Thank you! I just love B&O but I have nothing to sell you :p I hope to be able to share my love of the brand with others and that B&O keeps on existing and becomes better and better with time. In the end if people watch my videos and think about subscribing then I am a happy man and I've done my (YT) job correctly :D

Thank you Donn, hope you get to experience them someday soon! Or maybe I should move to Texas and become a dealer :p

Yes, I hope they keep on adding that too in the future. It's one of the best features if you come from other systems of older gear.

Me too I have connected my old beoplay s3 to my a2 active using 3.5mm line socket as stereo mode but only thing was annoying me is the sounds volume is not equal which I need to adjust manually from the main volume of the speaker

@@lucarossi9055 yes, if you mix and match different types of speaker, then the volume levels will be different. You can adjust these on the speaker or in the B&O app.

@@soundsheavenly my beoplay s3 is not able recognize in b&o application but it’s ok for me because still does a great and impressive sounds

Thanks for watching!

The bass driver of the BS2 will physically not fit obviously. Honestly the bass of the Level is already super close to one another, you only really notice it when you go super loud as in when you're screaming over the music. Compared to a BS1 the Level has about 2x bass capacity, weather the track asks for that or not is another story but the BS1 is not in the same league as the Level honestly.

@@Mikipedia That’s what I’ve got the impression of, without listening to the Level so far. Thanks for elaborating on it!

@@csaba5415 You're welcome and thanks for watching and commenting! :D

Why not add an airplay or Bluetooth adapter?

it's an ascending line really, Level - Beosound 2 - Stage - A9 mk4 - Edge. Each have their own unique use cases and properties and every time it's a step up but the step isn't always as big and therefor depends on your room and what you want to do with it. So if you tell me your room size and use case and I can tell you what I would recommend. I like them all except for the Edge because of it's properties I can't really place it anywhere in my home. The Stage and the A9 are the most special as they can basically do it all for very reasonable prices, especially the Stage. Thanks for watching and commenting, I hope my answer helps you?

@@Mikipedia Thanks you, your videos and feedback are very helpful. I have a room of ca. 90m2. Both sound quality and design are important to me. My absolute B&O favorite in terms of design are the Beolab 18s. However, the room is under a roof with a 45° ceiling and therefore traditional standing speakers are not ideal. In addition, in practice we only use TuneIn and AirPlay for radio and music. To get this functionality with the 18s we would also need a Transmitter and Core making it a complicated and expensive setup. Therefore an all in one would be perfect for us, provided that it can fill a room this size. Volume will not be an issue, it is really about filling the room to have good sound quality even if you're not in the perfect spot.

Yes, it's loud LOUD if need be. The Level is really nice!

@@Mikipedia thank you 🙏

That's very hard to say because it's so different. It's also a lot older so it depends on the state, but for sure over the years speakers have become a lot more clear sounding and more balanced. Speakers from that era sound a bit woolly compared, but in terms of design it's stunning and a classic! Who doesn't love the sliding doors and CD mechanism?! I think especially for the volumes you listen at the Level will sound better, mainly due to being more modern. But if you use it mainly to listen to music of the era then the bl2500 sound fine still to this day. It's a toss up honestly, because what you have is gorgeous to look at and use, but may be outclassed in sound. But is that the sole thing we care about? I for sure don't, so it's a hard one I can only leave up to you... Neither is a bad choice, so at least whatever you do it's positive :D

@@Mikipedia thanks for the thoughtful response. Like you, I'm not sure I'm willing to trade out the awesome design for a slightly more modern sound.

@@kevinwnukiewicz7674 I guess the best thing to do is to go to a dealer and listen to a Level and see if you like it or not. If you don't ''love'' it then the choice is already obvious :)

Is that the wet dream? over having 50's or 90's as rear speakers? You must live in Sweden because it's messing with your head :p

Yes, i would but I would in that case suggest buying the non GVA version. I use my Beosound 2 that way and it's also a non GVA version and works great!

Thanks! That's a hard one though. In that line up nothing will beat the A9 for bass, so it depends a lot on how much you like bass. otherwise personally I'd go with two levels probably. But an A9 would be the most tempting in that line up, you can wall mount it if you need some floorspace back, just fyi.

@@Mikipedia thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. Will look at the A9 at my local B&O shop now.

@@gavinBsussex have fun!

No worries, currently you can't use the level for such a role. I'd suggest finding some bl3/17's and hanging them on the wall up high and point them down. The level's wallmount does not work at all on a ceiling and I see no way how that could be done without B&O making something purposely for that mounting option.

@@Mikipedia ah that is unfortunate. I only really have one side wall and the other side is completely open so they would need to be ceiling mounted. Maybe sometime in the future there will be something, but I guess I'll live with regular surround sound for now :) Thanks!

@@lovesickoyster628 Cut up some wood blocking to size, mount that to the ceiling and mount the speaker to the wood blocking and paint it all ceiling colour. The bl3's had ceiling mounts too and I am pretty sure you could hang 17's on the ceiling. Or have bl12-1's on the ceiling, that works too. Lots of options :p

Thanks mate!

