Bang & Olufsen has announced unexampled and more future - proof versions of its Beosound A9 and Beosound 2 speakers .
The first Beosound A9 launched way back in 2012 , with a unforgettably fashionable loose - standing orbitual design from Oivind Slaatto . Wereviewed itback in the day , and encounter it to be pretty darn spectacular .
B&O ’s new 5th generation model retain the classic look of the speaker , but adds in the company ’s latest Mozart software to make it future - proof . The verbaliser now derive with a replaceable module , which is “ frontloaded with enough processing might to receive software update and features for many years to come ” .
The idea is that when these interior components do become obsolete , the faculty can just be swap out for a more up to date version . Other improvements admit a Modern trio of finishes : Black Anthracite , Gold Tone and Natural Aluminum .
The Beosound 2 is the third generation of the company ’s compact multi - room speaker , which originally launch back in 2016 . Like the Beosound A9 ( fifth Gen ) , the Beosound 2 ( 3rd Gen ) looks a lot like the original , with a familiar gamey - grade aluminium conelike purpose that attend like it could have come directly from the Death Star .
Like its big brother , the key improvements with the new Beosound 2 are internal . Once again , B&O has implement its Mozart modular software organization , which can see its key internals swapped out at some item in the future when standards of performance and connectivity have sufficiently advanced .
There ’s a new Black Anthracite finish to follow the classic Gold Tone and Natural , too .
More consequentially , Bang & Olufsen has better the Beosound 2 ’s user user interface , while Active Room Compensation turn on the speaker to discover its position in the elbow room and distribute its sound consequently . It ’s a lineament that makes it advantageously equipped to fend off flashy rivals like the Sonos Era 100 and the Apple HomePod .
Pricing for the Beosound A9 ( fifth Gen ) set out at £ 2,899 / € 3,299 / $ 3,699 , and will be on sale in - memory board andonlinefrom March . The Beosound 2 3rd Gen starts at £ 2,649 / € 2,999 / $ 3,199 , and will be going on sales event in April .
