Is the Century able to fill a large room?

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doomlordis (archived)
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Posted April 25, 2008 at 12:08 GMT
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I am thinking about a Century or a Beosound 1 , would either of these fill my living room, it is 12 meters by 6.5 meters.

I dont listen at loud levels.

Does the Century have better Stereo seperation than the Beosound 1?  What Watts do they have?

 

Thanks

 

 

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Peter
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Posted April 25, 2008 at 12:43 GMT
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In my view, not adequately. For a room this big, I would suggest you need a better system. You need more bass to fill that size of room - an Ouverture with some speakers - the 4000s would be a minimum in my view.

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Posted April 25, 2008 at 13:34 GMT
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I agree with Peter here. Although BeoSound 1 is an excellent system, I would say it is not powerful enough to fill your size of room. An Ouverture + BeoLab 2500 combo or better would make a big difference in the warmth of the sound in my opinion. The Stereo will also be improved. What's your rough budget for this room, if I may ask?
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Killyp (archived)
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Posted April 25, 2008 at 13:43 GMT
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I'd agree with Peter and Henry - BeoLab 4000s are the minimum required. You may want to look at BeoLab 3s or 8000s as well.

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Medogsfat (archived)
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Posted April 25, 2008 at 13:46 GMT
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Me too - get a system proper, the 2 mentioned are really only suitable for a smallish room such as a bedroom or for background music in say a conservatory. Of course if background music is all you require in your living room then I suppose either would be fine, I would go for the BS1 on looks alone.

Chris.

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doomlordis (archived)
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Posted April 25, 2008 at 14:42 GMT
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Oh well looks an overture or a 3200 , hope my wife agrees!!
 

 

 

 

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Medogsfat (archived)
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Posted April 25, 2008 at 16:46 GMT
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Buy her some shoes - problem solved😁

What speakers are you thinking of? I quite like the Beolab 4000's.

Chris.

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doomlordis (archived)
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Posted April 26, 2008 at 04:36 GMT
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I like the look of the Beolab 5000 wall hanging speakers, are they any good or just pure eye candy?
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Medogsfat (archived)
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Posted April 26, 2008 at 06:15 GMT
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Posted April 26, 2008 at 06:47 GMT
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