Paul can tell you the exact moment he heard a Beolab for the first time. 1994, a showroom in Chicago, Miles Davis. He's been chasing that feeling for thirty years.
When he and his wife built their retirement home outside Sedona, the brief to us was one sentence: "I want the room from Chicago, but mine." So we started where we always do — not with speakers, but with the room. Ceiling angles, glass walls, a floor that wanted to ring. We treated what needed treating and left the view alone.
The heart of the system is a pair of Beolab 90s — the reference, full stop — positioned after two days of measurement and one long evening of listening. Beam control keeps the sweet spot honest even with the sliders open to the patio. And when Paul's grandkids visit? One tap, and the same system plays cartoons at a mercifully sensible volume.
"I've heard this album a thousand times. Last night I heard it for the first time."
The rest of the house followed quietly: Beosound Balance in the kitchen, Emerge on the bookshelf, invisible in-ceiling fills on the terrace. One app. Zero manuals. And a WattAssure plan that means we check the system each season — usually over coffee, usually with Miles on.
