@roxy54 i’ve always respected B&Os ability to produce works of art that play music. When we were a B&O dealer way back when, we unapologetically made the customer aware that a good potion of their investment was in the esthetics of the product. This aligned with a buyers taste and priorities, or it didn’t. I’m sure the Beolab 90s are no exception.
If the speakers are/were a commercial success, that answers a few questions about their value proposition.
Bang & Olufsen beolab 90 $115,000 Pair
Review of luxury speakers Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 90
Imagine a speaker so intellectually conceptualized, exquisitely designed, and so finely tuned that it can deliver an exceptional audio experience in any environment. This is the new acoustic speaker BeoLab 90 from Bang & Olufsen. It will change the future of sound.
- ...
- 23 posts total
This also brings up the classic "Chicken and Egg" question. Did the industrial designers develop a piece of art, present it to the engineers and say: "Here, make it play music"? Or, did the engineers develop their idea of the "ultimate B&O speaker", hand the design off the the industrial designers and say: "Okay, do your thing. Just don’t mess up the sound"? |
@sfgak good one 😀 |
- 23 posts total