I’d never seen them in person until this afternoon. B&O BeoLab 90 active DSP loudspeakers are rare as hens teeth, so when I found out I could see a set in person, and that they were just a few blocks from my place in Vancouver, B.C. at the Bang & Olufsen dealer , I could hardly believe my good fortune. I’d had a brief conversation with B&O North American representatives at CES in Las Vegas about scheduling some time with a pair of 90s at their flagship store in Chicago when I hit AXPONA in April, so to have this opportunity appear was fortunate indeed. Chris Jones of Commercial Electronics told me the only reason the store had a pair in (the only pair in Canada to Jones’ knowledge) was because they were minding them for a customer who was having their home remodeled. Unfortunately the DSP set-up hadn’t been performed in the store yet, but Jones assured me that he had ordered in the custom B&O microphone, and set-up software to perform a full, proper DSP set-up of the 90s. He estimated the speakers would be good for a listening session within a week. If you’re not familiar with [...]
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