I have no comment....

People do silly things....

I have never liked BeoLab 7.1 or 7.2, but I love the look of this BL8000 idea. Just a shame it won't sound as good.

I have seen a BL3500 used as a centre speaker before, but this is a first! 

This guy did serious modification to this speaker ! Which I think it is not easy task !

BL3500 design to be wall mounted speaker.... but this.... 

Wouldn't sound so special - the drivers aren't symmetrical.

Looks really good!

Now there's an idea to forward to Struer! 

Looks beautiful, but sound?

I test every now and then different combinations for audio in my home theatre setup. With my ears BL7-1 beats two BL8000's. If the BL8000's are helped by a BL2 it is a tight fight.

Alex:

Wouldn't sound so special - the drivers aren't symmetrical.

Then put two end-to-end and get a bigger tv

Ingenious! 
I wonder if the drivers have been shuffled about inside.
Seen 8000s upside down, hanging from the roof, but never sideways!

Andy T.

I'm interested what kind of modification he did....  maybe he did something inside....

if he did that he is probably a great engineer!

I must admit at first galance it look to me little bit strange but as much as I look I started to like it !

We don't know, do we ... ?

(Sorry, Martin. I was certain I had quoted Alex, who said that the sound wouldn't be good. We don't know!)

I thought a lot of the "guts" of a BL8000 was in the cone at the bottom?

-michael 

mfirst:

I thought a lot of the "guts" of a BL8000 was in the cone at the bottom?

-michael 

Not as many guts as the guy who chopped the speaker up had

jason

If you were going to all that trouble to chop the case up, it would make sense to shift the drivers around into a d'Appolito configuration (with the tweeter in the middle and the woofers on either side) and move them to the centre of the tube.  However, I suspect that the effectiveness ofthe 8000 as a centre speaker would be limited, especially considering the non-switchable "bass boost" circuitry fitted inside.

Looks great, though and I take my hat off to the butcher craftsman who built it - you are a braver man than I am!

Steve.

Jandyt:

Seen 8000s upside down, hanging from the roof, but never sideways!

I've been trying to find this photo for ages, do you know where it is? 

No, I (reluctantly) ceiling-mounted some 6000's upside-down for a customer a few months ago, but I never thought to get a picture.  8000's would probably work better, but even then I'm not too sure about the end result!

Steve.

Stars:

I've been trying to find this photo for ages, do you know where it is? 

www.bang-olufsen.com  > Collection > Home Integration: see at bootom right of the screen: Private Homes with Custom Installations: project nr. 33 in the project portfolio

A pair of upside-down 8000s was done somewhere here in Bath quite a few years ago I think. Works very well as long as the ceiling isn't just plasterboard underneath the joists!

Very interesting !

But honestly I don't like it .... maybe I use to "normal" BL8000