Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 90 Review & Features
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- My take on the beautiful BeoLab 90, the most advanced, powerful and best sounding loudspeakers B&O have ever created.
The video is pretty technical and I hope you find it interesting. There is of course no 'sound test' like you see in many review videos, you can't experience high end speakers through a small microphone over RUclips.
If you would like to arrange in advance to come and have a listen with me you can contact me on 0161 832 6159 or jw.kingstreet@bang-olufsen.co.uk.
Any questions just leave me a comment, thanks for watching and you'll see me in the next video. John
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John because of watching some of your videos today i went and bought me my first ever B&O...........and no its not a BeoLab 90🤣🤣🤣
You have to start somewhere Dean! John
@@BangOlufsenManchester Hi john, your videos are very informative and I like how you present the products! I proudly own a b&o 3500 system with a pair of beovox 60.2 redline speakers and it still sounds absolutely fantastic. I just had to upgrade my turntable a while back as I could not get a replacement stylus and bought a project debut carbon with an ortofon blue 2m cartridge after seeing one of your videos where you recommend a project added to a b&o system! Keep up the good work John!
@@johnhughes8466 I really like Redlines, one of the first Bang & Olufsen speakers I ever heard. I'm rocking an old pair of BeoLab 2500 at home with a BeoLab 2. Love the retro stuff. You can't go far wrong with a Pro-ject deck. I'm thinking about doing some retro reviews soon too. All the best, John.
@@BangOlufsenManchester Thanks John, just to update you I am considering buying a pair of beolab pentas, maybe mark 2 or 3 but I need to save some cash first as im looking at maybe 700 to 1000 pounds! What are your thoughts on these groundbreaking speakers as once again I have experienced some snobbery regarding them! The place I have seem them is in sussex at quality dream audio but is a hell of a round trip of 13 hrs from stoke- on- trent!! Do you know of anywhere nearer that will guarantee I will get a good second hand pair that have been quality refurbished as they will not post due to sheer size and weight! Thanks John! Hope to hear from you soon! Ithink you have the dream job working with B&O equipment which for me and I really dont what other techy snobs think is the best audio and video equipment in the world! Do you think that is a bold statement?
I used to eschew DSP / Active Speakers. The B&O AD said allow us to audition them at your flat, if you dont like them we will take them back. I was informed it took them better part of two hours taking readings in our Sala which is not ideal and with a large volume. The One Curiousity that hooked me was
18 drivers, 8200 watt peak. Hmm ok. And so We return home and it was on low omni and for a speaker to tame a room that is compromised and then - whats the source now. Sir your iphone. I kinda ‘borrowed’ not really for service but to connect. I look at my iphone, look at the speaker, active room compensation,, as I walk towards it set on omni- be it a foot away 25ft away and then up on the 2nd level of our penthouse still on low volume and without breaking a sweat ‘ keith didnt go’. Suffice to say they’ve never left either. Active Speakers work and b&o crushed this.
I spent three hours or so listening to these a couple of months ago. I couldn't help the stupidly wide smile on my face when I tried some of my favourite tracks and many others. During and immediately after the experience, talking about it with a friend, I found it difficult to form complete sentences. They're incredible.
That smile happens every time I sit and listen in the shop. I'm glad you got to experience them. Thanks for watching. John.
How does one listen to these for 3 hours and not get kicked out the B&O shop? John from B&O would you mind if I come listen to these for 3 hours?
@@gu7717 I would positively encourage it if I still had them because I could sit and listen with you.
I had the opportunity to hear these and they are phenomenal. A bit out of my price range. I own a pair of Beolab 5’s ($28,000.00 USD). I’m very grateful that I was able to purchase them. They bring me a lot of listening pleasure.
Heard these in the Manchester shop last year. Umpteen thousand watts of pure joy. Amazing speaker with more power than you can imagine. Its like being thumped in the chest with music. Nice presentation John.
Couldn't agree more!
Hi John, great video! I live in Struer in Denmark where Bang & Olufsens headquarters is located, and my Dad works at B&O as an acoustic technician and helped develop these speakers, and I will be sure to make him watch your video, so that he can see that he did good! :D
skodbolle thanks. Your Dad did do good, shake his hand for me, he helped create a masterpiece! I like your little profile picture, made me laugh. John.
Bang & Olufsen of Manchester I sure will :)
These look fantastic. As high end audio goes there are speakers that cost a lot more than these but don't look anywhere near as cool. There are many firms making high end hifi gear but very few manage to make robust and beautifully designed stuff.
I heard these speakers in Harrods the other day. Utterly amazing. Spellbinding clarity and phenomenal bass response. I also listened to the £30k version of these but I wasn't to impressed, they were decent but nothing special for the money. But the Beolab 90 really is something special and I won't hesitate to buy them when the time is right. I've haven't heard the Wilson X1 or Magicos top model but I can't see how you can get much better than these, especially considering an X1 setup with amps/source can easily set you back £250k. And with the Wilson setup you don't have the luxury of free placement in a room like you do with these.
