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Any news about the new beolabs

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elephant replied on Mon, Oct 21 2013 8:19 AM
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How about a rerelease of the Woodstock Festival? Peter the biker

I don't know about a release - but the movie seems to be a special offer on iTunes - seriously thinking of buying it Big Smile

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Puncher replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:21 AM

Question - Is the 30th just the announcement of the new speakers or will they be in the stores on the 30th??

I'm away for a few days over the 30th and could drop by a store if they were going to be there!

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Jonathan replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:48 AM

I saw the Beolab 17s today....

I like the casing and the features, but the plastic grills are awful!!!

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vlohjr1 replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:52 AM
Sorry Jonathan which one is the bl17?

Thanks
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bayerische replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 11:28 AM

So we are down to plastic grills now then... 

 

Oh jeez. 

Too long to list.... 

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Jonathan replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 12:16 PM

vlohjr1:
Sorry Jonathan which one is the bl17?

 

Thanks

 

The Beolab 4000 replacements...

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Raeuber replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 12:44 PM
Beolab 4000 replacement with plastic grill and Beolab 8000 replacement with wooden grill: Are they all drunk in Struer because alcohol is for free? I fear Beolab 2 replacement will get a paper body.
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Hello - ALT technology

There is a tv - and there is a BV

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Peter Pan replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 5:05 PM

Acoustic lenses on BeoLab 18.

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BL17 - platic grill ???

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Gatex replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 5:41 PM

Millemissen:

BL17 - platic grill ???

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StUrrock replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 8:36 PM
Millemissen:

Hello - ALT technology

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Goodbye- ORI ginality
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There are also to be windows covers to match the speakers -

 

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StUrrock replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 9:53 PM
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There are also to be windows covers to match the speakers -

Ban boring signatures!

:)

Could be part of a new collection, easily adapted to a radiator cover design!
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valve1 replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:00 PM

Is that the "organic" view from your cell Puncher ?  ;-)

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StUrrock replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:01 PM
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:)

Could be part of a new collection, easily adapted to a radiator cover design!

Hang on what about a new leaning tower of Pisa with an ALT top!

Or Big Ben with wooden slats!

Blimey the possibilities are endless.....

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Puncher replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:06 PM

valve1:

Is that the "organic" view from your cell Puncher ?  ;-)

Nope - the bars on my windows are definitely steel! Big Smile

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Puncher:

valve1:

Is that the "organic" view from your cell Puncher ?  ;-)

 

Nope - the bars on my windows are definitely steel! Big Smile

You started it, reminds me of Woodsome Prison Blues

 

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Steffen replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 11:45 PM

Jonathan:

vlohjr1:
Sorry Jonathan which one is the bl17?

 

Thanks

 

 

The Beolab 4000 replacements...

Can somebody please post a link to - or a picture of those 'BL 17'...??? Huh?

I cannot find anything about them anywhere...Confused

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Raeuber replied on Tue, Oct 22 2013 11:49 PM
Apple's new IPads doesn't have wooden backsides, but still aluminium (silver or graphit grey). Tim Cook is not a Steve Jobs, but of course a better CEO than Tue Mantoni.

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BeoBoy68 replied on Wed, Oct 23 2013 12:18 AM
+1 Raeuber ! ;-)). Mantoni Out !
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Steffen replied on Wed, Oct 23 2013 12:24 AM

And about those new 'wooden' BL 8003's...

Please no more "It looks better in the flesh"...

I agree that sometimes things can look a little better in real life...
But I have never before seen anything that looked ugly on a picture, that was really beautiful in real life...

Most of the B&O I have bought over the years, I have seen on pictures first...And because of those pictures I wanted to buy it.
Just to mention a few:

Beosystem 4500...I wanted it when I saw the first pictures. I have never seen it look ugly on any picture. (unless it has been damaged) Sad
Beolab Penta - BL 3000/4500/5000 - BL 1...All of them looked (looks) great on any Picture...
And - Yes - the Beolab 8000... I liked the look -even after seeing the first Picture. It wasn't 'better' in the flesh...It was as it looked on the pictures -great!

And now - we who don't like the 8003's, are hearing all the time: 'Ohhh - it's sooo much better 'in the flesh'...Unsure
Come on - pictures can not be that deceiving...
It is fine that some of you guys like them - somebody may have the same taste as Tue and the designer...Stick out tongueWink

Anyway, I'm going to see them at the local store - but I doubt that I'll suddently love the design because of that...Whistle

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I am getting what you are saying but I do not agree at all. One thing is that a picture does not justify a product but also, for my view on Bang & Olufsen product is, that they grow on me through the years. I will  in many occasions say at first that it looks bad, but after some time it grow into something unique. I feel the reason is that the design challenge our way on how a product should be and that is what b&o is for me breaking the limits for design. 

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:)

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DoubleU replied on Wed, Oct 23 2013 5:21 AM

Well, I can't see on the pictures how the aluminium and wood are finished, so I'll be my own judge to decide if they look better in flesh. 

