Milos wrote:

New pirate edition of A9 with only one wooden leg :)

Arrrrrrr...

Well - the thread is already sliding into the usual complaining..

Please take the question asked from seethroughyou serious - there are lots of other threads about 'suggesting a one-legged A9'.

Quite a lot has been written about the TV production being transferred to the Czech and the 75 people who loose their jobs in Struer. Some even think that this is the end of B&O.

Less known is that they are increasing the aluminium production in Struer, they even hire more people/cancel the summer vacations - because a lot of new items are being produced at the moment for several new products coming this autum.

Employees talk about 2 (or more) new loudspeakers and other things. Most of them do not know exactly what is coming - they 'just' make the items! It wouldn't surprice me if one or two coloum speaker are coming soon.

They keep things very tight nowadays in Struer, and noone is really allowed to talk about what he/she might know.

However it is my impression - talking to  some of the workers in Struer - that we will see several new products this year. ...

....just as Tue has promised 😉

P.S. @ seethroughyou - what is "a new tv stand that will impress...."?

The 'BeoSystem 4" already was official announced - not as 'BSys4', but as 'successor of the BSys3'.

That it is meant to be used with 3rd party TV panels was not mentioned as far as I know.

Greetings Millemissen

Pushkin wrote:

Hi - if the 'BeoSystem 4' is truly designed for seamless use with third party panels that is a great step forward. As a prior BV4-65 owner I would buy this new product without hesitation - I adore B&O speakers and really enjoy the benefits of full integration but want an OLED panel. Although a tiny sample I know five other people who would also buy this product. I am also excited about significantly refreshed column speakers.

koning wrote:

@seethroughyou

i've been told the beolab8000.

it will have a alt tweeter on top.

Jeff wrote:

Milos wrote:

New pirate edition of A9 with only one wooden leg :)

Arrrrrrr...

😂

Pushkin wrote:

Hi - if the 'BeoSystem 4' is truly designed for seamless use with third party panels that is a great step forward. As a prior BV4-65 owner I would buy this new product without hesitation - I adore B&O speakers and really enjoy the benefits of full integration but want an OLED panel. Although a tiny sample I know five other people who would also buy this product.

I would buy it to support this 😁

link

... well maybe ... I will certainly take a look at the projector in July ... but if it looks washed out like the photo in this article I will walk away ...

"Big enough to impress even the burliest lumberjacks."

I'l double the money for next gen of 8000. Rly hope so its gonna happend with that tweeter thingy.

An 8000 with an ALT tweeter could be interesting. I also think that if they used some of the same tech in the Lab 9 and 5 they could increase bass response in a smaller speaker. You can use electronic tricks to force a driver to any system q and frequency extension you want if the driver is robust enough to withstand the abuse. You no longer need to meet the Thiele-Small parameters and enclosure size, you can force fit it with how you drive the woofer if you make it strong. See the BL2, Carver Amazing Subwoofer, Lab 5. In the Lab 5 that enclosure is way, way too small for most large drivers, so I suspect they are playing the same tricks there and in the Lab 2.

As much as I like things like the 4000, 6000, and 8000 aesthetically, and feel they have no need to be replaced as they are iconic, the truth of the need should, business wise, be only based on sales. If the sales numbers have been declining then it's time to replace it, no matter how iconic it is. It would be a bad decision IMO if they are still selling well and it's just to arrive at some kind of forced similarity between the models.