Well, as someone who's been involved in music and this 'hobby' for nigh on forty years, the Lab 5's are some of the, if not THE very best loudspeaker I've ever heard, and I've heard more than a few.  

Certainly they are my personal reference and dream speaker, so I definitely understand and 'share' your excitement.

On a slight side note, could you provide a link to the review you mention by any chance - I have a couple of the net, but they're not easy to come by so would appreciated reading some more reviews of them if they're available.

Many thanks and Congratulations

Kind Regards

John

The other day I sat down to enjoy the Beatles remaster of "Abbey Road" on my BeoLab 5s. I was enthralled - and actually had tears in the corner of my eye after several of the songs. Wonderful music through wonderful speakers.

Do your utmost to place them so that they can engage the side walls to throw reflections to you, that's what the accoustic lens is for!

You'll find the review through the Main Site link above, Beoboiinoz, in the Products section.

Cheers!

Congratulation, you just got the TOP of the line from B&O, in term of active loudspeakers.

Those beauties are such incredible.

ENJOY !

Guy

Still testing and experimenting with the Lab 5s.

One thing you have to be aware of is that they are very very analytical.

If a CD is recorded bad, it sounds bad. If MP3 isn't ripped correctly (Lossless) you miss a lot of the spectrum, if a CD is recorded and produced very good, it instantly puts a smile on your face.

CDs tested so far:

1. Robert Manos "Angel Road" - Killer in bass, especially the song "Mombasa" went to 80 in volume and the bass feels like an earthquake. Check this song out if you own a pair of Lab 5s (iTunes has it)

2. The Mars Volta "Frances the Mute" - One of my favorite Albums of one of my favorite bands. Sounds ok but could have been better recorded, an improvement from my 8000s/Lab2 but not much.

3. Tool "10000 Days" - disappointed me for being badly recorded in my new Beolab 5 opinion. :-(

4. Clint Mansell Soundtrack to "The Fountain" - THIS IS IT! Besides the beautiful soundtrack itself, the CD is very good and dynamical produced and the 5s could really show their capabilities.. If you read this, get the soundtrack, its worth every penny!

5. Lord of the Rings Soundtracks 1-3 - Beolab 5 is really excellent in playing classical music at high volumes as those speakers deliver everything from crystal clear heights to the deepest bass without any distortion and/or stress

6. Tested a movie as well, Star Wars Episode 2, the scene where Obi Wan flies through the asteroid field and Fett drops the seismic charges and the asteroids explode.... HOLY S**T! ... you can literally SEE the bass moving from left to right and all windows start waving white flags :-) LOVE IT!

More to come...

In general the Lab 5s tend to sound very good on high volumes 60 and up, I'm still missing some bass below the 40 mark but with a little calibration tweaking the surely deliver that as well....

I do not regret a single Euro I've paid for them and I'm just at the beginning :-)

Stephan

P.S. I Know now how Gollum felt .... "My precious!!!!" 😜

Stephan wrote:

P.S. I Know now how Gollum felt .... "My precious!!!!" 😜

😁

Don't get too excited, or we have to throw them in Mount Doom. But you'll probably bite off some fingers then...

Glad to hear you like them!

Congrats!

Where the pictures, thought we would see you standing next to the speakers with the biggest grin all over your face.

I will take some pictures at the weekend, my living room still looks like a B&O truck lost half of its freight :-)

As soon as the wiring was done I started directly with the "I-have-to-listen-to-almost-every-CD-I-own-to-see-how-it-sounds-on-those-speakers"-thing ... this takes some time :-)