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Gatex replied on Wed, Oct 23 2013 7:08 AM

Steffen:

Jonathan:

vlohjr1:
Sorry Jonathan which one is the bl17?

 

Thanks

 

 

The Beolab 4000 replacements...

 

Can somebody please post a link to - or a picture of those 'BL 17'...??? Huh?

I cannot find anything about them anywhere...Confused

its very close to these , anyway you wont recognize the difference between a bl17 and these.

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elephant replied on Wed, Oct 23 2013 9:46 PM

Jonathan:

I saw the Beolab 17s today....

I like the casing and the features, but the plastic grills are awful!!!

Are you able to say which store/person you were visiting ?

Annie ? James ? Kym ?

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Steffen:

And about those new 'wooden' BL 8003's...

Please no more "It looks better in the flesh"...

I agree that sometimes things can look a little better in real life...
But I have never before seen anything that looked ugly on a picture, that was really beautiful in real life...

Most of the B&O I have bought over the years, I have seen on pictures first...And because of those pictures I wanted to buy it.
Just to mention a few:

Beosystem 4500...I wanted it when I saw the first pictures. I have never seen it look ugly on any picture. (unless it has been damaged) Sad
Beolab Penta - BL 3000/4500/5000 - BL 1...All of them looked (looks) great on any Picture...
And - Yes - the Beolab 8000... I liked the look -even after seeing the first Picture. It wasn't 'better' in the flesh...It was as it looked on the pictures -great!

And now - we who don't like the 8003's, are hearing all the time: 'Ohhh - it's sooo much better 'in the flesh'...Unsure
Come on - pictures can not be that deceiving...
It is fine that some of you guys like them - somebody may have the same taste as Tue and the designer...Stick out tongueWink

Anyway, I'm going to see them at the local store - but I doubt that I'll suddently love the design because of that...Whistle

Steffen, my thoughts exactly. 

I'm hard pressed that anyone who says, "I don't like them" are going to end up handing over hard cash at the store, because they where so different in "the flesh".

And bottom line is, it's not enough to "like them", someone needs to "buy them"!  

 

Sourpuss warning, but the Beolab 8003 model is discontinued in a few years due to poor sales. 

Too long to list.... 

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moxxey replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 10:14 AM

My dealer was telling me yesterday that the BL4000 'replacements' are going to come in at £2600, without stands. Price excludes the transmitter you'd need for your TV, too. Looks like a £3000+ purchase for wireless rears - sadly it's not going to happen for me.

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moxxey:

My dealer was telling me yesterday that the BL4000 'replacements' are going to come in at £2600, without stands. Price excludes the transmitter you'd need for your TV, too. Looks like a £3000+ purchase for wireless rears - sadly it's not going to happen for me.

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elephant replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 11:09 AM
What were the 4Ks in £s ?

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Puncher replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 12:17 PM

elephant:
What were the 4Ks in £s ?

£1621 without stands or shipping, according to LuxusSound below.

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Any news on the transmitters/receivers? Size? Price?

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bayerische replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 12:48 PM

moxxey:

My dealer was telling me yesterday that the BL4000 'replacements' are going to come in at £2600, without stands. Price excludes the transmitter you'd need for your TV, too. Looks like a £3000+ purchase for wireless rears - sadly it's not going to happen for me.

Bloody hell! So in euro close to 4.000 I guess then. I expect big sales. 

Too long to list.... 

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js replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 3:44 PM

Steffen:

I agree that sometimes things can look a little better in real life...
But I have never before seen anything that looked ugly on a picture, that was really beautiful in real life...
Most of the B&O I have bought over the years, I have seen on pictures first...And because of those pictures I wanted to buy it.

+1

That being said, although I find the overall design is unbalanced, I am curious to see the implementation of the wood idea in the flesh.

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Which ones are we talking?

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js:

Steffen:

I agree that sometimes things can look a little better in real life...
But I have never before seen anything that looked ugly on a picture, that was really beautiful in real life...
Most of the B&O I have bought over the years, I have seen on pictures first...And because of those pictures I wanted to buy it.

 

+1

That being said, although I find the overall design is unbalanced, I am curious to see the implementation of the wood idea in the flesh.

I hate to be this negative about this new speaker... But it looks like a cheap Chinese copycat of the BL8000. 

I bet if this was a copycat, EVERYONE on this forum would be mocking the design.

I too believe just like Punchy that some people will buy anything as long as it has "Bang & Olufsen" written on it. 

Too long to list.... 

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CaptainC replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 4:17 PM
bayerische:

Bloody hell! So in euro close to 4.000 I guess then. I expect big sales.

Too long to list....

No. Your guess is wrong...
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I would say so too.

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js replied on Thu, Oct 24 2013 6:31 PM

By the way, any news on the new audio player that was referred to earlier in this thread? Or will we only see two new speakers and a new subwoofer?

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