The point stands, BL2 is great with movies and TV but you're better off without it when listening to music. I much prefer my BL4000's with out the BL2, the BL2 seemed to tarnish the well balanced sound. What about adding a good non B&o sub and hide it away, if the budget is tight?

You must have just missed it! your join date is only a few weeks after me...

[quote user="jldmelb"] I must confess that my 30 pounds is paid to keep this site alive. Never have I thought that I would pay 30 pounds to be a gold member for the pure reason of it being 12 raffle tickets. If you are only here for that then you might have better luck gambling elsewhere. The prize draw should be treated as a pure bonus and

PLEASE post pictures! I've gotta see this

[quote user="Xseries"] ... the advantage of the other approach is that one can spread the cost more if that is an issue! Brian [/quote] This is a great point!! This topic comes up very often but i never thought of that point! Regardless i'd rather go without and save up for BL9 if money was an issue, i'm a music man and i prefer the

[quote user="wonderfulelectric"] Personally I do enjoy the high frequency details that the lens provides but many in the audiophile community find it artificial; [/quote] I find this amusing = "artificial" What are these people comparing the sound to? It's the musicians and recording artists that can provide the answers regarding

Well black is beautiful but it doesn't look right next to your white speakers! I vote to take those white covers off the BL8000 because they look silly (but the answer to your question, both black and white on the BL9 look equally great in that image, just different. The black compliments the BL2, the white compliments the 8000's) If you had

To my knowledge those settings are calibrated to a standard and compenate for any differences / innaccuracies that the parts and hardware of the television may cause (most have unique values)... i know this is the case with the speaker calibration in the beolabs...

[quote user="thavn"] The BL2 certainly doesn't need Acoustic Lens Technology. It is a sub, and bass will not benefit in the same way from ALT. [/quote] Who suggested BL2 needed an ALT?

[quote user="Daniel"] [quote user="koning"] Can we expect a major update (beolab 8000-6000) very soon?? [/quote] But BL 8000 is updated (with better base I believe). I don´t see the need for more updates. Don't think they will sell more of them because of an update. [/quote] No, but a face lift along with an upgrade would