Keith
Frankly the Beolab 5 is also a very good speaker. heard it and my audiophile prejudices dominated the audition, I wanted to hear flaws in the reproduction and perhaps did. The salesperson told me tha t he was an audiophile himself and had replaced his full audiophile stack of Wilson WattsPuppy + whatever amp he told me he had with the Beolab 5... From that point on I was in full "audiophile-protector" mode
. So I wanted to hear this "Lifestyle" speaker that would steal the thunder of a Wattspuppy, notice that I don't care much for Wilson speakers in general, I could live with the X-2 although I haven't heard the last Alexa, Alexx, etc but I have always found that they were overpriced with respect to the competition, nowadays this line of argument doesn't resonate with me as I think that Wilson and its competition are overpriced but I am digressing ... So I went in this mode and auditioned the speakers .. The more I auditioned the darn thing the more I was impressed but being an audiophile my conclusions was that they would be the basis of a serious HT,
... Looking at this from afar I had the same kind of reflexes when confronted with a JBL horn in NYC, they sounded wonderful but they were ..
horns! after all
..A person I know has the Beolab 5 in his system and the system sound wonderful with a room with good dimensions and excellent acoustics. He , also, is an audiophile. They replaced some serious audio gear now he has only a music server and the Beolab 5. He's enjoying music with Tidal and his files and his family ... Great sound and Lifestyle
Back to the Beolab 90. I need to audition this speaker and with an open mind.