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It's the A9 , Razlaw.
http://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/20760/170545.aspx#170545
Beo Century ,Beoplay V1, Beocenter 6, Ex-Beolit 12, Beotime , A8. Beolit 15 , Form 2i , Beolab 2000, Beoplay A3.Beosound 1
Yes, of course, Thanks!
Beolab 28s Beolab 9s Beolab 12-3s Beolab 1s Beolab 6000s 2 pairs Beolab 4000s Beovision 7-55 Beovision 10-40 Beoplay V1 32 inch Beovision Avant 32 inch Beosound 1 (CD player) Beosound 3000 Beosound 5 Core Essence MKII Beoplay M5
Razlaw:One more picture. My 20s are paired with 12-3s for rears.
.......Thanks!......Forgive the dots, apparently a one word post that says Thanks is viewed as a duplicate post so have to add extra to the post for the forum to accept it.
"You think we can slap some oak on this thing?"
I very much prefer the matte original design that contrasts with the metallic surface around the elements. Fake metal is just skeuomorphism and doesn't look right to me. But perhaps it looks better in reality. I would imagine the moving element with a sparkling metallic film over it might be a distraction when light is reflected onto it during a movie night.PS. I really want a Beolab 2 too :) Perhaps I should change my BL9s to BL2 + just my BL8000´s
Beolab 50, Beolab 8000 x 2, Beolab 4000 x 2, BeoSound Core, BeoSound 9000, BeoSound Century, BeoLit 15, BeoPlay A1, BeoPlay P2, BeoPlay H9 3rd Gen, BeoPlay H6, EarSet 3i, BeoVision Eclipse Gen 2 55", BeoPlay V1-40, BeoCom 6000 and so much else :)
Question, Leo.... What is "Plasti-Dip"? I've seen you'r previous pictures before, and having studied industrial design in school, I imagine it's simply "dipping" items in a liquid polymer?
Anyway, how did you do this with your BL2? Did you brush it on?
PlastiDip is a spray on material which comes in an aerosol can. You mask off the areas you don't want sprayed (like you'd do when you paint something), and just spray on the PlastiDip. Here's a link to one on Amazon. The beauty of PlastiDip, is that it should also peel off easily as well.
Thanks, Sal! It IS the same stuff I was thinking of. I was only aware of the kind you would dip tool-handles into... I didn't know they made a spray version of it! (Must try... but maybe not with my B&O just yet!!)
Hello all,
My first post. I have long visited and read the forum (and learned).
This week my BL90s arrived. I was very surprised that despite the labels......customs let both crates through unopened. 😉
Cheers.
Retired: Beovision 3-32, Beocord, DVD1.
Current: Mx4002, Beovision 6-26, Beovision 7-40 Avant 75. Beosound 9000, Beolab 2, BL2000, BL4000 (2 pairs), BL8000. Beolab 90. Headphones H7, A8 (x2). Beosound 2 (x2). Beo4 (x4) Beo6 Beo remote 1. Essence Mk2. B&O bottle opener.
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leosgonewild:Oh, the things you do when you can't drink on a Friday night
Razlaw:Welcome to the forum. And....Congratulations!!!!🎉🎉
BeoNut since '75
Fred_Nerk:I was very surprised that despite the labels......customs let both crates through unopened. 😉
Haha!! What were B&O thinking when they made that label?
But most of all: BL90! Congratulations!
Wonder how that label got through a quality check.
welcome to the forum and hope you get some more pictures of the unboxing, looking forward to seeming them
Thank you all for the kind welcome.
I have tried to take some pictures of the BL 90s. I can't do them justice. The black fabric is slightly translucent and has a sheen that I will have to try to convey. The 3 dimensional shape is also complex and gets lost. I will have a try with some off camera flash and my good camera (not my phone).
Watch this space.
Duels:That's a helluva way to make an entrance on the forum Fred!Looking forward to seeing the pics.
BeoGreg:A1 hanging at my parents place for my eldest son 17th birthday. Great.
Re Beolab 90: How do they sound?
