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This morning I took delivery of my Beolab 5 speakers.
They are Lincoln B&O ex demo pair in excellent condition.
I connected them up and have spent all day listening to them, absolutely fantastic, the music quality is so much better than my old setup, they just blow me away.
I can't describe how good these speakers are!!
I'm in Beo heaven !!!!
Congratulations!
Reminds me of when I took delivery of my Lab 5's five years ago. The best thing is they still blow me away now. I'm sure you will enjoy many years of happy listening.
They are absolutely brilliant; the clarity and bass that comes out of them for a speaker designed at the turn of the century is astonishing. Why? Because these speakers released in 2003 sound better than 99% of loudspeakers sold today. Hats off to B&O speaker division. I still bow before these with a deep reverence. I’ve heard the BL50 and they are better by 10-20% I’d guesstimate, yet I’d probably pick the BL5 over the BL50 due to their space age design and near BL50 levels of performance for less than half the cost.
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Present: BL90, Core, BL6000, CD7000, Beogram 7000, Essence Remote.
Past: BL1, BL2, BL8000, BS9000, BL5, BC2, BS5, BV5, BV4-50, Beosystem 3, BL3, DVD1, Beoremote 4, Moment.
seethroughyou:I still bow before these with a deep reverence. I’ve heard the BL50 and they are better by 10-20% I’d guesstimate,
No question about the BL 5. Just superb. Bass on BL 5 will shake the entire house. and mid/ top are just clean.
I was also curious how much can BL 50 be better than BL 5 and after living with them for a week Plus, I would say that B&O has again done the magic. BL 50 are super smooth and the bass is much tighter. If you do not bring the money equation between them, I would pick BL 50 but all things considered, BL 5 are a super choice as well.
For me, I am fortunate enough to keep both. I had purchased BL 5 back in 2008 and loved them everyday including today. I was not willing to part with them at the trade in value quoted by my dealer and for that matter, since the expense is so far behind in the past, we will not part with BL 5 at any price.
Enjoy ...