Brand NEW B&O Beolab 28 Unboxing and Installation, Active Speakers That Can Do It All And More!

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Today I can bring our first unboxing and install of the Brand NEW Beolab 28's made by Bang & Olufsen. These speakers are in many ways nothing like they've ever done before and as per usual B&O has hit it out the park in terms of sound!!! All of this is made possible by B&O ter Horst in Utrecht in The Netherlands :D
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[@Mikipedia]

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[@EbbesenBrian]

Great to see how they are put together. Another super video.

[@Mikipedia]

Thank you Brian :D

[@dougbulldog9947]

Liked and subscribed. Awesome speakers. Good luck with the new camera

[@Mikipedia]

Thank you so much! on both fronts :D

[@soundsheavenly]

Great video, thanks for sharing this! Good to hear how the setup process works!

[@Mikipedia]

If you have customers for this, thin cables will saves their butts. It's tight in there but especially the bend to get in the top tube is a very tight bend so to say.

[@soundsheavenly]

@@Mikipedia Thanks, that is good to know! Yes, I can help with that!

[@mikisesevic4472]

Thank you for an informative and great review!

[@Mikipedia]

Thanks Miki, glad you liked it! I managed it with a basically dead camera lol

[@Blandina11]

Can't wait to hear them live.

[@Mikipedia]

You'll enjoy them, they're more powerful than they look! :D

[@JadeIceGreen]

It looks so much better than what was leaked! Thanks for this, love hearing your official thoughts. Hmm.. do I get these or A9 for music? But that smoked oak, oh my goodness. Hahaa. I have to stick to my guns.

[@Mikipedia]

Depends on your budget honestly, if you can swing it I would go for these as they're just so good and not only that, they're so versatile. They're really sexy too which helps :p

[@dlorbieski]

Another great video👍👍....thanks for sharing your thoughts and observations. On a side note...did get ads before and in video

[@Mikipedia]

Thank you Donn! Apparently you should buy a pair lol

[@Allanwify]

They are fantastic

[@Mikipedia]

Yes, they're pretty fab.

[@FatPunkStudio]

Look amazing!

[@Mikipedia]

They are proper, I really like them a lot!

[@FatPunkStudio]

@@Mikipedia Will see if I can get to see some at our local store. Love the movement in them

[@maxh4296]

Many thanks, Miki 👍🏻

[@Mikipedia]

You're welcome Max

[@parmijutlay5825]

Miki, I am looking to order my 28's this week and managed to purchase 18's as rear. My question is regarding the 18's as rear speakers. Will the lens have an issue with a 300mm distance behind my seating position? If so, I might stick with the 8000's?

[@Mikipedia]

I would say it's no more out of the sweet spot than 8000's would be. Could you possibly make them sit a bit further of to the side of you? So lets say the Y axis is ~300mm if the X axis is about a meter or so you'll have no detrimental affect for either speaker. The lenses reflect the sound down somewhat instead of straight flat anyway, just fyi. So do you get what I am trying to say? Happy to try and make more clear or help out otherwise! Congrats on the purchase though, that'll be a terrific setup for sure!

[@gorter23]

thank you for the youtube. i am wondering: would you rather have 4 BeoLab 18's or 2 BeoLab 28's? both options come in at about the same price point.

[@Mikipedia]

As a surround enthousiast I would say 2 beolab 28's... They'll give you the kind of bass even 4 beolab 18's can't give you!

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

In March 2023 Beolab 18 in light oak are now £7350 and Beolab 28 in light oak gold are £12600 and Beolab 20 discontinued (on paper more bass and mid-way price at the time). Factor in a Beolab 19 for sub-woofer in a 5.1 system not to add bass to Beolab 28 but because there is bass from the sixth channel. No centre speaker but Beolab 7-4 around for very little cost.

[@FlyRider774]

Bang & Olufsen is the best brand sound in the world xd

[@Mikipedia]

yes, more or less. Most of what they do is fantastic :D

[@BangOlufsenManchester]

Nice job Miki, I knew you would like these. How many pairs have you ordered? John

[@Mikipedia]

16 for that proper Atmos experience, all in narrow mode to make sure my head will feel like a pin cushion What's my discount on those? lol

[@BangOlufsenManchester]

@@Mikipedia Go big or go home! B&O Utrecht will be very upset if you cheat on them with me.

[@hakanolsson1372]

Hello B&O lovers! Does anyone know if you can connect the BL28 with WISA to a LG 77” G1 2021 tv? ..is B&O’s WISA compatible with LG WISA? Please help me out..!

