Chris Townsend wrote:

A bit of good news amongst all the grimness.

https://www.t3.com/us/news/t3-awards-2020-bang-and-olufsens-beosound-stage-is-this-years-best-soundbar

Just received mine this morning. Must admit, a little disappointed as a speaker. Seems very 'flat' (no pun intended) sounding to me. I guess I'm so used to the bright and wide-sounding Edge and BeoSound 2. You get so used to such a high standard, you drop down and immediately notice a big difference.

Good news indeed!  Well done B&O. 👍

That doesnt entirely surprise me.

I'm pretty sure you'll be happy with it in the end partnered with a TV (not sure if you have it connected to one yet).

But in isolation, I wouldn't conflate its positive reviews as a sound bar with it being a similarly good standalone speaker.

When your GX arrives, I'd love to see a picture of your installation - presuming you are wall mounting the GX.

If my 12-65 dies, a GX would be my ideal replacement, as the Eclipse design is still a little off to me, and the Harmony is absurdly chunky for a wall mount,

Anyway, pretty sure you'll be happy enough with the GX Stage combination when all is said and done - cant remember what speakers you used with your 12-65 before though, so cant comment on how much your audio experience is changing.

moxxey wrote:

Chris Townsend wrote:

A bit of good news amongst all the grimness.

https://www.t3.com/us/news/t3-awards-2020-bang-and-olufsens-beosound-stage-is-this-years-best-soundbar

Just received mine this morning. Must admit, a little disappointed as a speaker. Seems very 'flat' (no pun intended) sounding to me. I guess I'm so used to the bright and wide-sounding Edge and BeoSound 2. You get so used to such a high standard, you drop down and immediately notice a big difference.

I use mine as a speaker and it's OK as a speaker. But as a Soundbar connected to my Apple TV (I tested it but can't use it since I have my Sony OLED on a table and there is no clearance for a sounder) it sounds amazing. the 3D effects for movies is pretty incredible IMHO. I have neither of your speakers so can't compare but neither can handle the 5.1 and Atmos audio that the Stage does.

Sandyb wrote:

If my 12-65 dies, a GX would be my ideal replacement, as the Eclipse design is still a little off to me, and the Harmony is absurdly chunky for a wall mount,

It's finally coming Saturday! Not sure when it will go up though. Sky keep putting my Sky Q installation back. They were due 2 weeks ago, put it off to today, phoned this morning to say they would be here later that morning, then phoned 20 minutes later to day that it's raining, so they can't go on the roof, so need to put it off another week!

Jaffrey2230 wrote:

I use mine as a speaker and it's OK as a speaker. But as a Soundbar connected to my Apple TV (I tested it but can't use it since I have my Sony OLED on a table and there is no clearance for a sounder) it sounds amazing..

Interestingly, you can connect the Stage to the BV11 wirelessly and the audio quality is better from the Stage than the 11-40. No delay, either.

Definitely sounds better as a TV speaker. 

The bass and 3D sound effects for movies are great on the Stage - it is surprisingly good bass for such a thin speaker. The Stage paired with an LG GX looks very similar to the LG W wallpaper TV, except the Stage sounds better and looks much better as well. The difference in sound from the Stage as a stereo speaker vs TV speaker might be the DSP tuning. It sounds amazing for movies with an Atmos audio track. You won’t be disappointed.

moxxey wrote:

Just received mine this morning. Must admit, a little disappointed as a speaker. Seems very 'flat' (no pun intended) sounding to me. I guess I'm so used to the bright and wide-sounding Edge and BeoSound 2. You get so used to such a high standard, you drop down and immediately notice a big difference.

Just checking: you've played with the various presets and their parameters, right? Sorry if this is an obvious question - but it might be the solution to your problem....

Cheers
-geoff

moxxey wrote:

It's finally coming Saturday! Not sure when it will go up though. Sky keep putting my Sky Q installation back. They were due 2 weeks ago, put it off to today, phoned this morning to say they would be here later that morning, then phoned 20 minutes later to day that it's raining, so they can't go on the roof, so need to put it off another week!

I've seen the CX and GX in the flesh yesterday. I like the GX housing much more than the CX and previous versions . More sturdy and looks better, Imho. It explains why there they need a different (vesa) bracket to mount the panel to the Harmony's soundcentre. 

But there is a small minor detail. The B&O software isn't available for the CX and GX yet at this moment in LG's app store. I'm also told that the delivery of the panels are delayed.