After being a B&W fan for years, I redesigned my interior and found out that the black boxes from B&W looked terrible in their new surroundings. So the search for new speakers began. I started looking and listening everywhere to find a great looking and sounding speaker.

After several visits to audio stores I discovered the B&O brand.The store itself looked amazing, and the products even better. I had heard from a audio friend that B&O products were way too expensive and that the quality wasn't that good.

Well, history has proven that he was wrong. Because he listened to them at my place and bought them himself last year. After listening to all the B&O speakers I decided to buy the Beolab 8000.

A speaker with two built-in amplifiers. The sound stage is perfect for a such a small and slim speaker. High and medium range are extremely good, bass is good for those who don't play house and techno.

For the real heavy boom box lovers, I recommend an extra subwoofer. But for my types of music: pop, jazz, classical, the bass is just perfect. The design is unique, it looks like a silver pencil, standing up.

The stuff comes from a small country village in Denmark where they seem to have very good designers, because all their products have a unique look. I have never seen other brands like it. The speakers are hooked up to the Beosound 9000 cd changer and if needed, they fill the room with 120 watts per speaker.

Even at high levels the sound stays perfect. No sqeeking highs or booming lows. If you don't mind spending $3000 on quality and design, go for these beauties. Ofcourse, you can get even better speakers for the money but they won't look as cool as these!


Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 3000