[@Mikipedia]

WiSa is a standard like wifi, so all WiSa products should work together. I see no reason why it shouldn't work.

[@gorter23]

was there a peel involved in the unboxing and installation :)

[@Mikipedia]

No not that I remember, I would've showed that very slowly lol

[@leep4965]

Well says it all bang olufsen still the best

[@Mikipedia]

[@ftemmerm]

Seems an odd choice not to include an acoustic lens? Other than that they look good (but not as good as 18) and great to have a fully integrated system.

[@Mikipedia]

Well the thing is that if you have one like the beolab 18 you can't really do beam control because the tweeter is always ''wide'' and if they opted for a beolab 50 style solution it would've been a lot bigger and wider, not to mention the extra cost of the mechanism. B&O's mechanisms tend to be built to last for ever so you can't really use anything ''simple'' because it needs to be sturdy in every environment around the world. I wonder if we like the look of an ALT lens more than the specific use of it, which in this case they couldn't justify as it would limit the speaker' performance. To me in the end the performance is at least as important if not more than the style. how about you?

[@ftemmerm]

@@Mikipedia Good point related to the lens, although if I am not mistaken width control is mainly done by tuning the midrange side pointing units, I don't see how they would control the width of the tweeter since it is simply pointing forward. Regarding design versus performance that's an interesting question. For B&O products it is really about both. I expect to receive a Beosound 2 today which I prefer over the Balance simply because of the looks, even though the Balance likely performs better. Beosound 2 will in my case complement an A9 to fill the room from the opposite side.

[@Mikipedia]

@@ftemmerm It's all in the dsp and how they drive all the drive units, a lens would be something physics just can't overcome because of the reflection pattern i guess. I totally agree with you that design matters a whole lot and a Beosound 2 just looks superb, but at the end of the day a BS2 is also very capable. What these speakers can do is really stunning and, to me at least, they look very good. They look even better IRL, so I would highly recommend having a look and listen at your local dealer :D

[@ftemmerm]

@@Mikipedia Sure, don't get me wrong, I think the 28 looks good (especially the bronze version), but the 18 I just very hard to beat in terms of design because it is such a magnificent icon.

[@Mikipedia]

@@ftemmerm oh sure I don't disagree, but the 18's and 28's aren't in the same realm of capabilities. The 28's are much closer to the 50's than the 18's are to the 28's if that makes sense? the 28's are more or less a bl18 with a 19's attached to each side in terms of capabilities, it's really something else!

[@lovesickoyster628]

Hi, I have a few questions. I've been in the local b&o store to listen to this but the guy(s) there were utterly useless with the information so I'm hoping someone here could shed some light. If I get two pairs of these, how would I go setting them up for surround sound? Would that even work without a b&o tv - with a sound processor through normal analogue inputs, because it looks like it takes in only one stereo analogue input per pair? Would it perhaps be possible to use b&o shape speakers as surrounds with beolab28 mains?

[@Mikipedia]

1: Yes you can set 4 of them up in surround. 2: That can work with a good AV receiver with pre outs. You may have to look at Steve from Soundsheavenly.com for cables (PL to RCA) and depends on the outputs of the AVR you get too. or analogue to what ever the AVR provides for in the pre amp section. 3: yes that would work with a shape too in a similar way. Personally I'd go with 4x28's myself though! Surely a dealer would know this? Who's your local dealer? maybe I can help him/her.

[@lovesickoyster628]

​@@Mikipedia Heya, thank you for such a prompt response. Thanks for this, it means a lot. I was expecting I'd need some kind of cable conversion so thanks for the link, I'll keep it in mind if I don't end up splurging for the harmony, but at almost twice the price of the 28's it's a hard thing to swallow. Absolutely agree that the 4x28's would be the thing to go for, but unfortunately there's a certain significant other that's not too fond of the idea... I still have about half a year to slip some subliminal messages here and there so fingers crossed. From the "testing" I was able to do I think the 28's are an absolute bargain. I'm in slovenia but I really wouldn't like to put them on the spot too much, the guy seemed to be a little lost at first but opened up after some prodding so maybe he didn't quite understand what I was asking and it's my fault i wasn't pressing on this too hard, but from what I could understand he was a bit frustrated that this new line isn't as backwards compatible with the old stuff as he would've liked :)

[@Mikipedia]

@@lovesickoyster628 Just have another go someday there as see if they warm up a bit. Usually if you go for more than one thing you can get a good package deal, so the more you buy the bigger the discount would be. Also with respects to the harmony, you can get it with last years panel and save a few grand instantly. Unless you do a lot of gaming you really won't notice it, I have a C9 panel and am still very happy with it and don't feel like i need to upgrade it at all(but those are much harder to get now).

