beolion wrote:

 

The only noticable difference I could hear from the 7-6 compared to 7-2 was the stereo part, since the speaker is wider. It is easier to notice the stereo.

I have the 7-2 to my 7-55 (I re-used them from my old 7-40), and I do like that the speaker is smaller than the TV. I think that the 7-6 is too big for our living room as we also have the BL9's as front speakers also.

 

Thanks beolion.  My intention would be to only use the center and rear channels for watching movies.  For listening to music, I think that I will only be using the BL9s.  I only say this because this will be the first surround system I have owned, and I am used to listening to music on two-channel stereo.

Do you guys listen to music in surround, or just two-channel stereo?

MightyQuinn wrote:

Thanks beolion.  My intention would be to only use the center and rear channels for watching movies.  For listening to music, I think that I will only be using the BL9s.  I only say this because this will be the first surround system I have owned, and I am used to listening to music on two-channel stereo.

Do you guys listen to music in surround, or just two-channel stereo?

I do also have a BL2, and for music I only use the BL9's (including the BL2). I just watched U2 360 Blueray concert in surround, that was very "involving", sometimes I use 2x Stereo (speaker 4), but as Geoff say, this would work best with similar front and rear speakers.

My dealer has placed a request at B&O so that it should be possible to disable the sub in speaker 2 setup, the sub is disabled in speaker 1. I prefer to listen to music from the BL9 without BL2. We have not got any feedback from B&O if they will implement this feature. 

I have BL 8000 as rears in my TV setup and 4000 in my projecter setup both i am happy with as sound is really good, when it comes to music i tend to use speaker 4 mode .

I have a separate centre speaker to the 7.4 for the projector setup as advised by the B&O dealer but find myself using the speaker 4 setup for this aswell.

I would be interested to hear from Geoff on this topic

There is no real difference between the BL 7-2 and 7-6, other than size.  The 7-6 is huge and will look funny on a TV smaller than 60" I would think. 

As far as the sound metering, it is sad that B&O's BS3 doesn't have something like Audessey to help set the speaker levels and distance/etc automatically.

hi there,

was in the same doubt as you.

My initial setup: Beolab 5 front, Beolab 7.1 center and Beolab 4000 as surround.

New configuration: Beolab 5 front, Beolab 7.4 center and Beolab 3 as surround.

There is a  huge( and i mean huge) difference between the 2 config.  New setup is more detailed, center speaker makes a huge improvement in speech compared with 7.1 and the BL3 surround, well, also makes a huge diference!!!

.....

macjonny1 wrote:

As far as the sound metering, it is sad that B&O's BS3 doesn't have something like Audessey to help set the speaker levels and distance/etc automatically.

Sorry for being a neophyte, but can you explain what Audessey is?

With respect to the BS3, I was under the impression (perhaps mistakenly) that this was the top of the B&O line of...well...I don't actually know what to call it.  It's not a receiver and it's not an integrated amp.  What bucket do you put the BS3 unit into?

Uggh...I feel like such an old fart, I don't even know what to call the piece of equipment that I just dumped a whole lot of $$$ into.  The B&O website calls it a "stage manager".  What do you folks call it?

Did I mention that this B&O system is the first set of audio equipment that I have purchased since I bought a used Rotel pre-amp, Adcom amp and Paradigm MK3 speakers 15 years ago in grad school? (I am still using those pieces in my main setup actually).

11048437 wrote:

hi there,

 

was in the same doubt as you.

My initial setup: Beolab 5 front, Beolab 7.1 center and Beolab 4000 as surround.

New configuration: Beolab 5 front, Beolab 7.4 center and Beolab 3 as surround.

 

There is a  huge( and i mean huge) difference between the 2 config.  New setup is more detailed, center speaker makes a huge improvement in speech compared with 7.1 and the BL3 surround, well, also makes a huge diference!!!

.....

When you changed your system, did you perform the "control experiment", and determine which of the new components made such a big difference?  I am curious because I currently have the option of choosing the Beolab 4000s versus the Beolab 3s in my system, and I really appreciate your experience.

So I should mention that I have ordered the Beolab 4000s, based in part from what I have read on this forum (in this thread and in others), and in part from the advise from my local dealer.  Of course, I am sure that my dealer would be perfectly happy to change the order and put in a set of Beolab 3s instead.

geoff martin wrote:

 

It's pretty normal to see a BL9 / BL3 combo in the listening rooms here in Struer (with various Centre Channel options). This works fine for movies where the surround information is usually fairly uncorrelated with the front channels.

However, if you're doing multichannel music, then you'll need to match your BL9's with more BL9's in the rear... Unfortunately, you'll have to build your own wallbracket for that configuration, though... ;-)

One word of caution: in order to ensure that your configuration is behaving, make sure that you start with correct Speaker Distances and Speaker Levels on the BS3. For day-to-day use, I have a cheap SPL meter that I bought online for this, but the nearly-free app on my phone works almost as well. Use that as a starting point, but don't treat it as religion - if you prefer more (or less) from your surround channels, add spices to taste!

Cheers

-geoff

 

Hi Geoff

Thanks for the input.  While I wish that I had the floorspace (not to mention the pocketbook) for two pairs of BL9s, that is not currently an option.

I am hoping that the B&O team that will be installing the system will be teaching me how they balance the speaker output.  I will definitely mention the SPL meter during the setup process.

Cheers,

TMQ

did I miss the explanation in an other thread? Would be great to optimize the sound settings...