Hi Diler, first of all thank you for watching! Beolink should should be out by the end of the year, but since you don't care much let's switch to AP2. It's a really short answer, yes you can! AP2 or CC and you can join both speakers to the same source no issue. You obviously can't set left and right per speaker like this but it's a very neat way to get a lot more volume in the room for sure! Hope that helps?

@@Mikipedia yes that helps, thank you. Will be getting the Level soon 👌👍. So you’re saying that once Beolink is out, i’ll also be able to connect something like two M3’s (part of the connected speaker family) with the stage and assign them as rear or left/right speakers through Beolink? Hope I got that right. In that case, it’s also possible that if B&O end up adding a Sub(wishful thinking) to their connected speaker family, i’ll be able to connect it with the stage ?🤤 Not that the stage needs any of those, it’s MORE than capable in every department on it’s own, chose it over Ambeo and Sonos ark/gen 3 sub combo and I’m soooo glad I did. Thanks

Not really, Beolink is B&O's own protocol where you could tap one either device and it would join the other. That would mean you didn't need your phone to ad a second speaker to your airplay list. With full Beolink it could use the internal streamer of the device and then share that, meaning you wouldn't even need to take out your phone to begin with for anything. There are rumours that we may be able to do more, but that's not yet on the roadmap. It would be nice for sure, but that kind of interconnectivity with a stage I don't see happening any time soon as the stage doesn't have the processor to divide the signals up externally. Stereo pairing is somewhat easier as it's literally a split in left and right signal, but for surround there is a lot of processing going on to keep stuff in sync and what signal to go where at which time and there is nothing in that chain that does those calculations. hope that makes sense?

@@Mikipedia yeah, that makes sense. It’s alright tho, the Stage doesn’t need any help in filling the room. Excited about getting the Level and Beolink 👍👍 Thank you for your reply.

Thank you and glad you liked it :D

You mean the song after the intro part? As there is no singer in it so just making sure I look up the correct one :p

It's been too long since I heard an A6 so I can't comment with real confidence, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Level beats it. The newer tech is really impressive and very efficient with it's power, but it could be a tie. I don't have one so I can't just test it unfortunately :p

glad you like it!

Which one are we talking about after this review? The Level or the Beosound 2? :p

@@Mikipedia beosound level, Sorry I am focused on that:) I am not expecting a boombox, but can I at least have a M5 or beolit 20 bass performance? Thank you.

@@user-mt9fy2ow3u It depends on what you're really asking a bit. The bass is really good and tight, the beolit 20 is fairly loose due to the passive radiators. It also depends on what you're listening to, both the M5 and beolit 20 ad some bass that's not really supposed to be there, less so on the M5, but that vibrates more. The level is more powerful than it size would make you think it is. out of the 3 speakers mentioned I like the level the most, the BS2 is again different but I already own it and am not made of money :p If I had to buy it again I'd buy the level all day personally! Does that help? I hope so :)

@@Mikipedia thank you so much for your reply, clarified my mind👍

@@user-mt9fy2ow3u You're welcome :D

No I would not, I'd go for an A9 as it has better bass and you have the ease of use of a single device doing everything.

Thanks for the advice! Is this the same for 2x A1gen2 vs 1x Beolit 20?

@@JadeIceGreen Yes, I would say so. I love the A1, but a Beolit kicks ass :p

@@Mikipedia many thanks! I’ve abit of buyer’s regret now. Haha 😆 But I really appreciate your expertise.

Don't! The A1 is amazing and way more portable than a beolit. Go to a beach or get in a plane and you'll love having space for an A1 over a beolit :p

You can but only wired for BS2, but I wouldn't really recommend it. For the Level it's kind of only feasible through airplay 2 to not be bogged down by latency, which i also wouldn't really recommend. I you want something for TV use and music get a Beosound Stage!

@@Mikipedia thanks for the advice, really appreacitea it. I dont have the space to put a sound bar, can do a couple of speakers on the side

@ in that case I would advise to look at the beosound core or hall audio wifi streamer and ad some beolabs of any kind. that'll work a lot better, I like the Hall audio a lot more at it's price point for this use case.

you could but you screw it in to the wall, they do sell them separately so you could potentially buy several and hang others where you'd like them to be.

@@Mikipedia why need to be several when you'd have one with a maganet that you can move around?

@@TariqAbdul12 The normal charger is magnetic, the wallmount has a hook on it and is screwed in to the wall and then hooks in to the charging port. unless I am not understanding what you're asking? The wallmount is a separate item to purchase and doesn't come with the speaker in the box, only the normal charger doesn.

I understand، I just thought if the wall mount was magnet or portable just like the speaker I wouldn't need to purchase a mount for everyplace O carry the level

@@TariqAbdul12 the battery lasts a long time so it doesn't need to be on the charger often. You can also lay it down, what ever you like. If I had one here I would maybe have one or two wall mounts strategically placed but use it on battery power everywhere else. just my two cents.

