Hello! How are you doing? I’m Shiang and today, let’s talk about
the Beosound 2 from Bang & Olufsen
To turn it on, hold the top for two-seconds and it will be ready in a minute
This wheel controls the volume
and sensors will know from which direction you come from to give input to the control panel
As to how useful that is, we’ll get into that later in the video
Released in late 2016, it was impressive four years back and it still is today
It is available in three colours natural which is basically aluminium, bronze and this brass
This loses out on Google assistant as it is an older model
which means it cannot be paired to another one to go stereo
In term of build quality, I unable to find any imperfection, on the outside at least
as it is finished to seriously high standards
Not much is going for the Beosound 2 with only 100-watt of firepower
and a frequency that doesn’t punch lower than its competitors
At this price point, there are speakers that are far more superior on paper at least
but the Beosound doesn’t struggle to fill a room that is 55 meter square
For most rooms, 70 percent of volume does make things uncomfortable quickly
and it doesn’t sound like it’s giving up at 90 percent
There are three settings free, wall and corner
It will slightly optimise your sound to best suit where your device will be placed
Personally, I’m having it on wall and loudness setting turned off
Stream U2’s Bullet the Blue Sky, the Beosound digs deep into the lows
kept vocals crisp and the highs don't get piercing until the utmost of registers
It too responses to Disclosure’s Help Me Loose My Mind with no hesitation regardless of volume
Apart from making things louder
a substantial improvement can be heard on the 2 when lossless files are fed
This is one of the more natural sounding speaker I’ve heard in recent years
should bass be a little much to your liking, it can always be dialled down in app
Drawbacks?
If you dive yourself into forums, the most discussed problem would be connections
I too spent more than enough time as I had my device reseted twice
because it just doesn't like living on 5Ghz for more than a few hours
Having switched to 2.4, it has not disconnected since
hat aside, sensors that detect your presence are always confused by furniture around it
therefore changing tracks is counter intuitive
A bigger annoyance is turning off the device
You can do in app but that will only put it to standby
to actually have it turned off
you need to tilt it to one side and reach for the off button
Finally watching a videos wirelessly is impossible as it suffers from audio delay
Four years on and I’m still impressed by how the 2 sounds
It is a thing of presentation and quality if you exclude the box
Older B&O products are quite a mixed bag as there are impressive sounding machines
while others seriously disappointing
fortunately this one lives up to what we expect from the company
If you’re looking for an audiophile speaker with a small footprint, the Beosound 2 is one to consider
Hopefully this helps in decision making and should you have any questions, I will get to them
Till the next one, good bye!