Bang & Olufsen Beosound A5 wireless smart speaker - Easy tips and tricks for the best possible sound with Steve from Sounds Heavenly. If you have any questions about getting the best from your Bang and Olufsen system, please ask Steve via the contact page at soundsheavenly.com If these videos have helped you to enjoy your Bang and Olufsen products, please consider buying Steve a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/soundsheavenly - many thanks!

Another great video from @soundsheavenly. Great introduction for the Beosound A5 and great to see you back at KZfaq :)

Hi Steve, thanks alot for the insight. I really enjoy your videos and the walkthroughs, tips and tricks. Please keep it going!

The mag safe is a good idea. Already lost a cable because I grabbed it on the go. The A5 has no damages, the built quality and materials are almost flawless, outstanding. They were kind enough to give me a free cable a the b&o paris store. I’ll follow your advice.

Hi. I agree with everything you say about the sound and the functionality. However, I do think there's room for improvement. Mainly, my issue is one you have already touched on, i.e. that you don't have access to any of the functionality of the app when the speaker is not connected to wifi. Given that other B&O do allow access to the app via bluetooth, I think this seriously compromises the A5 as a portable speaker. For example, you have set your sound profile for let's say a string quartet, with a front setting, then you go to the park/beach whatever - you cannot change the orientation to Omni, nor can you change the beosonic settings to sound the best with whatever music you're listening to. You can't allow the unit to charge your phone for example, if you hadn't already set that up before you left. The previous room optimisation settings will remain also. Another thing is that you can't toggle wifi on and off, nor can you toggle between networks. Something that all phones for example can do. This has a twofold disadvantage - a. when there's no network present, and you're reliant on bluetooth, the A5 is continually hunting for a network with a flashing amber light; and b. every time you go from house to house, a friends house - anywhere where there's another network, you have to set up the A5 wifi connection from scratch each time. I can see no reason why the A5 has to have these limitations, when so many other devices don't, and with it's huge handle and battery, why shouldn't it be as good a portable speaker as it is when plugged in at home?

Great 👍

Hello! Very nice and complete review. I have the noticed the battery drainage while i left the speaker turned off but unplugged to power? Is it normal? Thanks!

Hello Steve ! I recently bought this speaker, I am very happy with it, especially in front mode! I would like to know if the Beosound Level is worth it compared to the a5? THANKS !

For me, one of the best sound are the Marley RIDDIM 2

Great tips thanks for the video. Never even knew the magsafe thing was thing ! Already "ripped' the usbc plug from the back by accident a couple of times when moving the speaker. Such a good idea to add in the magsafe - Could you please recommend/post a link to the one you use ? Had a look and there seems to be lots of different ones/watts/styles - Some help would be appreciated - Thanks

Thanks for all the tip! One thing I really miss with the A5 is the missing line-in connection..

Brillant review Steve and thank you for that :-) btw I have an Beosound Level - will a new Beosound A5 be apple to play multi room with my Level in the living room which is approx. 60m2 ?

Understand wifi is needed to adjust the sound preference. So, once adjusted, the setting will remain even if bluetooth is used correct? I.e. There is no need for wifi connection to enjoy the sound setting.

Hi Steve. Thank you for the quality content and thorough reviews. Given the similar price, how does Beosound Emerge compare to A5? A5 may be portable but it seems to me it can function as a better solution for a permanent placement than the Emerge.

Hi Steve, have you managed to hear 2 A5’s in stereo yet? Please do a review as soon as you have.Thanks

Hello Steve, mine just arrived this friday. So far im very happy with it, but i cant find any exact information about the airplay 2 streaming, some people say it can stream up to 16bit / 44.1 kHz ALAC via apple music , some say it cant. On the B&O website it says high quality streaming via wifi.. do i get CD quality by streaming via wifi ? Maybe you or somebody you know has some exact information on this. Thank you for your informative videos.

I bought a pair of those 4" peerless woofers from beoplay p6. Currently planning to make a bluetooth speaker out of those with some peerless fullranges and a wondom amp. Do you know anything about the ts parameters of those woofers?

Hi Steve, have you ever tested 2x A5’s in stereo yet? If so, when paired do they keep in precise timing? Does the app EQ when altered change the sound simultaneously? Have you done a review on the pair together? Thanks Steve

Good video. Isn't it bad for the battery if the speaker is permanently connected to the power supply?

hello Steve, how it performs on movies? I use xiaomi mibox4s for netflix or KZfaq. if I connect them via bluetooth do I enjoy to watch movies also? one speaker for everything?

I wonder how it compares to a hk onyx studio 8 in terms of sound

Can I use my Penta speakers (without the amps) with a beovison 10. Or would it be better if I ran the Penta speakers through my beomaster from the TV if that's even possible. Many thanks

Can you leave the A5 plugged in to power as if it was a normal powered speaker? I don’t really bring it around much but I’m afraid if I leave it plugged in it will affect the health of the battery 🤔

Hi i just bought one having many problems, the Bluetooth doesn’t plays on firestick , and sound volume always varies on apple music and KZfaq and the volume keeps decreasing while playing and the output is not that great what should i do ?

Hi Steve, does the front mode prevent sound from being heard on the back side like it would with beam forming on the Balance? It wasn’t clear to me if two people could be in the same room and one listening to front mode and not disturbing the other?

Sir why does the equaliser don't work in the b nd o app when playing the beolit 17 and beolit 20 in stereo?

Steve, I received my Beosound A5 today and, much to my disappointment, I cannot make the wifi connection through the B&O app. After going through the set up and my Wi-Fi pass word, it cannot find my A5!. Have you heard of such problems?

Does it have aux in?

80dB bass at maximum volume? Bassheads will not like this speaker. So, I dislike it!!!