The design
Scandinavian minimalism
An interior silhouette balancing gracefully on a base of natural wood. The simplicity of this design, rooted in Scandinavian minimalism, contrasts strongly with its raw, high-performing sound. And with a shape distinctly broken into two components, Beosound Balance is luxurious design in an interior object form. We collaborated on the design with Benjamin Hubert of Layer Design, a creative studio from London highly specialized not only in design but also in creating unique user interfaces.
MAXIMISE THE SOUND PERFORMANCE
Optimal placement
Designed to be positioned up against the wall on a shelf or side table, Beosound Balance delivers carefully controlled beams of sound for a clear acoustic experience from the front and rich sound enhancement at the back. The result is an impressively big acoustic experience compared to its size.
BEAUTIFUL DESIGN THAT INTERACTS WITH YOU
Welcomes you with a human touch
Tactile user-interaction experience and light-through-aluminium for subtle look and a touch of magic with proximity sensors built-in to welcome you when you approach Beosound Balance for interaction – so the controls only appear when needed. When you walk away from Besound Balance, the controls dim once more leaving only the well-crafted aluminium surface visible.
Different Sound Experiences
Different sound experiences for different needs. With its unique acoustic configuration of seven drivers, Beosound Balance is made to deliver a strong bass performance and a broad sound image for truly room filling sound when you want it. The ability to provide beam forming technology also enables Beosound Balance to deliver sound directivity for focused listening from all positions – all in one package.
Sound Performance
The acoustic set up of Beosound Balance includes two 5.25'' bass drivers for powerful bass performance, two 2'' full range drivers and one 3/4 tweeter placed in the front for a clear, defined sound reproduction and finally two 3'' full range drivers placed in the back that act as sound enhancers.
Active Room Compensation
Beosound Balance is equipped with Active Room Compensation capabilities which optimize sound experience based on the positioning of the speaker in the room, in practice by actively adapting the speaker tuning to compensate for acoustic surroundings.
Recommended Room Size
10-60 m² 100-600 ft²
Frequency Range
26 - 23,000 Hz
Speaker Drivers
2 x 5,25” woofer drivers 2 x 3” fullrange drivers 2 x 2” full range drivers 1 x ¾” tweeter
Active Room compensation
Yes
Directivity control
Beam forming for directivity control
Maximum Loudness
104 dB SPL
Bass Capability
88 dB SPL
Acoustic Placement Settings
Automatic calibration through active room compensation when setting up the product
Stereo Pairing
Pair two Beosound Balance to enjoy a stereo listening experience. Set up the stereo pairing through the Google Home App.
Designer
LAYER - Benjamin Hubert
Materials
Oak Wood Knitted Fabric Aluminium Fabric Cable
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.0
Wireless Connectivity
Wi-fi/WLAN 802.11 b/g/n/ac (2.4 GHz & 5 GHz), 2x2 MIMO
Streaming services
Chromecast built in Apple AirPlay 2 Spotify Connect Bluetooth Audio Streaming Audio via analogue line-in
Remote Controls
Bang & Olufsen App
On device controls
Slide fingers across outer edge of top disc to turn volume up or down. Touch center icon (play/pause) to play or mute sound. Touch right or left next track icon to play next or previous track. Press and hold Bluetooth button for Bluetooth pairing Press and hold microphone mute button to mute mic Press presets (1-4) for activating presets
Inputs an outputs
1 x Main Connection 1 x Line-in/Optical combi-jack 2 x Ethernet 1 x USB-C
Microphone
Yes Mic switch
Power Supply
Fabric Power cable
Battery life
No
38 h x 20 diameter cm
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Weight
7.2 kg 15.9 lbs 10.4kg (with packaging) 22.95 lbs (with packaging)
