BL18 End of Life

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beotex

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Posted January 6, 2026 at 21:51 GMT

I noticed today on the B&O website that the Beolab 18's have been removed and when I searched for them I found the note saying they are end of life. Surprised to see this, given I thought they were rather popular, and the price jump to BL28's is pretty steep. Should we expect to see something new coming?

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Stan

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Posted January 7, 2026 at 17:54 GMT

#31367

It doesn't surprise me. The BL18s have been around for quite some time. All that fancy aluminum probably made them too expensive to produce in today's world. I guess us "poors" can always go for the BL8s. :) I just saw a press release that they fired their CEO so who knows what is next.

matador

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Posted January 7, 2026 at 19:32 GMT

#31370

Stan wrote:
The BL18s have been around for quite some time.

Stan, I quote only part of you post but agree all of it. Nevertheless (to me) BL18 have never been superseed in terms of design, look, etc… I personnaly hope the discontinuity will make their second hand price drop. To me BL18 ARE Bang&Olufsen.

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multicare

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Posted January 7, 2026 at 21:38 GMT

#31372

matador wrote:
I personnaly hope the discontinuity will make their second hand price drop.

Agreed, one of my favourite looking speakers from B&O ?

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Severed_hand_of_skywalker

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Posted January 8, 2026 at 19:10 GMT

#31381

I love the 18's they are my fave B&O product ever. But they were also dumb speakers and I think B&O wants to move to all Mozart based products. From my understanding the BL8's sound just as good if not better than the 18's but personally I think the 18's looked much better. Sorry to see them go.

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