Rombeek: Are the Beoloab 8000's beiing replaced in the near future?!
We have had this discussion many times on the old forum. It is sure, that one day, B&O has to replace such icons as BL6000 and BL8000 ( and also the BL4000). But I think it will take some years, as the 6000s and the 8000s still are the best selling speakers in the range. The advantage that B&O had when they launched the column speakers was that they were the first and only one who could produce such good speakers in such a shape. But times have changed. Other companies do the same thing, but not at the same level IMO.
I think that B&O will wait to see how the reception and the sells of the BL9 is. If it goes on like it does for the moment, i think it could be possible that they discontinue the column speakers. But at the moment, there is no reason to do so.
If you compare the price and the power of BL3 and BL8000, you could think that the 3s were thought to replace the 8000s, but then B&O changed their opinion...??? If B&O discontiues the 8000s, I think they need to produce something like the BL9, but at a lower price level.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach