I have 4 Beolabs in a surround set up combined with a Beovision Horizon and a Beolab 11. Beolab 11 does not deliver the 'deepest' punch when watching a film (although it is undoubtedly there). On the other hand, the Beolab 11 certainly gives that extra - but wel balanced - bass when listening to music without exaggerating. The addition of the Beolab 11 is well noticeable (I have programmed speaker groups with and without the Beolab 11 in my set up and I absolutely prefer the one with Beolab 11). The Beolab 2 would certainly be better for watching movies but if it would integrate as nicely with music???

For the sake of completeness, I noticed that I forgot the '3' in the first sentence. So 'I have 4 Beolabs 3.......'🙂

Having the same setup in combination with BV10 and BS5 and must say that I don't miss at all a stronger or deeper punch than the BL11 is delivering. Neither for movies, nor for music. But I had to adjust according to the room conditions to get the most out of it....

BL2

BartS wrote:

I have 4 Beolabs in a surround set up combined with a Beovision Horizon and a Beolab 11. Beolab 11 does not deliver the 'deepest' punch when watching a film (although it is undoubtedly there). On the other hand, the Beolab 11 certainly gives that extra - but wel balanced - bass when listening to music without exaggerating. The addition of the Beolab 11 is well noticeable (I have programmed speaker groups with and without the Beolab 11 in my set up and I absolutely prefer the one with Beolab 11). The Beolab 2 would certainly be better for watching movies but if it would integrate as nicely with music???

So it sounds like a strong consensus that the Beolab 11 works really well for music and does add something with the Beolab 3s.

Anybody using the BL2 for music? Is the reported "slowness" really an issue?

Has anybody tried it and found it to be a problem? How does it actually show up?

I used a BL2 with a music-only system paired with BL8000s, and then I upgraded to BL1s.  I think it's great.  I don't understand why it gets such poor reviews on this site.  Perhaps it's the difference between our large "stick and cardboard" homes here in the US vs. European small and solid construction. 

As I mentioned in another recent thread on this topic, there is some music that seems to resonate the passive drivers too much causing some muddiness.  This was demonstrated to me with a Massive Attack song.  This really isn't a genre of music I listen to so I have had absolutely no problems the music I listen to - Alternative Rock, Classic Rock, Classical, Jazz, Punk, New Wave.  You may need to experiment a bit with placement and switch settings to get the best sound, but, for me, it delivers everything its supposed to and really improved the sound of the 8000s and subtly improves the sound of the BL1s.