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Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Stars — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:59:20 GMT

Thanks for posting the photo js. Yes, I did remember correctly how terrible they look upside down!

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

nmartin771 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:50:18 GMT

BL 2 on the top !

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Dave — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:25:29 GMT

This person is SERIOUS. Just notice how he has got the cables for the speakers left and right going through (what looks like) his marble floor!

Yeah i admire this as it is different, but we will never know how it sounds. It looks really nice to me as a center.

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

tournedos — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:22:23 GMT

js:
www.bang-olufsen.com > Collection > Home Integration: see at bootom right of the screen: Private Homes with Custom Installations: project nr. 33 in the project portfolio

There. Much better.

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

js — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:21:29 GMT

Irrespective of what one may think of this set up (I don't like it, but anyway...), I think the biggest mistake is... the ventilation grills: that ruins the whole concept. I am often surprised how people neglect the details (e.g. hiding cables) of a beo setup.

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

nmartin771 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:57:00 GMT

Very interesting !

But honestly I don't like it .... maybe I use to "normal" BL8000

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Alex — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:22:30 GMT

A pair of upside-down 8000s was done somewhere here in Bath quite a few years ago I think. Works very well as long as the ceiling isn't just plasterboard underneath the joists!

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

js — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:21:58 GMT

Stars:

I've been trying to find this photo for ages, do you know where it is?

www.bang-olufsen.com > Collection > Home Integration: see at bootom right of the screen: Private Homes with Custom Installations: project nr. 33 in the project portfolio

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Steve at Sounds Heavenly — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:08:21 GMT

No, I (reluctantly) ceiling-mounted some 6000's upside-down for a customer a few months ago, but I never thought to get a picture. 8000's would probably work better, but even then I'm not too sure about the end result!

Steve.

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Stars — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:44:25 GMT

Jandyt:
Seen 8000s upside down, hanging from the roof, but never sideways!

I've been trying to find this photo for ages, do you know where it is?

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Steve at Sounds Heavenly — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:22:12 GMT

If you were going to all that trouble to chop the case up, it would make sense to shift the drivers around into a d'Appolito configuration (with the tweeter in the middle and the woofers on either side) and move them to the centre of the tube. However, I suspect that the effectiveness ofthe 8000 as a centre speaker would be limited, especially considering the non-switchable "bass boost" circuitry fitted inside.

Looks great, though and I take my hat off to the ~~butcher~~ craftsman who built it - you are a braver man than I am!

Steve.

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

Iconic-AV — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:11:33 GMT

mfirst:

I thought a lot of the "guts" of a BL8000 was in the cone at the bottom?
-michael

Not as many guts as the guy who chopped the speaker up had

jason

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

mfirst — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:22:58 GMT

I thought a lot of the "guts" of a BL8000 was in the cone at the bottom?

-michael

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

nmartin771 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:20:52 GMT

I'm afraid not

Re: Strange BL8000 placment !

soundproof — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:15:48 GMT

We don't know, do we ... ?

(Sorry, Martin. I was certain I had quoted Alex, who said that the sound wouldn't be good. We don't know!)