bigboss
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Clare Newsome said:
I knew that was coming as I typed
In my defence, I didn't say they were not worth the money. Getting more for the money & not being worth the money are two completely different things.
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I knew that was coming as I typed
In my defence, I didn't say they were not worth the money. Getting more for the money & not being worth the money are two completely different things.
bigboss
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markiedee
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Marcus234 you are very welcome, at the end of the day 5k is alot of money and regrets are always the worst but demoing and having a think is always the best policy. All the best to whatever you decide... let us know what you do in the end.
markiedee said:
yes i will do hopefully in next few weeks i have everything in place and all set up take pics to show the finish product
how big is the room that you want to put them in? But yeah i would highly recommend the beolab 5's and the 9's, I would love to upgrade my speakers to them but a more realistic upgrade for me would be the beolab9's at the front as a replacement of my beolab 8000's and the beolab 3's as an upgrade to my beolab 6000's, but i am more than happy with what i have. But believe me you will not regret the ownership of B&O speakers, also pioneer amp's bare in mind use class D amplifiers in there amps which are lisenced by B&O, also i have read somewhere that Rotel power amps use B&O amplification in there products and the pioneers and rotels consistently get very highly rated reviews
Haleem123 said:
my room is 4.5x3.7 its a good size room , correct me if i am wrong but the belob 5 and beo 9s are way out my price range local b&o sell the beo 5 for £14000 a pair and the 9 for £6200 , i defo keeping my amp like u said pioneer always gets high ratings the b&o i have heard where beolab 3 more in my price range at 2700 plus maybe they sub which is 1500 plus but i am still undecided what speakers i want keep going back and forth
The beolab 5's and 9's are for proper high end users, yeah i do agree they are out of this world price wise but then again you are getting out of this world performance also, the beolab3's are awesome loudspeakers my cousin has beolab 3's at the front and back with the sub, however i think for full surround sound i would look at the beolab 8000's front and maybe the 3's at the back you can pick up excellent second hand ones for alot less than retail, i would defo look at going second hand, or if you can pick up a cheap second hand beolab 9 (prob about £3500-4000 front) and 3's (1300-1600 back's) for the money you will be getting one hell of a system, one that i crave to get badly.where abouts are you based? if you are in london and you want to come to my place and experience my setup then i will be more than happy to demo them and you will have a flavour of what they will sound like in a proper home environment, which i think is the most important thing.Have you had a listen to any other speakers? if you are in 2 minds as to whether to invest in b&o or not then i would seriously have a listen to b&w speakers, to my ears they are not as crisper sounding then the b&o's but none the less they are very highly recommended speakers.but b&o's are better sounding to my ears and the fact that you can crank the vol to the max without any hint of distortion is amazing, however speakers like the b&w's you will start to get distortion once you hit 3/4 of the volume level, on the b&o's none. Another recommendation i have for you is if you can get b&o to let you have the speaker sets that you want in your own home this way you will definately know whether the speakers you are after sound right in your home environment, i know b&o do this service and they can even let you keep them for a week, this way you can really test them out.Let me know how you get on
Haleem123 said:
hey i hate buying 2nd hand stuff always love buying new stuff plus with b&o get 3 year warrently so keeps my mind at rest, but i look into it , i heard b&o amazing stuff, i heard the cm8 from b&w sounds great to me better than the montior audio i say, i live in london near harrow
www.timeless-av.co.uk/
www.morethanav.co.uk/
www.lifestyle-av.co.uk/
check these websites out they specialise in second hand b&o, they actually get there products from main dealers when people px there products for new one's, i live in east london i would be more than happy to demo my setup to you and you will get an idea of how they really sound in a home environment.yeah b&w are very good monitor audios not so good i would pic the b&w's anyday
www.morethanav.co.uk/
www.lifestyle-av.co.uk/
check these websites out they specialise in second hand b&o, they actually get there products from main dealers when people px there products for new one's, i live in east london i would be more than happy to demo my setup to you and you will get an idea of how they really sound in a home environment.yeah b&w are very good monitor audios not so good i would pic the b&w's anyday
Haleem123 said:
yeah i checked them sites out good value , where abouts in east london as i have cousins in east ham and barking and other areas , be great if i can see a demo might sway me in what i going to buy
i am in east ham myself near the westham football ground, let me know if you want a demo and i will make sure you will not be dissapointed
Haleem123 said:
my cousin lives there to near the ground not far from green street , so what system do u have and speakers, i love to have a demo that be great
i have the following system:
Panasonic txp50g30b (tv)
panasonic dmp bd 310 (Bluray player)
PS3
Sky+ HD
Nintendo Wii
Yamaha Rxv3067 (amp)
B&O Beolab 8000 (front speakers)
B&O Beolab 6000 (Rear speakers)
Beolab 4000 (Centre speaker)
Beolab 2 (Sub)
B&O Beosound Ouverture (Hi-fi with magic doors)
Yeah let me know when you want a demo, i dont live far from the ground either, i live literally 2 mins awau from green street, i am on the barking road end couple of streets away
Panasonic txp50g30b (tv)
panasonic dmp bd 310 (Bluray player)
PS3
Sky+ HD
Nintendo Wii
Yamaha Rxv3067 (amp)
B&O Beolab 8000 (front speakers)
B&O Beolab 6000 (Rear speakers)
Beolab 4000 (Centre speaker)
Beolab 2 (Sub)
B&O Beosound Ouverture (Hi-fi with magic doors)
Yeah let me know when you want a demo, i dont live far from the ground either, i live literally 2 mins awau from green street, i am on the barking road end couple of streets away
Haleem123 said:
impressive system you have there, what days and times are best for you then i can arrange something
weekends i am always free, this weekend i am a little tied up as i got family coming over for the long weekend, i can generally do weekday evenings, but my timings are a little varied because of work. let me know when you are generally free and stuff and we can work around something.
Haleem123 said:
saturday prob only day i can really do as i am working every evening during the week so maybe next sat we can arrange something or a friday day depending on your work let me know whats best
also bare in mind i have had the speakers since 1994, but like i said in the forum it blows away alot of new high end speakers, to me the sound it that good, i sometimes watch really rubbish movies inly if it has good sound as the sound always makes me smile
saturday is best for me, friday i work, but yeah i will be more than happy for next week saturday
Haleem123 said:
thats ok just u having your speakers for that long tells me there must be something amazing, sat we sort somethin out , thanks for your help
so have you decided to keep your current pioneer? are you just looking for home cinema speakers and amp then?
Haleem123 said:
i going to keep my pioneer , and my amp to so just going to spend money on speakers and a bespoke cabinets
unfortunatly no b&o speakers will work with my amp so that rules them out as there passive or active cant remember what salesman told me
i might go for wall speakers thinking fpm5 or if i can go with cm8 floorstanding speakers with pvd1 sub i think its called, still open to suggestions tho
what amp do you have? does it have preouts at the back? if you do have preouts you can connect the b&o speakers to the amp via preout, you would just need to buy a special cable from http://www.soundsheavenly.co.uk/,if you dont have preouts then you cannot connect them, b&o speakers are active which means they have there own dedicated amplifiers built into the drivers which means cleaner and crisper sound, if you are going down the passive speaker route then go for b&w speakers, this depends on what amp you have, they are brill to
Haleem123 said:
i spoke to the guy my amp dont have the preouts in able for the b&o to works, i got a pioneer lx81 amp , i think i am set on b&W just the way my room is set up i might have to go for wall speakers tho
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