You have a great set up. Your living room seems a bit small for the BL5. Yet I think a pair of BL5 will easily outperform your current set up even in a room of such size. The question is whether the increased benefit will be worth the price you will be paying. I'm hearing in the forum that big rooms are needed to allow BL5 display all of its benefits.

I personally own BL9 and will recommend that to you, specially if you sell your current set up. You will be better off with the recommendation of a BL5 owner.

good luck

Hi, Thank you for your advice. Do you think that I should sell both lab1+2 and invest in lab9? or should I just sell the labs1 and keep the lab2 with lab9?

Regards
Martin

Hi,
Interesting question. My room is the same size (although my set up is with BL 6000 and not BL1, though I do like my BL2) and I have been considering changing to the BL 5, but mostly because I love the design. Not sure the neighbours would like it either.

Let me know how it turns out! 😐

What's the ceiling height - and how is your room lay-out? Where will you sit, and where would you like to have the speakers - distance from front wall and side walls ...

Ceiling height: 2,6 meter

I will sit 3,3 meter from the speakers.

There will be 3 meter between the speakers. There is 1 meter between the speakers and the left and right wall.

martin01 wrote:

Hi, Thank you for your advice. Do you think that I should sell both lab1+2 and invest in lab9? or should I just sell the labs1 and keep the lab2 with lab9?

Regards
Martin

It's better if you hear them yourself. I personally think that BL2 is not needed with BL9.

What would be the distance between your BL5's? Seems like they will be less than 3m apart.

I think you should buy BL5's. They are superb. I'm more than happy with mine.

Hi Martin,

Whilst I am in no way an expert on the BL 5 and BL 9 speakers, I would like to offer the following as it seems relevant to my evening.

Coincidently, this evening I was just at a client's home which I designed about a year ago, who has just recently acquired their BL9 we discussed. Their living room is similar dimensions to yours in terms of floor area. The BL9 sound wonderful,  rich and clear with a deep base note. I also think that they are the perfect size aesthetically for this size space. 

Compared to this, another client has the same setup as yours (BL1 / BL2), and while it sounds amazing also, I feel the bass is not as deep and rich as the BL9 in my opinion. This however, is in a much larger space.

BL5 is of course is considered the best, although I have no direct experience (performance wise) in an actual installation outside of a showroom. But my personal opinion firstly would be they are aesthetically little large for your room, and I' m sure some of our more experience members can advise on their performance in a similar space. 

All being said I'm sure you would not regret either purchase.

Good luck with it.

Laurence.

If you leave close to a dealer, ask him if you can borrow a pair of BL9, and you can compare them in situ with your BL1/2, and you can decide for yourself.