no offense taken, but if you think b&o speakers sound like CRAP you have no idea what youre talking about, no offensethere are certainly better sounding speakers for the same money, but b&o offers elegant and beautiful not bulky and ugly design and they are certainly one of the greatest innovators in the audio world, especially with their ICE amplifiers, after all this is MACrumors, no?
and yes, you probably never heard a pair of beolab 5 speakers, dubbed as one of the best speakers in the world
i would never put bose and b&o in the same basket..
The speakers may be beautiful but that's all they are. If you are a real discerning listener, you would know that B&O speakers don't cut it anymore, especially not their lower end models. If you're looking for a conversational piece the B&O works, but for pure audio quality, nothing beats old styled wood tower speakers. I've still got my Onkyo amp and speakers and they blow just about anything out of the water.
I've heard the beolab5 once. Really good but I've still heard better. Don't know what you're listening to but you need to clean out your ears a little