Bang & Olufsen Beosound Emerge – Compact Slim Bookshelf Home
Bang & Olufsen Beosound Emerge – Compact Slim Bookshelf Home Speaker with Bluetooth, WiFi and Ultra-Wide Sound, Cradle to Cradle Certified Circular Speaker – Gold Tone
Impossibly slim wireless speaker
Small speaker. Full-range sound.A compact yet powerful speaker
Combining an impossibly slim form with a full-bodied sound, Beosound Emerge is a surprising and elegant wireless speaker. The book-inspired design narrows at the front yet delivers 180-degree sound, making it the ideal choice for secondary living spaces and tight spots. Place it on a bookshelf, kitchen counter or desk and control wirelessly – or via the intuitive interface – to fill your room with music. Powerful 180-degree sound Elegant, compact design Connected wireless speaker
Compact home speakerSlender and elegant, Beosound Emerge has a small footprint and fits almost anywhere.
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Transform any room
Fill your home with music
Enjoy music throughout your home with a speaker that sounds much bigger than its size.
Rich audio experience
Slender speaker design
The 180-degree sound is perfected by a carefully selected driver set-up and masterful tuning.
Spacious sound
Pair two Beosound Emerge
Wireless stereo pairing allows you to enjoy studio-quality sound at home.
Adaptive sound
Splash and dust resistant
Discreetly in a bookshelf or prominently on display, Beosound Emerge produces powerful sound.
Product Comparison
6.7 x 25.5 X 16.5 cm | Dimensions | 34.8 x 23 x 5.6 cm |
1.3 kg | Weight | 3.3 kg |
92 dB | Max SPL | 96 dB |
5-30 m² | Recommend. room size | 10-50 m² |
Wi-Fi/Multiroom | ||
Active Room Compens. | ||
Cradle to Cradle |
6.7 x 25.5 X 16.5 cm | Dimensions | 28.5 x 18.7 x 13 cm |
1.3 kg | Weight | 3.7 kg |
92 dB | Max SPL | 101 dB |
5-30 m² | Recommend. room size | 10-50 m² |
Wi-Fi/Multiroom | ||
Active Room Compens. | ||
Cradle to Cradle |
6.7 x 25.5 X 16.5 cm | Dimensions | 20 x 43.1 x 20 cm |
1.3 kg | Weight | 4.1 kg |
92 dB | Max SPL | 94 dB |
5-30 m² | Recommend. room size | 10-60 m² |
Wi-Fi/Multiroom | ||
Active Room Compens. | ||
Cradle to Cradle |
6.7 x 25.5 X 16.5 cm | Dimensions | 20 x 38 x 20 cm |
1.3 kg | Weight | 7.2 kg |
92 dB | Max SPL | 104 dB |
5-30 m² | Recommend. room size | 10-80 m² |
Wi-Fi/Multiroom | ||
Active Room Compens. | ||
Cradle to Cradle |
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Bang & Olufsen transforms your listening experience with better sound and acoustic performance wherever you are with in-home music systems, portable speakers and headphones that integrate seamlessly into everyday life.
It has become the focal point of my wooden-themed study. Its sophisticated design perfectly complements my aesthetic vision, blending seamlessly with the natural tones of my workspace. Despite not being an audio expert, I've been delighted by the immersive sound quality – clear, dynamic, and resonant. The compact size fits effortlessly into my bookshelf, and the Wi-Fi connectivity adds a modern touch. This speaker not only enhances my work environment but also elevates it to a new level of elegance. For those seeking a stylish audio solution with impressive performance, it is a remarkable choice from Bang & Olufsen.
It has become the focal point of my wooden-themed study. Its sophisticated design perfectly complements my aesthetic vision, blending seamlessly with the natural tones of my workspace. Despite not being an audio expert, I’ve been delighted by the immersive sound quality — clear, dynamic, and resonant. The compact size fits effortlessly into my bookshelf, and the Wi-Fi connectivity adds a modern touch. This speaker not only enhances my work environment but also elevates it to a new level of elegance. For those seeking a stylish audio solution with impressive performance, it is a remarkable choice from Bang & Olufsen.
Excellent sound quality!
I’ve owned this speaker 8 months now. I’m a huge B&O fan. I also own a B&O A5 and B&O Level. The sound quality of the Emerge is amazing. I love it so much I just got another one to do a stereo pair. I could listen to this setup all day!!
My review is based on using it over WiFi. I won’t buy a speaker at this cost just to use Bluetooth. I got it for the WiFi connection for HiFi music streaming.
No regrests!
Pros : Build Quality of B&O products including this one is excellent. Sound is clear and loud enough to fill up a big living room/ bedroom/ study. Bass is punchy and it’s difficult to imagine that it’s coming from such a small form factor. Good snob value.
