Compare Mission LX CONNECT vs Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo vs Bang & Olufsen Beosound Balance

Variants
Hub
Gold
Natural
Black

Capacity

Interior Volume
8.2 L

Connectivity

Ports
[Input] Pre-out (RCA) | [Output] RCA + Coax + Optical + HDMI + USB
RJ45 + USB (service only)
1x Aux / Optical-combo + 2x RJ45 (100Mbps) + 1x USB-C
Wireless Connectivity
Bluetooth Input / 5.8GHz wireless, uncompressed To Speakers
Bluetooth 4.1 + WiFi
Bluetooth 5.0 + WiFi 5
Wireless Range
20 m

Construction

Colors
Walnut Pearl / Lux White / Lux Black
Black, White
Base: Natural Oak, Black Oak, Carrara Marble / Speaker Cover: Sand, Anthracite, White / Speaker Grille: Gold, Black
Drivers | Midrange
2x 2" + 2x 3" full-range
Drivers | Tweeter
1x 25mm microfibre dome
1x 25mm (1 in) Carbon dome
1x 0.75" tweeter
Drivers | Woofer
1x 130mm composite fibre
1x 165mm (6.5 in) Continuum cone
2x 5.25" woofers
Form Factor
Bookshelf Loudspeaker
Wireless bookshelf speaker
All-in-one wireless speaker, powered speaker
Loudspeaker Type
2-way base reflex
2-way
3-way bass reflex
Microphone
Yes

Dimensions

Size | Depth
250+15 mm
305mm (12 in)
Size | Diameter
200 mm
Size | Height
305 mm
395mm (15.6 in)
380 mm
Size | Width
200 mm
197mm (7.8 in)
Weight
6.55 kg
10.6kg (23.4 lbs)
7.2 kg

Function

Amplifier
Class D
Class D, 1x 50W for tweeters + 4x 100W for full-range + 2x 200W for woofer
Audio
Active Room Compensation, Adaptive Bass Linearization, Beam Direction Control (three sides), Beam Width Control, Thermal Protection
Bluetooth Profiles
aptX
AptX HD, AAC, SBC
Crossover
3.2 kHz
DAC
ESS Sabre32 ES9018K2M
Misc
Possible to pair two Beosound Balances for stereo
Service
AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in, Spotify Connect, Bang & Olufsen Radio
Voice Assistance
Google Assistant

Performance

Frequency Response
58Hz ~ 20kHz
25Hz - 33kHz ±3dB
26 Hz ~ 23 kHz
Max Sound Level
99 dB
104 dB SPL
Power Consumption
100 W
Power Output
2x 60W
2x 125W
850 W (50W tweeter + 400W full-range + 400W woofer)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
> 100 dB AUX / > 110 dB Digital
Total Harmonic Distortion
< 0.005% AUX / < 0.001% Digital

Production

Debut
2021-09
2019-04
2020
Made In
China

Price

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