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Which 5.1 setup would you recommend?

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dasun
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dasun Posted: Sat, Apr 4 2015 1:35 AM

Hi all,

as mentioned in an earlier thread, I am looking into buying a B&O surround set. For my living room, in which I will have a beamer setup, I am either thinking of going with 

a) a pair of Beolab 18s as front speakers, a Beolab 19 sub, and two Beolab 4 as small rear speakers just for surround effects

b) same as above, but with two Beolab 17s as rear speakers

or

c) a pair of Beolab 20s as front speakers, no sub, a Beolab 17 as a center speaker, and two 17s as rear speakers.

Currently, I am using high end Backes Müller active speakers, so sound quality is very important to me. I could only listen to Beolab 18s without a sub in a BO showroom, and was not too excited about the sound. But then again, I believe a sub could improve the sound a lot, especially for a surround setup.

What do you think?

Cheers from Germany

Aussie Michael
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dasun:

Hi all,

as mentioned in an earlier thread, I am looking into buying a B&O surround set. For my living room, in which I will have a beamer setup, I am either thinking of going with

a) a pair of Beolab 18s as front speakers, a Beolab 19 sub, and two Beolab 4 as small rear speakers just for surround effects

b) same as above, but with two Beolab 17s as rear speakers

or

c) a pair of Beolab 20s as front speakers, no sub, a Beolab 17 as a center speaker, and two 17s as rear speakers.

Currently, I am using high end Backes Müller active speakers, so sound quality is very important to me. I could only listen to Beolab 18s without a sub in a BO showroom, and was not too excited about the sound. But then again, I believe a sub could improve the sound a lot, especially for a surround setup.

What do you think?

Cheers from Germany

G'day from Australia.

If sound is important to you I would choose system c. I think that's a system that dreams are made of.

I wasn't impressed with the BL18s when I listened to them, but I thought the 20s were even better than the 5s.

By having the 17s as rears you could utilise the WISA as opposed to the 4s which require cabling. I do however love my 4s and think they would be great as rears.

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