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Hi all,
do the beolab speakers come in different colours from the factory?
Thanks in advance.
chrisobo: Hi all, do the beolab speakers come in different colours from the factory? Thanks in advance.
There is a range of Beolab speakers so which ones specifically are you wanting information on?
The easiest way is to contact your dealer for options or B&O customer service direct. They usually answer within an hour or two.
Dave.
That's just what I did. B&O in Liverpool were extremely helpful giving me advice on a potential purchase even though it wasn't from them! Very knowledgeable about AV in general too!
To wrap up, it was beolab 6000 speakers and I've found out that they did do them with coloured cabinets.
Thanks for your reply.
chrisobo: That's just what I did. B&O in Liverpool were extremely helpful giving me advice on a potential purchase even though it wasn't from them! Very knowledgeable about AV in general too! To wrap up, it was beolab 6000 speakers and I've found out that they did do them with coloured cabinets. Thanks for your reply.
The BL6000's I've seen have been in silver, black, white and burgundy. They can be coloured anything you like of course as an aftermarket option by any good spray shop. Lifestyle AV have experience of producing coloured alternatives.
Shouldn't that be "speakers of color" instead of "colored speakers?"
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
"You think we can slap some oak on this thing?"
Well said Leosgonewild. You have to watch out for the pipe and slippers brigade. They live sad sallow lives. It's incredibly sad! They give B&O a staid image.
In fairness this thread is about coloured speakers - not coloured humans!
Yes, B&O have anodised speakers for years. You can also strip down the cabinets and have them sprayed with automotive paint to produce the desired effect!
Lee
Speakers of colour.
Some hip young readers will think that that means 'Speakers have colour'.
Graham
And y'all spell color funny!
Paul W: Well said Leosgonewild. You have to watch out for the pipe and slippers brigade. They live sad sallow lives. It's incredibly sad! They give B&O a staid image.
Rather sallow than shallow!
Ban boring signatures!
Jeff: And y'all spell color funny!
Here in the Northeast we think that anyone who says "y'all" speaks funny. But let's not go there..
MediaBobNY: Jeff: And y'all spell color funny! Here in the Northeast we think that anyone who says "y'all" speaks funny. But let's not go there..
Youse is better than y'all?
One nation separated by a common language..
MediaBobNY: One nation separated by a common language..
Indeed, and one of the things I've always enjoyed when I travel around the country, or indeed when I get to meet and speak with other "native" English speakers, like Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, and folks from the UK. The marvelous ways English can be spoken with local color.
I remember when I got the DVD of Mad Max, the one that was not dubbed for the US but had the Aussie slang, it even came with an option to turn on the subtitles to show definitions of the slang terms. Was quite interesting.
Jeff: MediaBobNY: Jeff: And y'all spell color funny! Here in the Northeast we think that anyone who says "y'all" speaks funny. But let's not go there.. Youse is better than y'all?
'Youse' often heard and used in the Liverpool UK area. Probably a hangover from the pre-air travel Liverpool-NY transatlantic ferry days.......
Jeff:I remember when I got the DVD of Mad Max, the one that was not dubbed for the US but had the Aussie slang, it even came with an option to turn on the subtitles to show definitions of the slang terms. Was quite interesting.
I'm glad everything (short of some children's programming) is subtitled in Finland, we get to hear it all instead of all the roles being overdubbed by the same whisk(e)y burned voice.
That's one of the letdowns of travelling in Europe. For one night, you think you might rather stay in the hotel with some beer you've bought earlier and maybe watch TV, since they are showing that one movie you haven't seen anyway. And then the first line comes up and you're all like "Oh fer ****s sake..."
--mika
I hate dubbed content, I'd much rather have subtitles, and please, make them legible, pretty please? I remember the movie Tora Tora Tora, where they subtitled the Japanese Admirals in white, against the white uniforms they were wearing. The first film that really hit me in the head about how bad most dubbing turns out is when I first saw a dubbed version of Das Boot instead of the subtitled. The words were so different it changed the meaning of some scenes, and knowing a bit of German the dubbed version was not correct. Plus you miss all the nuances the original actor put into the performance.
I do remember being stuck in the hotel in Prague with a horrible flu and the only things being on the TV were sumo wrestling in English, and original Star Treks in Czech. What a combo!