Don't fancy the idea about a moving ALT speaker, but the status display - YES! Think how cool it would have looked on the Beolab5's. A small curved display on the top of the cones. 😐

bayerische wrote:

Don't fancy the idea about a moving ALT speaker, but the status display - YES! Think how cool it would have looked on the Beolab5's. A small curved display on the top of the cones. 😐

😐Bayerische what a gorgeous idea with the status display , but so positioned you can a see it easily...maybe like that

Tomaz once again displays his genius.  I fear that it is wasted here though.  Once the wi-fi enabled Beo6 is available, this concept goes straight to the dust-bin.  What I would like to see is for Tomaz to re-work his original concept for the BeoLab 9 Pingvin speaker with a retractable ALT tweeter so that when not in use it folds or collapses into something sleek and smooth, visually quiet.  Imagine the drama of a BV-4-85 rising up on its floor-stand while the speakers present themselves!

Sorry to be a party pooper, but disregarding the techno-lust of a moving ALT-tweeter , what's the point? You'll not only have more moving parts that can break, and more expense, but when the lens is up, there'll be a an undampened void in the speakers.

I see the point in a car, where the speakers/units are separates, but I really don't see the point in a threeway speaker placed on the floor.

As for the status display, I like the (lack of colour) of Tomaz' design. But it's too big, and destroys the somewhat simple circular/cone design of the Beolab 5s.

However, that sort of display - white on black background - would be good on small nearfield monitors.  I wouldn't mind having a set of monitors, slightly bigger than the BL3s, with an ALT-lens, and a tiny display showing volume and/or source. Of course, I'd like it if it had both analogue and digital in with support for 24bit/192kHz  (coaxial, not optical).

Electrified wrote:

..... the techno-lust of a moving ALT-tweeter , what's the point? You'll not only have more moving parts that can break, and more expense, but when the lens is up, there'll be a an undampened void in the speakers.

Exactly that`s the main point: techno-lust of a moving ALT speaker.....🙂

But you can see it as a speaker protection in standby mode, "cleaner" appearance, especially in center speakers (BL7.4, BL10).

I could also think of inwall/ceiling speakers for surround and linkroom with moving ALT. Speakers that simply disappear in the wall/ceiling in standby mode.

Electrified wrote:

As for the status display, I like the (lack of colour) of Tomaz' design. But it's too big, and destroys the somewhat simple circular/cone design of the Beolab 5s.

However, that sort of display - white on black background - would be good on small nearfield monitors.  I wouldn't mind having a set of monitors, slightly bigger than the BL3s, with an ALT-lens, and a tiny display showing volume and/or source. Of course, I'd like it if it had both analogue and digital in with support for 24bit/192kHz  (coaxial, not optical).

Agree. It`s like the BV7 display on a BL5...and I don`t like vertical displays.

I hope, we can have the status display on the Beo6 like on the BL5000, 7000.

Stefan

Maybe it's just me, then. I like my monitors/speakers to be as simple (i.e. non-mechanical) as possible.

How would a moving alt-lens be incorporated into a wall? I get the ceiling part, and that might actually work pretty well, but the walls?

I think I'm simply not getting it. I have techno lust as much as most people, and I'd love to have the Alt lenses in my car, but I really don't see the point of moving alt lenses in my home. In fact, I think I'd might consider it garish, or  even "chavish" if you wiill.

Electrified wrote:

I think I'm simply not getting it. I have techno lust as much as most people, and I'd love to have the Alt lenses in my car, but I really don't see the point of moving alt lenses in my home. In fact, I think I'd might consider it garish, or  even "chavish" if you wiill.

 

Likewise. Moving ALT lenses would be extremely gimmicky.

A speaker is for making sound. Try and make it look nice in the process and give yourself different placement possibilities, but at the end of the day, it's purpose is to make sound.

Well in that case most B&O products are gimmicky! Who needs doors on a BeoSound Ouverture?😉

I am also waiting for motorized ALT lenses on home BeoLabs, it would make the speaker less "bizarre" when turned off, give it 2 different looks, keep the tweeter safe from dust and kids that can't help touching them, not to mention the cockroaches or lizards (yes, I live on a tropical island).

Besides, it would give the same "opening" impression as the one found on products like Beocenter AV5 with the sliding speakers.

I would like to see a BeoLab with 2 ALT for treble + midrange , same size as BL3 but going down to 100 Hz only, as this is the max. response you need in a 5.1 setup with a subwoofer.You don't need 50 Hz and ABRs with BeoLab 2 or 11.😕

It could be argued that lots of B&O product's have movement that is either superfluous or gimmicky - however others will argue that these movements provide a "wow" factor - the lifting stand of the BV4 85/103 springs to mind as a good example. It's a personal opinion.

Puncher wrote:

It could be argued that lots of B&O product's have movement that is either superfluous or gimmicky - however others will argue that these movements provide a "wow" factor - the lifting stand of the BV4 85/103 springs to mind as a good example. It's a personal opinion.

No, it's not simply a matter of opinion.

The difference being that having a lifting stand on a telly or a moving front plate doesn't compromise the picture or audio. Having moving speakeri units does.

And now the opinion comes into the frame: I don't think the chavvy approach is a compromise I'd be willing to take, just to have the "wow" factor when I have guests - In car, yes, because it also means very few people will be able to tell from looking in through the window.