Has anyone tried adding a BL2 to a pair of BL9 for music?

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Nonalphanumeric
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Posted July 26, 2014 at 03:11 GMT
#2020115

G'day,

This arvo i'm going to try and make use of my BL2 which is currently sitting pretty and doing nothing. I was just going to connect the BL2 directly to the Beosound 3000 so as to not cut off the woofers in the BL9's. Has anyine had any experience adding a BL2 to large Beolabs like these? I searched the current and archived forums but couldn't find anything.

My head is telling me it will be a pointless exercise because the BL2 is 1" smaller than the BL9s and doesn't go as low as them either... may also affect bass accuracy, but it could be fun. I'm hoping it will add some punch the 9's, they have always had a bit of a floppy sound pressure to me when i remember back to when i had BL1 which were really tight and packed a hell of a punch in comparison (I still miss them 😠 ).

Anywho, i'll let you know how I go.
Cheers!

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PentaIII (archived2)
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 03:02 GMT
#2020116

How did it end up sounding?  From what I've heard on here and from my local dealer they don't complement each other very well.  

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elephant
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 12:27 GMT
#2020117

I expect you will have been disappointed by adding the BL2 ..... were you ?

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beolion (archived2)
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 14:22 GMT
#2020118
I prefer to use BL2 for movies as I think they add more effect on movie experience (rumble).

But for music I prefer not using the BL2 with the BL9. BL2 can not always "follow" the music I think.
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Severian (archived2)
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 15:44 GMT
#2020119

I can imagine a sub making the bass go deeper as measured than the BL9s (though maybe not necessarily the BL2) but it's about impossible for me to imagine the bass quality being improved. The BL9s have wonderful bass, deep, smooth, tuneful, musical, whatever adjective you want to use.

But please, for the love of all that's holy don't say "fast." Well damped, fine, not fast. A fast woofer is called a tweeter.

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moxxey (archived2)
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 16:21 GMT
#2020120

I did - for a short while - have a BL2 connected to my BL9s (which were connected to my BL7.4-powered BV7-40), but barely made any difference, so used the BL2 as a trade-in against other B&O kit, keep the BL9s. The BL9s are so powerful, and have a wide frequency range, that they mean a sub is negligible at best. Same with the BL5s and BL20s.

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beolion (archived2)
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 17:01 GMT
#2020121
I would not recommend using the BL2 with the BL9 for music. However, my wife will not accept me to sell the BL2 (!), and she never listen to music in the living room. And she require the sub for movies 😕
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elephant
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 18:18 GMT
#2020122

Jeff wrote:
But please, for the love of all that's holy don't say "fast." Well damped, fine, not fast. A fast woofer is called a tweeter.

😁 😁 😁 

 

@BeoLion

An interesting woman your wife !  What movies does she like watching ?  Mine would rather be out of the house for some of my explosive movies !

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Raeuber (archived2)
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 18:33 GMT
#2020123
elephant wrote:

@BeoLion

An interesting woman your wife ! What movies does she like watching ? Mine would rather be out of the house for some of my explosive movies !

The Essence of B&O is discretion in design and life

That's for sure. And in the movies my wife is watching there are no explosions at all!🤩
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geoffmartin
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Posted July 27, 2014 at 19:03 GMT
#2020124

One BeoLab 9 can, when averaged over a range of low frequencies, play louder than one BeoLab 2. This is why the BeoSystem 4-based products (BV11 BV Avant, BeoPlay V1, BSys 4) will not bass manage from a BL9 to a BL2.

However, since you're thinking of connecting everything in parallel, the answer is more complicated. It might be that, due to room position and the relative phase response of the loudspeakers, you could lose overall level in some frequency bands in the bass region by running everything in parallel. More is not always better...

Cheers

- geoff 

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Thanks
-geoff
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