At the IFA 2022, the Danish manufacturer Bang & Olufsen announced a new soundbar, which, according to the official press release, was no less than to create the most powerful and impressive soundbar in the world
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While such statements can only really be checked using test devices, the price of the soundbar makes it more than clear that it is an absolute premium product in terms of costs: The Beosound Theater costs a lot Shop by B&O proud 6,490 dollars.
This not only makes it significantly more expensive than most soundbars on the market, which very rarely exceed the 2,000 euro mark, but also more expensive than most televisions.
Above the variant with a wooden cover for an additional charge of 1,000 dollars, below the standard model. With a wooden cover, the soundbar matches the look of Bang & Olufsen’s Beolab speakers.
The fact that audio components for home cinema can quickly become very expensive is nothing unusual, but in the case of the Beosound Theater the second variant with a designer wooden cover from the picture above is also noteworthy: it increases the purchase price by another 1,000 dollars to 7,490 dollars.
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The main features of the Beosound Theater Soundbar
In terms of sound, the new B&O soundbar offers twelve speaker drivers including two 6.5-inch long-excursion woofers. The amplifier power is a whopping 800 watts.
According to the manufacturer, a bass management system is used which differs from all other systems
. The idea behind it: Instead of only forwarding the bass to the most powerful loudspeaker in the form of the subwoofer, all loudspeakers are used for the Beosound Theater.
The soundbar should be suitable for room sizes from 15 to 60 square meters. To optimize the sound, you can determine your individual seat distance using an external microphone and app. Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 are supported.
Modular design as a TV mount
The soundbar can be used individually on a table stand or wall mount (both included in the price) or in combination with LG G2 televisions in the sizes 55″, 65″ and 77″. The prices for the combination solution with television are not yet known.
Either a motorized floor stand, a motorized wall mount or a table stand is used. In addition, the width of the soundbar can be adjusted in a modular way to make it suitable for larger televisions.
The soundbar can be mounted on a wall bracket (left), stand (middle) or table stand (right).
When is the Beosound Theater coming out? According to B&O, the soundbar will be available online and in stores from October 3rd, both as a standalone soundbar and in combination with an LG television.
There are also very expensive premium products in the headset area. In the case of the Audeze LCD-GX for around 1,000 dollars, our author Alexander Köpf took a closer look (or listened) to see how good they sound and whether it is worth buying:
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Do you already have your own experience with soundbars? And how much money are you willing to spend on an audio solution in the home cinema sector? Feel free to write it in the comments!
