A wild thought: BL5 2.0 vs BL8002 5.1

I am curious. In a small room, say 150sf (15 width and 10 deep). Which one will you prefer for movie? 2.0 setup with BL5 or 5.1 setup with BL8002/BL10/BL2/BL4000 (my current setup lol).

Depends on what you prefer and how you want the room to look like. I think stereo sound is often quite ok but dialogue is better from a center speaker.

I think your current setup with a good bass speaker sounds good. Beolab 5 is aging too although a cool high performing speaker. You would get good sound but you already have pretty good sound. And in surround.

I am quite happy with my current setup, esp. considering I have a sub-par room acoustic, however there is always room for improvement lol

 

Beolab 5 hand down. they out perform all the others by a long shot, look awesome and what you miss in surround, you get back in performance

For movies your set up is hands down better than 2 BeoLab 5s. You’ll get better dialogs from the center and better sound effects. The Beolab 5s might be better in creating a thumping bass but movies need 360 degree audio and your room is perfect for a BL8002 5.1 sized system. In your case, I would go with a dual BL2 set up and perhaps add 2 more BL 4000s in the rear. 

Have to agree the look of BL5 is amazing even today. 

Hmmm, it never occur to me I should consider adding one more BL2.

Jaffrey2230:

For movies your set up is hands down better than 2 BeoLab 5s. You’ll get better dialogs from the center and better sound effects. The Beolab 5s might be better in creating a thumping bass but movies need 360 degree audio and your room is perfect for a BL8002 5.1 sized system. In your case, I would go with a dual BL2 set up and perhaps add 2 more BL 4000s in the rear.