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  • 11-10-2008 11:48 AM

    BeoLab 5 speakers in concert

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    At the beginning of November, noted conductor Paul Henry Smith introduced his Fauxharmonic Orchestra to the public, conducting some standard repertoire performed by BeoLab 5s and Fauxharmonic software.  Three concerts (in Baltimore and New York) were given, and details are provided below.  

    I was pleased and honored to be able to provide some technical assistance for this effort, and was really glad that B&O of USA was able to help out with a loan of speakers.  Hopefully, there will be much more.  Paul Henry Smith is a very talented guy!  

    FYI:

    Press coverage

    Stereophile <    http://www.stereophile.com/news/110308faux/>
    [This article includes detailed writing about the BeoLab 5s, including product photo]

    "Smith calls the BeoLab 5s 'the missing element to this live performance . . . the instruments of the digital orchestra.'"
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    The New York Times <    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/arts/music/04barg.html>

    "Mr. Smith demonstrated how the Fauxharmonic works by playing Johann Strauss’s “Pizzicato Polka” through his computer twice. Initially he exerted no influence; the music, heard through high-end speakers that looked like conical pagodas, sounded crisp and realistic but lacked inflection. Mr. Smith waved his controller the second time, making the music flex and breathe, and shifted his stance to amplify invisible violin and cello sections in turn.
    The demonstration was genuinely impressive."

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    Baltimore Sun <    http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-to.bcooct28,0,4847832,full.story>
    "Of course, there won't actually be a bunch of violinists sitting to his left on the stage. Just space. And sound, emerging from state-of-the-art speakers lent by Bang & Olufsen for the occasion."

    This article also appeared in: The Orlando Sentinel, <    http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/bal-to.bcooct28,0,3682440.story>  The Hartford Courant <http://www.courant.com/topic/bal-to.bcooct28,0,3768722.story?track=rss-topicgallery> ,
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    A concert review in the New Yorker magazine may be coming soon.  

    National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" was very interested in covering the event but could not spare a reporter due to the election coverage demands.  However, today they contacted me to ask when we will have another event like this one.  They really want to do something on it.  They reach 13 million listeners daily, so I think this would be a great opportunity to pursue for covering my upcoming concerts.     


    I hope this is of interest.  

    Best regards,
    Dave Sausalito Audio LLC

  • 11-10-2008 4:12 PM In reply to

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    Thank you for posting that Dave. Makes me want a pair even more but I am about to invest in a trumpet instead! Hopefully one day, it will make a sound worthy to be played via BL5s!

  • 11-10-2008 4:21 PM In reply to

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    Yeah, thanks for this one. Very interesting.

    -Andreas

     

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  • 11-10-2008 4:43 PM In reply to

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    Hi Dave,

     Very interesting articles. It shows how far digital music have come..

    I would pay to hear a BeoLab 5 concert any time..Wink

     

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  • 11-10-2008 5:58 PM In reply to

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    Thanks for the information.  Please let us know when there will be another event.

    Beolab 5 is at the top of my must have list! 

    Beosound 5 BL9 BC2 BL8000 Beovision 7 BL6002  BL11 

     

  • 11-10-2008 7:12 PM In reply to

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    Re: BeoLab 5 speakers in concert

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    Thanks for this Dave. Very interesting indeed.
    I especially like the phrase that Smith used
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    "Never before has there been an instrument like a BeoLab 5 loudspeaker."
    Fits nicely with the phrase I have heard you say describing your work with "loudspeaker music"

    Andy T.

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  • 11-10-2008 7:42 PM In reply to

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    Sorry I missed it!  Would have luved to have experienced the *concert*.  Maybe we can find out more info in advance?

     

    Barry

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    Re: BeoLab 5 speakers in concert

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    I note in the Stereophile review that
     
    "Sometime next summer, LaCarrubba's Sausalito Audio expects to announce high-end, in-ceiling loudspeakers that incorporate Acoustic Lens technology."
     
    I wonder if these will be B&O?
     
    Adrian. 

  • 11-11-2008 8:29 AM In reply to

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    Something is making me doubt that...

    “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”

    Your health and well-being comes first and fore-most.

     

     

  • 11-11-2008 8:35 AM In reply to

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    As far as I've been informed, B&O have exclusive rights to acoustic lens technology.

  • 11-11-2008 8:41 AM In reply to

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    Re: BeoLab 5 speakers in concert

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    But that is maybe only for a limited period?

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  • 11-11-2008 9:49 AM In reply to

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    tc wrote:

    I note in the Stereophile review that
     
    "Sometime next summer, LaCarrubba's Sausalito Audio expects to announce high-end, in-ceiling loudspeakers that incorporate Acoustic Lens technology."
     
    I wonder if these will be B&O?
     
    Adrian. 


    I can't say too much about this, but, yes, we are working on "architectural" speakers (in-wall and in-ceiling) that are very high-performance and that use the Acoustic Lens (which we have licensed back from B&O for this application).  If the current financial turmoil allows, we expect to roll them out next summer or fall.  I think they are tremendous!  

    They are Sausalito Audio products.  However, we have continued to share R&D with B&O.  Beyond that, I can't tell you anything more about plans.  Sorry!  However, when the time is right  .  .  .

    Best regards,




    Dave Sausalito Audio LLC
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