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The striking design is built from more than 65kg of aluminium and promises to be the "most complete and powerful digital loudspeaker" ever built for the home.
Bang & Olufsen doesn't tend to to things by halves, so it's no surprise the company's 90th anniversary is being recorded with a mind-bogglingly different piece of speaker design.
The BeoLab 90, which is due on sale on the 90th anniversary date, 17th November, and will cost "£26,995 per unit", is claimed to be B&O's most complete speaker to date and certainly cuts an eye-catching figure.
B&O's 90th anniversary speaker has "no apparent visual front" thanks to its angular design, with speaker drivers placed in various directions to help guide the sound around a room.
Boasting a 360-degree design, the BeoLab 90 aims to deliver the ultimate sound experience whatever your room, whatever you're listening to and no matter how many people in the room.
The new Active Room Compensation takes care of the first bit, calibrating the sound of the speaker according to the size and shape of your room, the furnishings and your listening position.
"You do not have to be close to the speaker or even in front of it to get an excellent sound experience," says Bang & Olufsen CEO, Tue Mantoni.
It's not all about creating the ultimate sweetspot for set listening positions, however. Beam Width Controlallows you to "change the width of the sound", should you have a room full of people or just the family together to watch a film.
As well as more than 65kg of aluminium, there are black fabric covers which B&O says "hover like sails in front of the speakers", plus a curved wooden base.
"BeoLab 90 is our most complete loudspeaker to date. It is a committed investment in excellent craftsmanship, ideal materials and superior technology. Future Bang & Olufsen products will benefit from the innovation and know-how gained from the development of BeoLab 90 – and our customers will savour in perfect sound from the ultimate loudspeaker for their home," according to Mantini.
BeoLab 90 has 18 state-of-the-art Scan-Speak loudspeaker drivers placed in carefully defined locations and directions to deliver maximum performance in frequency, time and space. The loudspeaker packs a combination of 14 channels of the latest generation ICEpower amplifiers - a compact and highly efficient platform developed by Bang & Olufsen - and four additional class D amplifiers - all customized for BeoLab 90s specific requirements. In total, the amplifiers can deliver up to 8200 watts per loudspeaker.
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/sound/loudspeakers/beolab-90
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