Hi everyone, so the manual says put the bracket about 78cm of the ground this makes the tweeter about 4-6 inches lower than my ears.

Is the recommendation meant for normal height people or just an optimum, I would think that speakers should be lelvel with my head for best sound.

So far I have installed one and it's set on corner and I am not impressed, in the shop they sounded great but when I have m music on already I have seen a orange light telling me to turn it down, I am quite disappointed so far as I wanted speakers for a room to dance in.

I have my beocenter set on flat settings and I'm not sure they can Handle the music I play or any real volume. I wonder if it's because I only have oe up.

Seanie_230 wrote:

So far I have installed one and it's set on corner and I am not impressed, in the shop they sounded great but when I have m music on already I have seen a orange light telling me to turn it down..

Really? A light warning to turn them down? Amazing. I was told the BL12s were more powerful than my BL3s and I can ramp up my BL3s without issues and they certainly fill a reasonably large room.

I had a potential customer call me the other day and ask for a price for his Beolab 3 because he was trading for (the smaller) 12-2 which most people (including myself) don't seem to have heard of or seen before.  I must admit - and sorry Mr K - I wasn't that impressed when I heard the 12-3 briefly, sure they didn't have a sub lurking somewhere?!?!  How are you anyway, it has been a long time.

Seanie_230 wrote:

Hi everyone, so the manual says put the bracket about 78cm of the ground this makes the tweeter about 4-6 inches lower than my ears.

Is the recommendation meant for normal height people or just an optimum, I would think that speakers should be lelvel with my head for best sound.

So far I have installed one and it's set on corner and I am not impressed, in the shop they sounded great but when I have m music on already I have seen a orange light telling me to turn it down, I am quite disappointed so far as I wanted speakers for a room to dance in.

I have my beocenter set on flat settings and I'm not sure they can Handle the music I play or any real volume. I wonder if it's because I only have oe up.

 

I believe this is dependent on the ALT itself. Traditionally, with the ALT, it is supposed to be below the ear. However, I said traditionally - which means tweeter firing up. How do you have yours oriented, tweeter at the bottom or at the top?

And as for the room adaptation, isn't there a 'wall' setting? This would seem more appropriate. 

These can't be the 12-2s as they would only have one bass driver, and clearly in the picture there are two bass drivers.

Mr Klemis, thanks for ignoring my convivial greeting asking how you are!  Lab 11 @ 37Hz surely would not be suitable for use with these!!  Beolab 2 @ 22Hz would be far better-suited IMHO.

Corner setting dampens the bass output doesn't it since bass is amplified in corners?

Hope it all works out, maybe the material the wall will be made of will be critical too, ideally would be solid or heavily damped rather than pleasterboard/studwork.

Heres a picture of the both

wow quite a difference in size.  As before I wasn't overly impressed with the 12-3 when I heard them briefly, maybe an extended listening test will make a better impression on me.

Quite like the look of the shorter 12-2. Anyone heard them? Comparable to the BL3s?

What's the price difference between the 12-3 and 12-2?