[steve1977]

Thanks. For technical feasibility, the big open question is whether B&O can/will develop the sound module to include Mozart speakers in 5.1. That would basically make B&O a true Sonos competitor. I believe that’s a massive step-up in terms of development efforts.

Having a BS5 with WISA should indeed technically be very easy, but would limit the 5.1 system to Beolabs only.

[steve1977]

The Contour is also a stand-alone unit without additional speakers?

If I am greeted by an LG logo when starting the Contour, this is another positive point for the Horizon.

To summarize for my use case:

Horizon: Less than half the price, nicer design, no LG logo or ads

Contour: Much better picture quality (OLED)

[steve1977]

Agree, that’s the concept.

What seems long overdue is the option to allow the Stage to act as a center speaker for a 5.1 system.

This could either be done by a “Stage Pro” with WISA (limited to Beolabs) or with a “Stage NG” with an upgraded Mozart that allows other Mozart speakers to act as satelittes.

I always anticipated that the Mozart platform would allow exactly this, but it has been launched for a long time and it is unclear to me how Mozart is different from the previous sound system.

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