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Re: First look at white speakers?

mediabobny — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:33:10 GMT

Is the item in back of the speaker an office machine, or is this how the customer altered his Beolab 5?

Re: First look at white speakers?

BnoBlueBoy — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:08:31 GMT

yes that is true. 1500 individually numbered.

Re: First look at white speakers?

Daniel — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:46:05 GMT

Re: First look at white speakers?

Fil — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:10:28 GMT

I was told yesterday that there was a all white BS9000 coming soon .......limited to 1500 across Europe!!

Re: First look at white speakers?

SWISS_2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:06:10 GMT

Russell: Do you work there ?

Re: First look at white speakers?

Dave — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:58:00 GMT

That is horrific, especially considering how beautiful that speaker is. Umm re trim the grille with white cloth? YUCK

Re: First look at white speakers?

Craig — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:52:16 GMT

No, don't like those one bit.

Craig

Re: First look at white speakers?

casdave — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:27 GMT

Sorry, but that thing isnt at all nice, looks like a cheap computer surroundsound speaker, or something from a bathroom furnishings catalogue.

Re: First look at white speakers?

Medogsfat — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Unbelievable - the word Philistine is at the top of my head.

Chris.

Re: First look at white speakers?

Iconic-AV — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:12:24 GMT

Are those prototypes for the same customer......... the tan coloured ones to the right?!! bl4000s by any chance?!

jason

Re: First look at white speakers?

Peter — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:46:33 GMT

Lovely job. Take the best looking speaker in the world and make it look boring.

Re: First look at white speakers?

Sal — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:08:41 GMT

RussR:

This is a BL-8k which has been brought in for service, yes...but that is not a shipping carton...that is an enclosure apparently commissioned by the owner. This is the way the speaker is displayed in the home.
Russ

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And I certainly don't have that particular "eye." Thanks for sharing, Russ. I wonder how many other B&O products have been altered by their owners... I recall seeing some custom Beolab 5 grills with artwork a while back... I really liked them (BL5 grills with artrwork), but when modification seems to take away from the initial design brief, I don't know how I feel about that.

-Sal

Re: First look at white speakers?

Russ — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:04:55 GMT

This is a BL-8k which has been brought in for service, yes...but that is not a shipping carton...that is an enclosure apparently commissioned by the owner. This is the way the speaker is displayed in the home.

Russ

Re: First look at white speakers?

Sal — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:52:11 GMT

Oh, I'd be like a kid in a candy store if I were in that back room. All those wonderful cardboard boxes with the B&O logo. Those familiar smells of antistatic wrapping and styrofoam...

Getting back to the picture? What a novel way of packing a BL8K! From what I can tell the white cover gets pulled off the BACK of the speaker, leaving the grille wrapping to be removed.... Interesting. Was this speaker sent in for service?

Or is this REALLY a white BL8K under wraps?

-Sal

P.S. That rectangular box which has the B&O logo on it's side (placed vertically). I have a sneaking suspicion it's a BV8!

First look at white speakers?

Russ — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:32:25 GMT

Take a look at somthing which turned up this week in my local B&O shop...the earliest known example of a white BeoLab 8000....

LINK

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