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Latest post 12-18-2009 11:25 AM by martin01. 9 replies.
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  • 12-09-2009 8:22 AM

    Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Hi guys,

    I bought a pair of new Beolab 5 in May this year (before the price-rise). When I first got them I felt that the Bass was very light. I have played at least 300 hours with them since I bought them. Now, I feel that the bass is too much. I have not moved the speakers or changed anything in the room.

    My room is 5meterx4 meter. I have the speakers along the 5-meter-wall. I have wooden floor. I feel that the calibration does not do much of improvement of the soundbalance in the room. I know that the calibration only affect sound up to 300hz.

    What improvements can I do to get a better balance in sound (less bass)?

    I use a Beosound 9000 and the digital output directly to the Beolab 5, hence I can not change the bass manual.

    /Martin

    Beolab 5 with sw 3.0,  BV7-55 3D without Bluray(MK II), Beolab 7-4, Beolab 4000 MKII, Beolab 3500, Beovox CX100, Beosound 9000 mkIII, Cabinett 2054, Beo4 MKII, Oppo BDP-93 Blurayplayer (B&O-version)

  • 12-09-2009 8:40 AM In reply to

    • kawo
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    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Hi Martin,

    i have a simular problem, my BL 5 have to much bass as well. With the calibration is better than the speakers I owned before (B&W 802). However, in reality, the BL 5 can not adjust bad room acustics (in my case). As far as I know standing waves are a problems hardly to solve by any calibration software. 

    Karsten

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  • 12-09-2009 9:03 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Thanks Kawo for your reply.

    I think the marketing of Beolab 5 is a bit missleading. It says that you can place this speakers everywhere in a room and in any kind of environment.

    Do you you feel a large difference when you have calibrated the speakers vs. not calibrated them?

    /Martin

    Beolab 5 with sw 3.0,  BV7-55 3D without Bluray(MK II), Beolab 7-4, Beolab 4000 MKII, Beolab 3500, Beovox CX100, Beosound 9000 mkIII, Cabinett 2054, Beo4 MKII, Oppo BDP-93 Blurayplayer (B&O-version)

  • 12-09-2009 9:59 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Same problems too.

  • 12-09-2009 1:06 PM In reply to

    • Puncher
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    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    This has been discussed before - this THREAD discusses the issue in quite some depth and you may find it informative if you haven't read it before.

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 12-14-2009 2:54 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Hi Puncher,

    I have read the thread you reffered to. My problem is that without  having changed anything in the room since may (when I bought the Labs5), the Bass is more dominate. When I bought the speakers, the first two month the Bass was very light. How can the bass be much more louder than when I bought them?

    I have played about 300 hours with the speakers.

    Beolab 5 with sw 3.0,  BV7-55 3D without Bluray(MK II), Beolab 7-4, Beolab 4000 MKII, Beolab 3500, Beovox CX100, Beosound 9000 mkIII, Cabinett 2054, Beo4 MKII, Oppo BDP-93 Blurayplayer (B&O-version)

  • 12-14-2009 4:17 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    In general, Speakers sound different when they are new and develop a certain character over the time.

    Do you feel more the lower deep bass or the upper kick bass?

    I've experimented a lot with my 5s over the last 3 weeks and finally got the configuration thats right for me...

    After calibrating in my living room with all the furniture in, the bass was too thin at low volumes, I've cleared the room totally, recalibrated, moved the furniture back in and now it sounds very good...

    rgds

    Stephan

  • 12-15-2009 6:54 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Hi Stephan,

    I feel more of the deepbass. Upperbass is the same as before.

    Interesting thing you did regarding the calibration. Maybe I should do the reverse. I should try to move the speakers to a smaller room with much furniture and calibrate them there. After that, move them in to my larger livingroom where I got much less furniture.

    I will try that.

    /Martin

    Beolab 5 with sw 3.0,  BV7-55 3D without Bluray(MK II), Beolab 7-4, Beolab 4000 MKII, Beolab 3500, Beovox CX100, Beosound 9000 mkIII, Cabinett 2054, Beo4 MKII, Oppo BDP-93 Blurayplayer (B&O-version)

  • 12-18-2009 8:51 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Before you move everything out of the room, try to place something bigger (a box, a massive chair etc.) in front of the Labs (1,5m distance or so) maybe you can fool the speakers that way to tune the bass down.... Could be an option instead of moving those heavy 5s around.

    rgds

    Stephan

  • 12-18-2009 11:25 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with too much bass with Beolab 5

    Hi Stephan,

    I have ordered "Bass-traps" to put in the two corners behind the speakers. I can be interesting to see if it would help anything.

    I let you know.

    Regards
    Martin

    Beolab 5 with sw 3.0,  BV7-55 3D without Bluray(MK II), Beolab 7-4, Beolab 4000 MKII, Beolab 3500, Beovox CX100, Beosound 9000 mkIII, Cabinett 2054, Beo4 MKII, Oppo BDP-93 Blurayplayer (B&O-version)

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