I have been quite content to listen to my BL8000s with or without my BL2 depending on the music and my mood.......Until in March I was invited to a B&O "event". We were introduced to the BL 90. The speakers were in our town for a week. We went back twice more and listened to our music as well as the demonstration tracks.
What makes these speakers stand out is more than the quality of the sound (which is very good, clear and realistic). The "staging" is the new experience for me. The speakers produce the sound in a way that gives not only a direction to the voice or instrument, but also the distance. As my wife said, it is like every track played is a concert or a studio performance. The sound staging gives an illusion that the sound does not come from the speakers at all.
Here is a picture of my speakers. I am sure you all will have seen lots of promotional pictures which look far better than my effort. They are big and beautiful. The main downside is that there are quite a few functions/features of these speakers yet to be implemented. For me, I want the full implementation of the Automatic Room Compensation (APC).......it's coming.
Thanks for sharing, Fred, simply amazing. One of the lucky few.
@ Fred_Nerk
I guess you are the lucky one, very few wives will approve that kind of expenditure on a set of speakers
Could you share how you connected the speakers, i.e. are you using Powerlink, Wisa or something else?
Did the dealership recommend a way of hooking it up?
BeoGreg: A1 hanging at my parents place for my eldest son 17th birthday. Great.
A1 hanging at my parents place for my eldest son 17th birthday.
Great.
Beware! the cherry is still green ...
Fred, welcome to beoworld, and congratulations on your stunning new speakers!
paolomariano:What do you mean when you say that some functions are not implemented yet. Has the automatic room compensation really not been implemented yet?
The BL90 will never do 'automatic' room compensation in the BL5 sense, as the aim is to compensate at specific listening positions / zones rather than measuring how the room sounds next to the speaker. Ultimately this will involve (the installer) connecting the microphone to the speaker and performing compensation measurements in each of the listening positions, and the user will then be able to select between these depending on where they are sitting, but for now the calibration is performed in the main listening position only with the aid of a reference microphone, a laptop, and some additional hardware, with the resultant calibration profiles then being uploaded to the BL90s.
Having heard the BL90s prior to this calibration having been performed, hearing how good they sound and in particular how effective the narrow beam mode was at reducing reflected sounds (thus eliminating much of the 'room effect', as well as producing such a detailed sound stage - especially in terms of sounds appearing to emanate from far in front of or behind the virtual line drawn between the two speakers), I was sceptical that things would be improved much further by the calibration process.
Boy was I wrong! the calibration curves showed we had a peak variation of around 6 or 7dB from flat response centred at just above 100Hz, once the calibration was completed there was a noticeable improvement in how tight the bass response sounded.
I have neither the space nor the budget for a pair of BL90s, but I do feel lucky to be able to listen to them frequently when visiting the store. There is however one downside - they make every other speaker sound somewhat inferior in comparison!
Martin.
riverstyx:I was sceptical that things would be improved much further by the calibration process.Boy was I wrong!
Peter the Biker:Beware! the cherry is still green ... Peter the biker
Study desk
Since my last update I moved the subwoofer and added beolab6000 speakers at the back. Had to turn the db down on the sub
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Very nice indeed and thoroughly tasteful. Mixing the new with the old adds something special to both!
Jeff
Beogram 4000, Beogram 4002, Beogram 4004, Beogram 8000, Beogram 8002, Beogram 1602. Beogram 4500 CD player, B&O CDX player, Beocord 4500, Beocord 5000 T4716, Beocord 5000 T4716, Beocord 5000 T4716, Beocord 8004, Beocord 9000, Beomaster 1000, Beomaster 1600, Beomaster 2400.2, Beomaster 2400.2, Beomaster 4400, Beomaster 4500, Beolab 5000, Beomaster 5000, BeoCenter 9000. BeoSound Century, S-45.2, S-45.2, S-75, S-75, M-75, M-100, MC 120.2 speakers; B&O Illuminated Sign (with crown & red logo). B&O grey & black Illuminated Sign, B&O black Plexiglas dealer sign, B&O ash tray, B&O (Orrefors) dealer award vase, B&O Beotime Clock. Navy blue B&O baseball cap, B&O T-shirt X2, B&O black ball point pen, B&O Retail Management Binder