Fansastic wrote:

Looks nice and clean, if pricing is right this could draw a lot of people to the brand (again). But pricing is key!

My view is that this could present a superb wall-mounted or even horizontal speaker for a very good price. Ok, might not be A9 level, but I bet it's far more powerful than the A6 or even BeoSound 2, for effectively the same price.

Horizontal baby-brother Edge, anyone?

moxxey wrote:

Fansastic wrote:

Looks nice and clean, if pricing is right this could draw a lot of people to the brand (again). But pricing is key!

My view is that this could present a superb wall-mounted or even horizontal speaker for a very good price. Ok, might not be A9 level, but I bet it's far more powerful than the A6 or even BeoSound 2, for effectively the same price.

Horizontal baby-brother Edge, anyone?

+1 🤒

If this can be used with a C9 LG TV, all controlled via a beoremote one BT, then that is a very attractive setup! It would be great if you could add 5 speakers (4 normal plus 1 sub), so that you have 5.1 Sound with Multiroom.

There is PowerLink on the new Harmony, so not ditched (yet).

WISA and PowerLink will have to wait for whatever Eclipse sound centre like product they do in the future.

The Stage is not necessarily aimed primarily at those with a bunch of BeloLabs and legacy stuff, more for those with a 3rd party TV (LG) and perhaps another multi-room Beosound speaker elsewhere.

OlivierC wrote:

It is understandable B&O had to ditch both PowerLink and WiSA (even though I am wondering if PL still has a future).

 

 

On the flip side I am thinking about potential new gen B&O customers: it is not a smart soundbar and I haven’t gone through the specs yet, not sure if Spotify and other audio services are built in.

 

 

I still see Sonos as technically more attractive from that perspective.

 

 

Aesthetically there is no comparison, the Beosound Stage is very nice. 🤒

 

Maybe it’s just me but the style has some Ruark Audio flavour.

 

I like the buttons, they might be a nod to the classic BeoGram 4000.

 

 

The price is not sky high, I hope they will be able to sell in volumes. 🙂

 

 

Olivier

Sandyb wrote:

There is PowerLink on the new Harmony, so not ditched (yet).

WISA and PowerLink will have to wait for whatever Eclipse sound centre like product they do in the future.

The Stage is not necessarily aimed primarily at those with a bunch of BeloLabs and legacy stuff, more for those with a 3rd party TV (LG) and perhaps another multi-room Beosound speaker elsewhere.

My personal initial take:

The good : The price is right. Clean almost classic B&O design (reminds me of Beocenter 10), dedicated center, lots of drivers, will be sold outside official stores, choice of wood or aluminum.

The not so good : Why not the same width as the TV? The fillet on the cabinet makes it look like the cheap IKEA  speakers. Ironically as opposed to the Harmony this bar does include Atmos although it can't really deliver Atmos. In the attempt to deliver Atmos the drivers are put at a 45 angle, according to conventional wisdom, this will adversely affect the sound since the listening position will be at a 45 angle. You can take a look at how it works below. You are situated between the red and the green graph (30 and 60 degrees off axis).

But I am sure the elaborate vocabulary of marketing once again will defeat physics  😁

Bottom line, much better than expected, and if it gets out from the dusty dealerships (No offence, I truly feel for those guys) and into the Megastores I am sure it will sell in good numbers. And it needs to! The margins must be low compared to normal B&O products, but fortunately this product is moving in the right direction on the Laffer curve.

One last thing, this can't be good news for the Eclipse.

BEOVOX141 wrote:

The not so good : Why not the same width as the TV?

The TV? It’s a generic soundbar and all TVs are a different width. Even if you created a bar to precisely match the width of an LG, it might look 2cm shorter than a Sony, so what’s the point?

moxxey wrote:

BEOVOX141 wrote:

The not so good : Why not the same width as the TV?

The TV? It’s a generic soundbar and all TVs are a different width. Even if you created a bar to precisely match the width of an LG, it might look 2cm shorter than a Sony, so what’s the point?

Actually the Stage is targeted towards th C9,- this is where you get the full functionality i.e. Beoremote one. I might be wrong but I am guessing the marketing material shows the 55" so at least hit that one. But you are right either nail it or don't even try!

I was thinking about which one i would choose the Canvas or the Stage, and without having heard either (could easily sway my opinion) I would properly still chose the Canvas simply because the Soundbar and the TV becomes one entity, the design integration is simply better. The fillet on the stage doesn't really help either since the LG is a clean rectangle. 

Down to personal preferences I guess 🙂  But again the Stage is absolutely much better than i would have expected.

kuyttendaele wrote:

Someone (not me) is going to have an evening long orgasm... The words Dolby Atmos and B&O in one product. Anyway... first looks: meeeeeeeeh... Looks retro...

Will have to see and hear it in the flesh.

Karel.

BEOVOX141 wrote:

Actually the Stage is targeted towards th C9

Are you sure? I don't see this in the B&O marketing - it just promotes it as a soundbar for a TV with HDMI Arc support. No specific mention of the C9 anywhere. I think that's just something you've read on here, made a few assumptions and gone with this as 'fact'.

I'm pretty sure B&O won't have produced a soundbar for...a single TV. Sorry, but I'd like you to elaborate on where this is specifically aimed only at C9 owners?