Compare Bang & Olufsen Beosound Balance vs Bang & Olufsen Beosound Edge vs Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo
Variants
Gold
Natural
Black
Connectivity
Ports
1x Aux / Optical-combo + 2x RJ45 (100Mbps) + 1x USB-C
1x Aux + 1x RJ45 (100Mbps)
RJ45 + USB (service only)
Wireless Connectivity
Bluetooth 5.0 + WiFi 5
Bluetooth 4.2 + WiFi 5
Bluetooth 4.1 + WiFi
Construction
Colors
Base: Natural Oak, Black Oak, Carrara Marble / Speaker Cover: Sand, Anthracite, White / Speaker Grille: Gold, Black
Natural (aluminum), Bronze, or Brass
Black, White
Drivers | Midrange
2x 2" + 2x 3" full-range
2x 4" mid-range
Drivers | Tweeter
1x 0.75" tweeter
2x 0.75" tweeters
1x 25mm (1 in) Carbon dome
Drivers | Woofer
2x 5.25" woofers
1x 10" dual coil woofer
1x 165mm (6.5 in) Continuum cone
Form Factor
All-in-one wireless speaker, powered speaker
All-in-one wireless speaker
Wireless bookshelf speaker
Loudspeaker Type
3-way bass reflex
3-way bass reflex
2-way
Material
Aluminum + Fabric
Microphone
Yes
Dimensions
Size | Depth
130 mm
305mm (12 in)
Size | Diameter
200 mm
502 mm
Size | Height
380 mm
395mm (15.6 in)
Size | Width
197mm (7.8 in)
Weight
7.2 kg
13 kg
10.6kg (23.4 lbs)
Function
Amplifier
Class D, 1x 50W for tweeters + 4x 100W for full-range + 2x 200W for woofer
Class D, 2x 100W for tweeter and midrange + 2x 200W for full-range + 1x 400W for woofer
Class D
Audio
Active Room Compensation, Adaptive Bass Linearization, Beam Direction Control (three sides), Beam Width Control, Thermal Protection
Adaptive Bass Linearization, Beam Direction control (two sides)
Bluetooth Profiles
AptX HD, AAC, SBC
Misc
Possible to pair two Beosound Balances for stereo
Service
AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in, Spotify Connect, Bang & Olufsen Radio
AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in, Beolink Multiroom, DLNA -DMR
Voice Assistance
Google Assistant
Google Assistant
Performance
Frequency Response
26 Hz ~ 23 kHz
12 Hz ~ 23.2 kHz
25Hz - 33kHz ±3dB
Max Sound Level
104 dB SPL
104 dB SPL
Power Consumption
100 W
Power Output
850 W (50W tweeter + 400W full-range + 400W woofer)
800 W (400W tweeter / midrange + 400W woofer)
2x 125W
Production
Debut
2020
2018
2019-04
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