Cons : It’s very expensive… should have ideally been in the range of 50-60k. However as B&O is a luxury audio brand, one can’t be realistic about pricing. You are actually paying for the snob value. Also, I have been facing problems in connecting it to my TP Link Deco Mesh WiFi 6E routers. If I connect it using another standalone Wifi network then there is no problem. I have raised this issue with B&O Support about a week back but still awaiting a workable solution from their Tech team. Bluetooth connection is flawless though. The B&O app is also well made and intuitive. Overall a great sound speaker for its size and unique form factor.
Update – The connectivity issue has been resolved through a minor setting change in my TP Link Deco Mesh Router App. Uncheck “Ignore Ping from WAN” in Internet Settings under IP4 Tab. The product now works flawlessly on my Mesh Wifi. Thanks to B&O technical support.
The upside:
It is a work of art, the sound is amazing and for the price it is worth it.
The downside :
The instructions are not good and B&O website instructions also not good. It was very difficult to set up because I wanted to play music from my phone and if you download the B&O app it is set up to play radio or from Deezer and Spotify. I had to do a lot of searching to find out the best way to configure it for my preferred music. After I set it up to play using Bluetooth I wanted to use a line in 3.5mm jack plug and this was also very problematic because you have to disable wifi and Bluetooth and again, there are no instructions to help you solve the problems.
Quality is superb, connectivity is perfect, and it is also suitable for large living rooms as it is very powerful. I never play it with high volume since it is too much for our living room.
Quality is superb, connectivity is perfect, and it is also suitable for large living rooms as it is very powerful. I never play it with high volume since it is too much for our living room.
Ich hatte leider das Pech einen Emerge zu erwischen, der Probleme mit der Chromecast Built-In Firmware hatte und das Streaming sich einfach nicht einrichten lie.
Nach einer Woche B&O Support Absprache und anscheinend einer nchtlichen Fernwartung ging es dann endlich.
Zum Sound: Fr kleinere Rume ideal, aber ich empfehle zwingend den Emerge irgendwo am besten in eine Wandecke zu stellen mit der Blickrichtung diagonal. So wird der Sound am besten im Raum verteilt. Dann unbedingt ein oder zweimal die Active Room Compensation (siehe Audioeinstellungen in der App) durchlaufen lassen und dann ist alles kraftvoll und unglaublich przise. Am besten noch die “Loudness”-Funktion aktivieren (hat eigentlich relativ wenig mit “Loudness” zu tun und ist mehr ein Hhen- und Bassverstrker). Fr ein einen mglichst neutralen Klang sollte “Loudness” aber dann besser deaktiviert werden.
Ich empfehle auerdem die Bluetooth-Funktionalitt NICHT fr den Fernseher zu verwenden.
Bekanntlich ist Bluetooth: A: komprimiert, B: Latent.
Das beste Ergebnis erreicht man gerade beim Emerge mithilfe eines Klinkensteckerkabels (analog) oder noch besser – Mini-Toslink Kabel (optisch, digitales Signal).
Bin rundum sehr zufrieden, wenn auch die Software bei meinem Gert rumzickte. Ein Update durch den Support hat es aber gefixt. Danke an den B&O Support dafr nochmal 🙂
Beosound Emerge speakers: At only 2.82 litres they have a surprising good sound. They can replace bookshelf and stand mount speakers in a hi-fi stereo set up.
If you power up several Mozat (Balance, Emerge, Level) speakers and select a streaming service (internet radio) the playback can be delayed 15 seconds or longer. The app allows all the speakers or speaker pairs to sync multi-room to a single pair.
Emerge or Level? The Level is twice the price, more bass and more drive units. The Level is stereo in one box but then a pair of Beosound Emerge give better sound stage. They do sound very much the same, same driver units, same Mozart engine. If in multi-room the Emerge adds to the sound stage of the Level. The Level is fully portable, the Emerge is mains only.
DLNA is provided to select from audio stored on a computer (that runs a DLNA server like Windows Media Player). The app looses the server (possibly a Microsoft problem). Google Assistant and/or app crash needing re-installing. Problems are rare.
YouTube reviewers suggested that a future update would enable them to be used in a surround sound system. The problem being the long delay (330ms) when watching video possibly due to the DSP processing in them. Other manufacturers including many at a lower price point have been able to use their speakers with both computers and television with acceptable lip sync.
They are marketed as a life style speaker.
Audio over wifi (no compression) is clearly better than it is over Bluetooth. It will work using Windows Music Player but with limited audio only codecs. Watching YouTube over Bluetooth has a 330ms delay. The Chrome browser extension to cast does not adjust the delay – at least I have not got it to work. Using VLC has some control but not easy to adjust and when seeming okay at the start of the film drifts out soon after. Basically it does not work with TV/Computer for films. Using an Apple TV 4K apparently works to control the lip sync and cast to the speakers.
The Beosound Emerge is a very capable speaker on its own or as a pair. It does drain power on standby even (unplug it). Switched on from cold it has to find the network and login, so not instantly re-booting.