B&O Radio, Yes! TuneIn works via Google voice and you just ask it to turn on a certain station. B&O Radio is more or less the same as TuneIn though :p

@@Mikipedia can sound2 also do that ? Like press one button and it turns on my favorite radio station ? I don’t use google assistant. Thank you!

@@user-xl9ms7eg4o yes they both can do that.

@@Mikipedia wow i did not know that. That is critical factor for me to buy which one

Beolab 90's, but if you mean between these two I gave the answer why I kept the BS2(because I already own it). :p

The two products in the video are the beosound level and beosound 2 and those are fairly close together, so if you ask me if you should go for the level or beosound 1, I would say to go for the beosound level. Both are great products and the beosound 1 certainly has a very desirable style about it, so there aren't any ''wrong'' choices here, but if you can have only one I would go for the level. Hope that helps? :)

@@Mikipedia In case i put it in the middle of the room. So what do you think ?

@@katsnguyen well you can lay the level down and it adjust the dsp so you get a wider sound. the BS1 is simpeler in that you just set it down where ever. but if you sit in front of the level when it's upright you get a lot better sound from the level. laying flat it's roughly the same, so the question is really how much you hover and keep walking around the speaker?!

@@Mikipedia So, i think i'll go for the bs1. Thank you so much for your help sir

@@katsnguyen at first I was going to get the bs1. I listened to it and I wasn't that impressed. I love the look though. I wish the bs2 has a built-in battery., But it doesn't. The store sales guy ask me to listen to the BS level and I was hooked. It sounded better than the bs1 but I like the look of the bs1 more. I ended up getting the level for betterthe sound quality, versatility, future upgradability (you can literally upgrade connectivity moduals and replace the worldbattery) and portability.

Yes, it doesn’t charge when full and will just use net power in that case.

@@Mikipedia thanks for the reply!

Welcome!

Of course, anywhere you want to take it really!

yes

@@Mikipedia I'm planning to buy a beolit 20 but getting the level is becoming more and more tempting as I watch your videos but thrice the price. Is it worth it or should I just get 2 beolits and pair them or (2) A1 2nd gens? I want to know your thoughts. I want to have some sort of portable listening party with a few friends and of course music throughout my small room.

@@markrolanmaravilla1778 depends on what you want to do really. If you don't want to make a whole house multiroom system and pricing matters a lot then I'd say go with the Beolit 20, They sound very good and I am sure you'll enjoy them!

@@Mikipedia Thank you for your response! Btw, I love your videos!

@@markrolanmaravilla1778 Thank you and you're very welcome! :D

I mean, you can multiroom through AP and CC but you don't have touch to join like with NL/Beolink. Q3/4 this year is when the update is :)

I don't like the new prices either...

Personally I would go for the Beosound Level as I am biased and it works with a whole house setup on the same system through beolink. I like the portability too. The Level is all around a very well executed product and if you're in the market for something that is moveable within the home I would happily endorse buying one. Which is better, I can't really say as I don't have much if any experience with the muso and in the end it's mostly personal preference anyway. So buy what you like best, that's the most important thing anyway ;p

Gracias!! si si la compraré lo tengo claro . Una cosa mas !!la beosound portable level la puedo conectar con mi iPhone AirPlay no ? Y bluetooth tambien no? Junto con la aplicacion no? Gracias . Aquí en Barcelona demomento no encontrado tienda física q la tengan nose solo por Amazon . Es una marca inglesa muy exclusiva supongo , igualmente la compraré lo tengo clarísimo !! Es lo q buscava un ALTAVOZ de mucha calidad con bateria mas wifi, mas bluetooth , y q puedas trasladarlo donde quieras sin depender de enchufar a corriente y esto no tiene precio.gracias .

@@andreuclopes253 You can absolutely connect it to your iphone via airplay if you're on the local network and outside of that you can also use BT or Line in. That's no problem at all and it all works. The only thing I would say to do is to buy one without google voice assistent, I don't like google that much and some weird things happen when you go outside of your network. The google voice assistent will want to connect to internet. Also google has priority on the line in and BT connections, so if you don't want to set it up with the google home app first you won't have access to those. If you buy a Level without GVA you don't have any of these issues, it's less ''smart'' but a much better product to live with in my opinion. There are two B&O shops near the southern end of the ''diagonal'' so maybe have a look in person? Most B&O dealers are super nice and will happily help you out! I know someone who shopped there and they were happy with them but I haven't yet been there myself, worth a shot. :D

@@Mikipedia gracias por la información tan detallada . Aora mirando por internet los distribuidores de bYo en barcelona mean salido cinco y uno de ellos en diagonal 612 me escaparé a verlo y escucharlo el Portable level . Gracias una vez más .👍😘.

@@andreuclopes253 De nada :D

What makes you think/say that?

Neither of them are just BT speakers, both have line in, Airplay and Chromecast etc. BT is just one of the options. What else do you expect them to do?

@@Mikipedia More stereo speakers, desktop stereo speakers for office and/or for rear surround audio use, a proper sound system, more B&O TVs..