The official line is that yes, you should be letting the speakers doing the work for you, and leaving loudness/bass/treble all set to 'off' or '±0'. The difference between a good parametric or graphic EQ and the 'standard bass/treble' controls is that they really are quite crude in the sense that you can't affect the

Hardly. As I've said, I do have my criticisms of B&O and they're not all shared on this discussion board - in fact they're always kept to myself. RE the 'flatness' of some sources on BeoLab 5s such as many modern recordings (the latest Death Cab For Cutie album is a prime example) is simply down to the recording (as you seem

I don't really feel the need to criticise in any situation unless it's particularly constructive, and pretty much all the issues I would raise with B&O are things they have already highlighted themselves; what use would it be if I were to make exactly the same points? And no I haven't been hypnotized by my dealer - I work for them.

I disagree - I find them to simply be very linear at all volumes. Compare this to the other BeoLabs which have a significant low-end rise when at very low volumes, and you could easily think the BeoLab 5 doesn't reproduce the bass it should.

I saw The Dark Knight on Blu-Ray through BeoLab 5s yesterday - don't think I've ever heard so much bass from a consumer sound system! If they do lack bass, it's almost certainly to do with the room or way they're set up.

I see what you're saying, but in reality, when we see live performances, sound is coming from all around us in 360º. The ideal system would have 4 'main speakers', 2 in front, 2 behind, and 1 above (floor reflections from directly below you are insignificant for listening). Unfortunately, while this may be the ideal system, it's

There are already crossovers in the system, but this is different. What you're referring to is the splitting of high-frequencies (treble) off to the treble speakers, and lower frequencies/middle-frequencies (low/mids) to the woofer/midrage speaker. In the case of your centre speaker, we're talking about assigning each speaker it's own channel

I don't have the specs, but to be honest with you, all I would consider from specs is the connections - the other numbers (contrast ratio, viewing angle etc...) are all relatively useless as there are a hundred and one ways of measuring them! B&O only supplies them because consumers look for such things when looking at televisions (sadly).

To further what Puncher says, a CD contains information for two speakers (it has two channels - stereo), and should be played as such - through two speakers. If you try and play it through a pair of 'main stereo' speakers and a centre speaker at the same time (in this case, your, your system is going to try and 'extract' information

Because... it works?