Hi Everyone, this is my first post, so apologies if this topic has been covered before.

I have found some Lab 5 speakers for sale, they're a couple of hundred miles away from where I live, so if I make the trip it will be because I'm pretty sure I will buy them. The guy selling them is the original owner with all the paperwork including PIN, the photos show the speakers are in great condition, the speakers were made in 2006, he purchased them in 2007.

Any advice you can share?

Has B&O make any significant updates to these speakers since 2006?

Known problems or faults? 

Finally, what cables should be supplied with the speakers.

I would appreciate any help 

I think you can update up to 2.61a - the most modern is 3.00a but this relies on you having the newest 5s (Serial number 21221146 or more ) which have a different volume chip. However no really significant updates - just sorting a few small issues and the software 2.61a fixes that. The very first ones have an issue with volume synchronisation with non B&O equipment. As long as yours have a serial number over 17772145, this is not an issue. It is also not an issue if you are using them in a B&O system.

You need fully wired Powerlink cables and digital cables if you want to use it with a system equipped with this. You also need the power cables!  Prices seem to start at about £5000.

Some of the earliest ones had issues with white noise too; and when I say white noise, I mean white noise at full volume which can be quite a shock. This shouldn't matter for 2006 models though.

That's the reason why I only hear for 40%

Software version 1.5 is the quilty one