What is the best sound you have heard?

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Kiran wrote:
AdamS wrote:

 

Now, a question of my own - are you related to user G7Trader as he also hates Beolab 5s and thinks the best system he has heard is a Pioneer SA9500II and Ditton 44s...

 

 

 

This person IS G7Trader.

 

 

He changed his name to Bob after speaking on my thread.

 

 

His comments are still there 👍🏻

After reading the original poster's comments on your thread, Kiran, I have ZERO respect for him and he has lost all credibility in my opinion. I love the sound of the BeoLab 8000 and I love your new BeoHome.

 

I have  Beolab 8000, S45-2, M100-2, P45 and Beovox Penta. My personal favourites are M100-2 connected to BM4400, BG4002 and Playmaker with P45's for ambio sound. The sound is really full - I did have a valve amp and that was very good but i couldn't turn down the bass for Vinyl so went for a BM instead of the valve amp. The M100's are fantastic as are the S45-2's which with a Beolink Passive replaced a BL3500 in my kitchen. The Beolab 8000's are great speakers and in the sitting room where they look fantastic and are more than good enough for listening to music with friends.

Personally having tried non B&O products such as Linn and a foray into Valves, I prefer the sound of 1970's high end B&O. However I think there are many other factors such as the quality of the source, room and furnishings to consider - those have an impact too. 

Yet to hear Beolab 90's or BL5's and I'm sure they will knock the socks off anything I have.

Location: United Kingdom

My B&O Icons:

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B&O has made many fantastic speakers.

But for me, the best speakers I've heard are from Horst Friedrich from Hamburg. He has a one man custom shop and uses only very good

chassis. I have a two way speaker with an Audax HD13D34H and an Isophon midrange. Both were very expensive in those days.

Just keep in mind an Audax tweeter costs 150,--€. It is used in the famous Graham Audio BBCs LS5/8!

But these speakers are more expensive than B&O speakers, it is not a fair comparison.

 

Anyway, the difference between a very good Bang and Olufsen speaker and a fantastic custom speaker is not that big.

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OK OK.... you all know this is all just an attempt to troll the threads, right?

I mean c'mon, Bob Marley, Bob, G7Trader, or whatever his name may be tomorrow, might as well have said Bose has a better product.

30 of his 60 odd posts came in the last 10 days, for cryin' out loud. (I know that's an exaggeration, but you know what I mean)

His post in Flash Your B&O is a picture of him (presumably) posing next to a BL90 in a store. Again, to quote Job Bluth... "C'Mon!"

The best sounding speakers I've ever heard were 1000% undoubtedly invariably the free ones Apple included with the iMac G4 (sorry, troll thread by a troll deserved a troll answer - the actual best I've heard is the Beolab 90)

Best sound - good pair of headphones!! I like my M100s as the bass is nicely detailed but I like my BBC LS3/5As the best because they are simply wonderful with the human voice and I listen mainly to radio these days. Not very keen on ALT speakers and prefer Pentas to 8000s though accept the treble on Pentas is veiled and the bass not very detailed. S45.2s are stupidly good for their size! Beolab 5s are amazing in the way they disappear and have a great soundstage and not heard Beolab 90s enough to comment. I like Quad ESL63s and would have some if I was willing to dedicate a room to them but rather have a piano and selection of real instruments instead!

My B&O Icons:

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Those S45's go up a level when you recap them! 

 

Don't you agree the Beovox M100 will destroy the BL8000's my Beovox M75 did in every way bass mids and treble on a whole different level.

 

I had LS3/5A I found them average sounding but could hear a little deepness in human voice.

 

Those new Beats Pro headphones are very good sounding but bass not like wooden boxes.

 

Thanks for your troll answers you look just like a troll LOL

 

I think its time you press cross on your internet browser, open the recycle bin then try to put yourself inside it.

 

That would be better than being overly obsessed about all my posts on this forum. 

Bob Marley wrote:

I think its time you press cross on your internet browser,....

I think it's time you took a little break from BeoWorld to consider your tone on here.  People are clearly trying to be tolerant of you and accepting of any differing points of view, yet you keep trying to push their buttons.

Banned for 1 Week.

Lee

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