Worlds most holographic speaker?

[Narayan]

Sooo... Essentially a very very large, heavy and expensive Bose system. And we all know what most people think about Bose and highly processed signals. Sounds to me that these speakers work on the same principle as Bose as well, tricking what the mind is hearing via phsycoacoustics. One of the biggest reasons Bose is hated so much, yet here's B&O doing the same thing.

In the audiophile world, we strive for the shortest signal paths possible, the least amount of gear possible from source to speaker, and with the least amount (if any) processing used. These speakers are the exact opposite of all of that. And for $80k, I can build one helluva system that will be a lot more accurate and high end that will blow those speakers away, along with a little room treatments.

Sure, with those $80k B&O speakers, you get "something" for your money, but it's a bunch of something I don't want.

I personally think in the audiophile world we strive for the best and most enjoyable sound possible and everyone is free to reach it via his own means or taste. You mention room treatments, this speaker frees you from the tyranny of the room which in my book is something mighty impressive, the few opinions I have read from reviewers or other forum members have been stellar so let´s not be so quick to dismiss what on all accounts is very good engineering and very good sound.

I´m not sure I could build a system for less than $80,000 that would blow the Beolabs away because I haven´t listened to them yet, as I am not sure for the same reason spending $600,000 more on Wilson Wamm´s would get me much better sound. Whatever the case the Beolabs are a welcome step towards a not so trodden path in the high end.