The BL9 are fantastic speakers, no doubt! However, every room is different so I strongly recommend a home demo. Not sure if your dealer is suportive in this regard, but this is the only way to find out if the speaker will meet your needs.

Furthermore, some members of the forum (including me) had challenging expirences with in store demos of the BL 9 or BL5. Quite often they are not setup in the right way to perform in the lows on the high end level they could be. So be careful (the sub must be switched off in the speaker settings of the TV/BS3, just the "speaker 2" mode  is sometimes   not good enough)

Karsten 

Thx a lot Karsten.

Your feedback is much appreciated.

I will try to go with my own cd and request a demo .

The dealer is ok with that and I will ask him to calibrate the BL9s for the full bass power

Best Regards

Stef

Beolab 9s are good speakers - much better than the 1s they replaced. However if you are thinking of buying new 9s, consider used 5s. These are a considerable step up in every way.

does the beolab 5 make really sense for rooms of just 25 m²? aren't the beolab 9 much more than enough for a room of that size?

Beolab 5s will work fine in small rooms and of course can be moved to larger ones should that be necessary. The bass calibration will optimise the sound - and probably better than the Beolab 9 in my opinion.

advise:try them both at your home!!!!

of course are the beolab 5 even in small rooms better than the beolab 9 but as I am standing at the same decision I am not sure if it makes really sense....? 2 new beolab 9 cost about 7000 euros and I have never seen 2 used beolab 5 under 12 000 euros....

of course are the beolab 5 even in small rooms better than the beolab 9 but as I am standing at the same decision I am not sure if the beolab 5 make really sense....?

2 new beolab 9 cost around 7000 euros and I have never seen 2 used beolab 5 under around 12 000 euros....

I believe your namesake has a pair about to hit the market at a fair bit less!

I do agree with what your sentiments are but Beolab 5s are simply so good - we were chatting to a chap in marketing at B&O who has beolab 9s and 3s who then had a listen to a friend's system of just Beolab 5s - he thinks he has the wrong system!