"It seems that B&O have changed their policies and supply test equipment. You see them reviewed more often these days." I dont know about that. I always thought that B&O were always very big in inviting journalists / critics to Struer for technical press releases. They pick the "serious" press first with subsequent cascade

djs: In the May 2007 issue of "What Hi-Fi?" the BeoLab9s are given 5 stars, the maximum possible rating. I'll quote the summary: For: A totally convincing and involving sound, combined with striking looks; compact, but sound much bigger. Against: Need dedicated leads to connect then to preamps; you can buy a lot of amp and spaekers for

Navigation to me is a real pain. not very intuative unlike B&O. Also, the text editor does not like to insert lines in between sentences/paragraphs 10%

Peter: The Beolab 9 uses the basic format of the Beolab 1 - hence the ICE for the bass and AB for the mid and treble. Same basic chassis. ....but totally different sound and to me, blows the BL1,s clean away (despite my reservations on the AB amps) 10%

Now if only the webmasters can seek out a way to let me insert blank lınes in this forum.......... 10%

I think the Beolab 3 / 5 / 9 are all world-class in their own niche. BL5 is world-class period. I think B&O are totally exonerated by moving away from the "glossy toy" concept to the "classy audiophile for those with a life" concept. I am sure with these type of loudspeakers they will sell more and more - especially to the non