Hey Mr10precent. Do you know how many pairs of the Beolab5s are sold already? Just curious. I recently read that the Wilson audio's Watt/Puppy is the best selling high end loudspeaker of all time despite it looking quite repulsive. Never in my lifetime will I buy that. However, I do suspect that Meridian is gaining popularity with the masses though

Totally. B&O still has the chicest designs ever. I don't really care for the Beosound series though except for the Beocenter 2 and the Beosound 4.

It's so cool that you still manage to get hold of the Penta nowadays. I'v seen it being featured in many designers' homes. B&O should totally bring it back since the 80s aesthetic is so back in vogue nowadays as you can see in the current product lineup such as the Beolab 10s.

That old black and white radio looks so chic. Reminds me of a cake with heavy frosting.

Oh yeah. I have not thought of putting a DSP before the Beolab 5s. I have to admit that the Beolab 5s are super cool but will love to see it built to "high-end" standards. Hope that the newer versions will have a full band microphone calibration system and better digital processing when I am ready to get them. But looking at how B&O is

Hello TripEnglish. Looks like I just opened a can of worms with my previous post. Well just for starters, the Beolab 5s aren't fully DSP optimized for in-room listening. Because only the bass is roughly attenuated according to the listening environment , the mids and highs are practically left untouched, and thus not having the smoothest in room

Totally. I have been talking about that for years. Not to mention the energy savings at the production level as well.

You can consider options from Elac. Their speakers are mainly 4 ohms. www.elac.com

AHH... But is it the most transparent?

Hello Soundproof. Beolab 5s were groundbreaking when it just came out but with the lack of software oriented DSP to keep up with the current times, it is actually starting to lose out. Now you can get better than Beolab5s in room frequency response by just getting a high-surround processor or a DSP. Having said that Beolab5s are still incredible value