New Wireless Speaker Beosound A5?

[Mbee]

Steph wrote:

Sorry, it has wi-fi 6 ? Nice design, it seems to be powerful ??

No, it doesn’t have Wifi6 (aka 802.11ax), only wifi5 (or 802.11ac, which is more than enough to stream audio), UWB has nothing to do with Wifi, it’s another standard, the one that let you precisely locate an AirTag in your home for instance.

[tph]

Wi-Fi 6 support is accurate on the spec sheet, but it is lacking the mention of 802.11ax.

[matador]

Seen that on my very smart cell phone…

[Hiort]

Wallpaper article

[Steph]

It’s online !
https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/gb/speakers/beosound-a5

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

…and here it is!

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Full video review to follow at 10am today (UK time):-

Kind regards, Steve.

[matador]

From the pictures I find it nice (I always have loved the Beolit 12 form factor and thought it dis loose something by going bluetooth only…). I rather the nordic wave version but I should change when seeing them in real.

But the pictures with the designers holding it over the shoulder like an old gettoblaster is… Too much cheesy!

[Millemissen]

German speaking/understanding can watch here.

https://youtu.be/rdHf0O1Vl3M

Der Beitrag ist online.

 

MM

[Steph]

Do you know what is the future “Fluid Sweet Spot” acoustic DSP mode ?

[Millemissen]

In the specs they write: Mozart 2.0 platform.

I wonder what the 2.0 means/will bring?

MM

[Millemissen]

matador wrote:

But the pictures with the designers holding it over the shoulder like an old gettoblaster is… Too much cheesy!

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I would not do that (not for long) – it is pretty heavy.

MM

[kuyttendaele]

Speculation
I think that Mozart 2.0 has to do with the inclusion of the UWB on the A5.
UWB is operating in the 6Ghz spectrum and I think is that this band is used for stereo pairing 2 A5 together.

Karel.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

A few more photos “in real life” 😉

[etype76]

The specs seem great and I like the dark oak. I am just struggling to see where this fits into the product line or what need it is actually fulfilling. There is the level, Balance, Beolit, Beosound 2. It’s not for me anyway.

[Mr10Percent]

I have no issue with the A5 or its specs bar one. Its a nice enough product and wish it well.

My problem is that I have a 6-year old A6 in the bedroom and a  P6 , couple of  P2s and an A2 all minty good condition in storage box somewhere doing very little. So no room for an A5 – and im that the case with many people?

I do have a SoTA home theatre system which still has to rely on a 3 pairs of 2005 vintage BL3s.

What I would really like is a very compact Beolab that can discretely act as HT surrounds without the need to carve-up the walls and ceilings.

I wonder where the money is for B&O. Flogging a refresh of the same mobile products (good ones at that), or producing a flexible home loudspeaker solution that is affordable and compact?

[Steph]

etype76 wrote:

The specs seem great and I like the dark oak. I am just struggling to see where this fits into the product line or what need it is actually fulfilling. There is the level, Balance, Beolit, Beosound 2. It’s not for me anyway.

It’s a portable speaker for home. I think it is in “direct competition” with the Beosound Level.

[Steph]

To Mr10Percent,
In a French YouTube video about the Beosound Theatre, the journalist interviews the Portfolio planning director of B&O.
This guy says B&O is working on a range of wireless satellite speakers. The customer can choose the size, the performance…

[Severed_hand_of_skywalker]

The battery life concerns me at “12 hours at moderate listening levels” is a very relative term.  I HAD an A2 which was rated at “24 hours at moderate listening levels” but since I used it at 80% or higher volume (which wasn’t very loud) the battery lasted 1.5-2 hours.  It was so useless on the beach or out of the house I had to sell it.

[matador]

Mr10Percent wrote:

My problem is that I have a 6-year old A6 in the bedroom and a  P6 , couple of  P2s and an A2 all minty good condition in storage box somewhere doing very little.

It’s all said, you are just not a Bluetooth guy! I have A1 an A2 but booth feed with an Airport express. Quite convenient in terms of placing but not that much when it comes to power.

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