Personally - if someone is only interested in having a stereo setup - I’d go for a BL3/Core combination. That will always work! And I’d add a Beoremote ONE/BT in order to have easy remote control. MM

Agree. BL3 offers many placement options as well. -Rubber ring. -Low stands. -High stands. -Wall mount. I got them on low stands and set the placement switch to 'free' (despite it should be wall/corner) which gives pretty decent bass especially at low listening levels where ABL does it's thing.

Thanks both of you! Both heavily leaning towards the beolab 3 I see! Any experience with the emerges? Their footprint is a lot smaller.

Hi, I listened to the 'Emerge' in a B&O store. I was not impressed by the performance at all. I felt the speaker was 'struggling' if the volume was just slightly above what I would define as 'background music' listening level. But, I don't know what settings where applied in B&O app. So, changing those settings could probably improve the performance. As single, stand alone speaker, I can understand that some people find the 'Emerge' sufficient. As stereo pair I would never consider the 'Emerge'. And design wise I can 'kind of' understand the 'design language'. As stereo pair they would look very odd to me. Steve, Sounds Heavenly, has reviewed the speaker on YouTube. Have a look.....

Thanks Ravsted! As the Americans say; “There's no substitute for cubic inches” - I’d say that the internal volume of he bl3 is bigger, the drivers are bigger and the amps are more powerful. I can’t easily try them somewhere since they’re say - oldtimers - but I can do so with the emerges. I see that Steve indeed reviewed them and was quite happy with it.