Hmm, a sudden drop-off below 400 Hz? This would suggest something to do with the calibration system, which I believe functions up-to around 400 Hz. Very strange! The difference in the measurements between the polarity-flipped mains is quite interesting. Not that I don't trust you, but is there any possibility you could do maybe 3 or 4 measurements

[quote user="folkdeejay"] There are certainly some speakers that present sound in such a way that they will typically sound very good when genre XXX is played through them, but they will struggle with other things, so that is perhaps a weakness, not a strength. If a speaker cannot realsitically reproduce a full orchestre playing a bombastic

I wouldn't think of adding BeoLab 4s when using a BeoLab 7 as a centre channel. The BeoLab 7 is quite simply a vastly superior speaker in every way (except size and price). BeoLab 4000s are more like it, but 4s? Absolutely not (in my books, having owned a pair too)! Just my 2c.

[quote user="Beoboiinoz"] I'd generally agree. This is an interesting thread to follow, as whilst I've been a B&W fan for many years, I've also become a fan of B&O's ALT speakers in particular - the Lab 3's, 9's, and of course the 5's. From a design perspective there are considerable differences. ... All

[quote user="malcolm welborn"] the problem is apple were storing the infoand was unencrypted, as against smartphones etc who encrypted it and did not store, so the report said. the CEO for apple admitted the software bugs [/quote] Not even a problem as far as I'm aware - no personal data was stored. All a load of hype over absolutely nothing

[quote user="malcolm welborn"] Apple Belatedly Addresses Locationgate, Admits to Software Bugs A week after researchers discovered that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices were tracking and storing customer locations as they moved around geographically, the company finally issued an official response, disavowing some of the claims while admitting

[quote user="DirtyDiana"] The problem with the B&W is that you will probably never have enough power (huge boat anchor power amp's!!) to drive them to deliver timing and dynamics like the BL9. [/quote] The B&Ws are overall more efficient than the BeoLab 9s. Drop 400w of power into an 802D and you will make much more noise than

The BeoLab 9 is not DSP based, the crossovers involved are fairly straightforward/conventional for an active speaker, although they do include some dynamic EQing depending I believe. There is not time alignment going on, although you are of course correct that the drivers themselves are physically aligned. In terms of transient response, I would expect

Yes, I prefer the 7-1 from a tonal point of view, but the 4000 allows you to get a proper stereo image which is far more important to me. The 7-1 is far too small to give you a proper stereo field. The 7-1 is more detailed and 'clean' though...

Interesting - it looks as though they've included some sort of variable baffle-step compensation inside the crossover according to the blurb on the website!