Keep dreaming son
What i don’t understand, as an owner of beolab 9s and 3s, why the speakers are so vast in size whilst the TVs dwarf in comparison.
Is this for speakers what the Bugatti Veyron is for cars, engineering beyond what's possible?
Csaba Rozinyak it's funny you say that, I considered that line for the video when I was making notes.
Exactly, and with a price tag nobody can afford. Except Bill Gates, Adele or Johnny Depp
Us peasants will buy ikea speakers.
@@Alagathevictor it would be really awkward to sell you a bugatti at a price of a Ford focus right?
Of course these speakers are for the people that can afford to pay for the music they enjoy. And they are not a few.
i want 5
I don't want to listen to them. Without a spare £60,000 I think ignorance is bliss. My A9 has been the pinnacle of listening experience and I'm happy to keep it like that. But they did do good didn't they?! Absolutely speechless after seeing under the cover. Thank you for that.
My pleasure. That's quite a good point Adam, I am now spoiled by these!
Wonderful dream speaker and wonderful review! You all dress up in black too! Somehow I thought you were part of this wonderful speakers!
They have almost doubled in price now in 2023. If they don’t now contain half a kilo of gold bullion each, then why the vast increase?
Yeah still an awesome product but the cost of moving them around our planet is prohibitive
How many Bang & Olufsen speakers would you be able to connect together wirelessly; to play one song simultaneously?
Number 1 on my wish list when I win the lottery..for now have to make do with the h6..
Me too Sean! John
Drivers in these cost around 10k euros. per pair. in retail.
As good as they are John who can afford 60 grand for speakers? Certainly not me! I listened to them in b&o wilmslow and your right they are unlike anything ive ever heard! Jeez ill just have to console myself with my b&o beovox redline 60.2 speakers which are heavenly, so I know ive got real quality!
Probably the same people who buy mansions, Ferraris, Bugattis, Lambourghinis etc Not Joe Average Im afraid.
@@johnwilliams2877 Hi John, you can get some great B&O bargains if you are prepared to do some homework! I recently bought a pair of B&O beolab pentas which retailed at around £4000 at a store in Redditch for £1000 which are fully reconditioned mk3s! World class speakers and are amazing asthetically as they are to look at!
damn awesome dream speakers! Some day I'd like to own something like this. Some day. Ill just stick to my advent babies for now.
I'm a sucker for retro hifi too. I still have my first separates amplifier my Dad gave to me as a teenager, a Pioneer SA 7800. I keep it because it's what started my obsession with sound and hifi. John
Really hope there would be a scaled down version of the BL90 in the future.
There is, Beolab 50 is exactly a scaled down version of Beolab 90. Beolab 28 is sort of a scaled down version of Beolab 50.
Yeah, but i mean in the same disign figure as the 90’s just in a smaller form factor
I'm getting these
Good when do you want them....
Little late but, at the end of the video you play the song for like 7 seconds right. And I have listened to a lot of speakers through a microphone. This thing already sounds amazing through a mic, now i want to listen to them even more...
Funny, I disagree. Every RUclips video of the Beolab 90 sounds worse than most. I *know* it's not representative, but I'm intrigued whether everyone who films them uses really bad equipment (even those who previously filmed better-sounding loudspeaker videos), or if maybe it's related to their diffuse "natural" sound not being focused directly on the mic
The B&O BeoLab 90 or the Martin Logan Neolith?
I'm afraid of listening to them. I'm afraid that they will sound too perfect and nothing will ever compare again.
Dear John,
I'll be in Manchester for 5 hours on February the 3rd. I'd really like to have a chat with you and listen to this magnificent speakers. Will you still have them by the shop?
Greeting from Barbados
Hello Giacomo, unfortunately they will be gone by then. John
Okay, who pushed their finger into the dust-cap of that mid-range driver!? @2:54
I know! They arrived like that and it drove me mad! John
If only I hit the lottery
Just one of these makes my A9 look decidedly mediocre by comparison. Would be interesting to compare it to a Nautilus; that's probably its nearest competitor.
I would like to hear that too. But remember that you would also be listening to whatever power amps the B&W are connected to. With BeoLab 90 the headache of system matching is removed because you get 36 perfectly matched power amps for your money. John.
I have heard both. The Nautilus is a stunning speaker and the sound is close. But to get that sound with a Nautilus you have to set up the room and listening position. And you have to use high end amplifiers. This is just "plug & play" and thats why I would chose the BL90. This is alot of money but this is not just a speaker. Here you have speaker, amplifiers, sound processing and room calibration in one package.
A great video! What would you say is the biggest sound difference between the BL90 and the BL5? Is it worth getting BL90 when you already have the BL5?
