his great living spaces.

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BeoLab 5 spec's:

Cut-off 440Hz for the calibrated bass.
Power amplifier upper bass 1000W Class D ICEPower®
Power amplifier lower bass 1000W Class D ICEPower®
Effective frequency range 20 - 440Hz

BeoLab 2 spec's

Long-term maximum output power 850 watts
Effective Frequency range* 23 - 120 Hz (upper limit determined by setup)

BL5 lower bass has comparable cut-off to the BL2, but bests the BL2 with an additional 1150 watts of power (while also sporting a substantially greater volume of liters of air moved pr impulse of sub-woofer, with 2x38cm drivers!).

The BL2 has a system where the moving diaphragms are 2x25cm, and one passive diaphragm of the same size.

It's a question of ensuring that the LFE and lower bass goes to your BL5s, instead of being sent to the BL2, which is the case now. The BL5s go lower and are more powerful than what the BL2 can dream of achieving.

i agree,

besides it would have been more difficult hide all the cables,BS3 and connection with STB.....without the cabinet

IMHO a beosound 7.6 would be greater in this setup than Beolab10...

BTW really nice setup,congratulations!!!