I like it. I would like to replace my BV 7-55 but don’t want the Harmony and am not enthralled with the Eclipse. This would be a great option as far as the design for me but no ability to connect my front 50s and rear 12-3s.

Razlaw wrote:

I like it. I would like to replace my BV 7-55 but don’t want the Harmony and am not enthralled with the Eclipse. This would be a great option as far as the design for me but no ability to connect my front 50s and rear 12-3s.

Yep, that's the biggest downside by a long way. Stage is fantastic for regular TV, but you definitely notice a strange 'centralised' audio experience when watching movies. If you're used to a surround sound experience, the Stage can't replicate this.

Would anyone have access to an instruction manual for this stand ?

On B&O website all I see is the dimensions.

I was trying to work out how the TV is actually mounted on it and what was included in the “box”.

This would be for use with a Sony TV

I also looked for it in the support section and couldn’t find.

I might have to use my powers of deduction 🎩 🧙‍♂️

maybe this information are helpfull for you

 

from the Website ...

 

Screen Compatibility

The interface between the TV screen and the floor stand is based on the VESA interface, which is a market standard for all TV manufactures. The VESA interface on the floor stand supports up to 300x300 mm, which makes it is possible to cover most 3rd party TV screens from 40” up to 65” (except for Samsung 65” TVs), and max 25,6kg

and here are pictures ...

https://www.picuki.com/media/2379840345617167107

Thank you BeoZip,

I saw the naked stand, so maybe i have to wait to see one in person to see what the TV looks like mounted from the back

This might answer, do they include the bracket to mount the TV on it or is it a ‘recommended’ one you buy additionally etc

Certainly looking promising

I saw the stand two weeks ago in the south of France, and it is a surprisingly good match, allowing for a very seamless look.

As it was evening, I wrote to the store and got this info back.

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The model in the window was the anthracite Stage mounted on the stand with a very large screen on top. It looked every bit as Bang & Olufsen as the Harmony next to it. Unfortunately my phone was out of battery, and it did look somewhat better than the wooden Stage in the picture.

Curly wrote:

Seeing this makes me wish we could use the Stage as a center channel in a surround setup. 

Exactly. I still find it completely unbelievable and actually, Darwin Award deserving, that the Stage is not able to function as a center channel. Either they implement a Dolby Digital board in it, or at least provide a PowerLink input. I mean, even the BL7 has a PowerLink input and functions perfectly in any surround system.

Really, B&O. Don't make it so hard for us to keep loving you!

But that would be a more expensive product.

B&O have designed and pitched the Stage with more modest specs and more importantly price.

And it seems to have done relatively well, so I doubt they'll be feeling at all that they have miscued.

Add in that fewer full surround speaker setups are sold than back then, and one can see the logic.

Of course, as a surround user, I'd (also) be disappointed if there wasn't a PUC enabled centre speaker at some stage.

And I'd certainly be puzzled if we're looking at the same void this time next year.

But I can see the logic of the spec and pricing of the Stage.

 

jc wrote:

Curly wrote:

Seeing this makes me wish we could use the Stage as a center channel in a surround setup. 

Exactly. I still find it completely unbelievable and actually, Darwin Award deserving, that the Stage is not able to function as a center channel. Either they implement a Dolby Digital board in it, or at least provide a PowerLink input. I mean, even the BL7 has a PowerLink input and functions perfectly in any surround system.

Really, B&O. Don't make it so hard for us to keep loving you!

 

Sandyb wrote:

But that would be a more expensive product.

I can relate to that when adding a surround decoder, but just adding a PowerLink input, increasing the flexibility of the product enormously... I don't think that would have to add anything to the price.