Millemissen wrote:

If this is being an audiophile, I am not an audiophile!

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MM

Unbelievable. I guess this is where the monied 0.1% of the population burn some of their cash.

Better to spend your money on a pair of BL5's (or their forthcoming replacement)!

Graham

Off-topic - I know - but I don't think, that the BL5's are going to be 'replaced'.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Off-topic - I know - but I don't think, that the BL5's are going to be 'replaced'.

MM

Agreed. I should have referred to  more expensive proposed flagship speakers, presumably to be available for the price of a handful of alleged early pressed vinyl records.

Graham

Never categorize yourself! You listen your music for yourself, with your equipment and according to your taste. Who cares if B&O is audiophile or not?

I love B&O items since a few years.
But I don't think that B&O reaches audiophile quality, neither in terms of sound reproduction nor building quality with most of their items.

Some highlights where the Beolab 5 or Beolab 1 speakers.

My Beosound 3000 produces low static noise if you connect headphones and the building quality is midrange.
Beocenter 2 seems to be better constructed and feels more premium, as does the Beosound 5.

If you want to see and feel really high quality you should test components e.g. from Accuphase. A company where a CD-Player weights 17kg. Built to last. The downside is that a CD Player like this costs the same or more than your Beosound stereo system.

I don't know any B&O speaker that is able to reproduce a very fine and detailed sound at low volumes.

I've recently listened to a Lowther Academy speaker and I was blown away hoch much detail this speaker reproduces with low volumes. And this speaker does not costs 10.000 Euro. It was a very surprising pleasure to listen to it without getting my ears tired. The downside: In my opinion it needs a subwoofer - if you can call this a downside.


The biggest problems with nowadays audio: Everything is compressed for the "loudness war" and the recording quality - despite the technology the studios can use today - is often only suitable for radio, streaming or MP3 but not for CD, LP or high resolution files.
And the better your audio chain the worse can be your listening experience. On average speakers or Bluetooth speakers etc. you can't hear the shortcomings but with good speakers and good equipment you are often surprised about the bad quality of a recording!

Quincy Jones, the producer who made e.g. Michael Jacksons recordings has put a big effort in recording quality and you can hear that, even if the recordings are 20 years old. And he did NOT have nowadays technology.

There are labels who put their love in recording quality, like the german label stockfish records (