I actually did not like the looks at first, much preferring our red Beolab 1s, but now that we have them I do like the way they look. Ours are black. I am not sure if that would have been my first choice of color. We went to look at the Beovision 7 and the dealer had these and another pair of Beolab 9s in black on display. These had been on display for a month and we were offered an unbelievably good price on them that was too good to resist.

Well the good thing about black is that when your colour scheme changes, it will still go with anything.

Andy T.

Hey, can you change the frets on the BL9? Because red one's would look fabulous with your red 1's

Yes you can, and its very easy too!

I wonder how they would sound without the cloth frets?

Would there really be any difference in sound? I wonder how they'd LOOK in the nude

 

Well, the editor of a hifi magazine (a most respected audiophile) was speculating on whether the midrange wouldn't get even better without the fret in front of it. The top driver is a 3/4" 100W tweeter, but the 5" mid-range driver  is inside its own pressure chamber, and behind the fret.

Hmmm ...