[@lovesickoyster628]

@@Mikipedia I think I'll have to go back and listen to the 50's at some point anyway, just out of curiosity. That's a great point on the older panel if that's an option, I have a c7 (2 gen old 55'' that will be way to small for the new living room so i'll have to upgrade anyway) and it's excellent, I don't really have any complaints with some casual ps4 with it too so if I can get a 77'' older panel I'll be totally content. Thanks again for all the help!

[@lovesickoyster628]

@@Mikipedia Sorry for bringing this thread up again. It turns out that unfortunately beolab 28's won't fit as surround speakers into my (new) living room so I'm forced to look for wall mounted alternatives. I've pretty much decided that I'll get the harmony, but I'm a little confused about connectivity - out of the b&o wall mounted speaker options I'm assuming mainly the shape and the level are the ones? Would those both be able to connect to the harmony as surround speakers? I'm assuming the shape wouldn't be a problem because it has a powerlink connector anyway, but would the level work through the wireless link? Unfortunately the official b&o webpage doesn't really offer any details on what exactly is compatible and what isn't. Thanks for all the help!

[@tomasjencik]

how would you connect them to a LG OLED? wisa?

[@Mikipedia]

Either that or line in, WiSa probably being the more elegant solution.

[@beobyleo]

Master and secondary 😀

[@Mikipedia]

lol

[@siyandazulu5558]

can I use these with a Samsung tv. and also do I need a receiver?

[@Mikipedia]

With Line out from the TV to line in on the speakers you should be able to yes. If you want to ad more than 2 speakers a receiver is probably easier. also check if the line out is volume regulated, that would also make it easier :)

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

Using DSP pushes all input sources through the DSP and adds latency. So 3.5mm, fibre optics, Bluetooth and wi-fi are not a options from a television. WiSA is the route to using them with video/TV sources for surround sound. You need a WiSA transmitter either in the television or via HDMI eARC to a WiSA transmitter. Beolab 28 have Powerlink (RJ45) 2 channels and Wiseless PowerLink. These by-pass the digital stages and offer stereo from a TV. You need a Powerlink cable with trigger and a RJ45 splitter and CAT5 cable to feed the secondary speaker all available from Steve at Sounds Heavenly. Dealers will tell you it is not possible The digital to analogue chip for headphones from a TV is usually weak. Line level with volume control and the appropriate cable - RCA L/R or 3.5mm to Powerlink

[@csimbach]

You say you are a surround guy. How would you set them up to watch movies? Just these two or with what else?

[@Mikipedia]

Well personally I would set them up with what I have as the moment as rear speakers :p But 4 of these with a beovision harmony or eclipse would also be amazing. Or two of these up front and smaller Beolab speakers behind. Endless possibilities really

[@csimbach]

@@Mikipedia awesome. So you prefer thess as fronts with some back speaker to besound stage?

[@Mikipedia]

@@csimbach compared to a Stage? Yes, but that's hardly a fair comparison :p

[@davidplon9215]

beolab 9 or 28 which do you like better

[@Mikipedia]

28's, not a huge fan of the 9's and especially it's look and size.

[@brouztube8]

Now, we are talking B&O...

[@Mikipedia]

Yes we are, have a listen at you local dealer if you can. You'll be in for a treat!

[@mrsj1417]

What is this new thing with the purple lights in peoples' houses? Do we ever reach an age where we stop trying to be like everybody else?

[@Mikipedia]

It's a LED strip that just happens to be on purple that day, it changes throughout the week in to just about every colour there is.

[@Estrelas82]

I would have preferred a motorized tweeter vs a motorized curtain.. not a fan of the rounded shape at the bottom.. the cable management appears to be an afterthought.. cost cutting design.. an awkward speaker overall.. B&O can do better.. the latest releases represent a lack of design effort and passion.. leave it in the box and in the store

[@mikereif7240]

Wow this guy is a technical genius. The bass subwoofer is shiny. I'm sure he is nothing more than a b&o rep who is going to heap praises on a 10,000 dollar pair of speakers which sounds incredibly expensive to other wireless bluetooth systems that are one tenth the price.

[@Mikipedia]

lol, you didn't pay much attention did you? And no, I do not work for B&O either :p

[@artistadrtm]

You're making a video using someone's else video? 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mikipedia]

It's literally my video, you didn't pay attention did you? I even say why, as my bloody camera fell in the shop and broke.