What is the general view on relative sound quality between the various crt/ plasma/ lcd Beovisions?

I only have direct experience of the Avant 32 DVD and a recently acquired Beocenter 1. The Avant was originally purchased partly because of its amazing sound quality. The dealer even admitted that there wasn't a great deal to be gained by adding further speakers. The Beocenter 1, however, having smaller speakers and being of lighter construction is lacking in the bass area and could definitely do with additonal external speakers. Is this also true of most of the plasma/ lcd Beovisions? The views of those who have owned a range of these tvs or who have regularly demonstrated them in stores would be appreciated.

Vikinguk

I was genuinely impressed with the sound that came from the all-in-one 7.1/7.2 speaker that ships as an option for the BV7. Decent all-round sound. However, since I swapped the 7.2 for a 7.4 and connected a couple of BL9s, it's a step up again. The BL7.4 is superb for replicating voice, for example.

The only snag is, with a forthcoming BV7-55, gawd knows how wide the 7.3 (?) speaker will be!

The BeoLab 7-1 and 7-2 are IMO among the best speakers B&O have made - massively underrated speakers.

The Avant produced a stunning sound, and still does, but the 7-1 is really a huge step up...

Agree with Alex.  Placement seems fairly important from my experience with them, but the 7.1 and 7.2 are amazing speakers.

Lee

Never having owned any of the speakers mentioned my opinion is obviously of limited value, however my tendancy would be to go for the 7.4 if my surrounds were ALT equipped (BL5, BL9, BL3). I may be wrong but having front ALT equipped speakers with a non-ALT centre would be a concern to me (although I would be less worried about the rears).