BeoLab 5 are brilliant but BeoLab 90 are the next step. They are even more effortless than BeoLab 5 and the imaging is in another league. Hard to believe but BeoLab 90 are a significant upgrade. John
I had the BL5 for 2 years. Than I had the honor of having these for 2 weeks (not mine, only loan/test). You can not compere these two in any way. The sound on the BL90 is like nothing I have ever heard in my life. Short version...the high tones are much more clean (BL5 is to harsh). The midrange is 10x better on the BL90. The bas is just so sweet, so deep, so tight, so soft........and so on. But be careful....the BL90 do get under your skin and I you hear them...you will miss em.
Great answer! That's very true, mine have gone back to Bang & Olufsen now and I really miss them, nothing else comes close. John
Haha, I just bought the brass/black set from you :)
Good stuff, you're going to love them. John
Wow you could almost buy a platinum Daytona with those speakers. Almost..
Can't help but wonder what is the point in so many drivers, like you don't need that many, surely. I bet it makes the sound engineers job an absolute nightmare balancing all these and coordinating them
The side and rear facing drivers mainly work to compensate for unwanted reflections from the front drivers. That's a big part of the magic and how they achieve such outstanding imagery. The technical achievement of these things is simply amazing! John
With all those drivers you can generate radiation patterns (e.g. dipole, cardioid, etc), which can greatly improve speaker/speaker and speaker/room interaction
and there's me sitting here on my mid range gaming pc with my 2 year old headphones cutting out every 5 minutes or so lol
Were there a 90th Anniversary version of these speakers? If there was, how much do you believe the price difference would be?
These are in fact the 90th anniversary speakers Noah. That's where they get their name BeoLab 90. John.
Bang & Olufsen of Manchester My apologies, I suppose the answer was self-explanatory. Thanks. The reason why I asked is because I was thinking of the Love-Affair Collection, in which they have a Rose-Gold theme.
Noah_ James1 You can still get them in Rose Golden. You can have a look at the link in the description if you want to see the colour combinations. Thanks for watching. John.
is the bass cabinet closed in these or ported?
Closed
Was wondering can u just buy 1 speaker and use it as a single speaker set up
No you can't, they are intended as a pair.
@@BangOlufsenManchester noted. cheers
so then. Buy a jaguar or speakers...
How come there is no sound!
Because a mono microphone played back over RUclips would not let you experience Beolab 90. You really have to sit in front of them.
Unreal..
They are miniature houses... you say 60,000 pounds with ease 😂😂😂
Andrew C Say it fast and it's not so bad! Quite cheap compared to some high end systems to be honest! John.
Andrew C Oh, there are way more expensive ones 😂
Leo S. oh I'm sure! Would the bass induce earth quakes????
Andrew C I don't know, but they'll definitely induce stomach quakes 😂
@@BangOlufsenManchester can u Name those high end SYSTEMS john
In India they cost $ 120,000 ya that cost more than my house with that money you could buy a lambo
Look at the upside people - you dont need to buy amp(s) or subwoofer(s) ;)
2 PARADIGM SUB2 WITH A SOME PRO TYPE KLIPSCH OR BASSBOSS WOULD DESTROY THOSE!!!! LET ME RUN A TEST ON THOSE AT ONE OF MY PARTIES 🤣🤣🤣🤣👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Hold on!... pause there 1:12 WTF??? They didn't build a fitted B&O embleme? and even worst, what with the poor finish?? can't miss that! No way... do sound make people Blind??
These were a very early launch pair that had been shipped over and over again to dealers and events all over the country and the sails on top had been removed and refit that many times the pins had been bent. These poor speakers had a tough life with not everyone treating them with the respect they deserve. The new ones I have in store now are immaculate. I quite like the little light up logo when they turn on.
@@BangOlufsenManchester Oh, got that, really have to minimize, but still considering Emblem fitting, it suit with down and up sails, but not with sides. i maybe focused on this particular detail, but it look weird for that ultimate stuff this price, testing one sure but not a beta.
Thx 4 clarifying, keep up with ears dream share! lighting up thoses elegant logo ;-)
You're not a special breed of weirdo... I did this with Beolab 5. To this day i can't get the idea of owning beolab 5's out of my head...
62k Christ..
Em
1 Bitcoin 1 BeoLab 90 in 2020
They look like a campaign tent ⛺️. Not my taste for decor 👎👎 I wouldn’t have them in my house even if you’d given them to me.
fck that shyt is huge
ONLY 1000 REAL WATTS??? LETS BATTLE FOR EQUIPMENT!!! I'LL MAKE BOOGERS COME OUT YOUR NOSE💯💯💯💯🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 SVS, BASSBOSS, DT, KLIPSCH
i bought a mercedes c220d instead loool
12 min of talk.
dis
the speakers themselves are a pinnacle.
Sorry I can't tell everyone what they do without talking yet. Eye contact alone won't do it :-)
Imagine the Funktion One system you could buy for the price of those!