Beosound Emerge wireless smart speaker Review and Connectivity - is it the right speaker for you? 4K

Your voice is like honey for the ears :)

Nailed it with the sound comments Steve, I came to the same conclusions. Fair and balanced with your usual unique spin 👍

Steve we need a new beocenter not another lifestyle speaker. Same but different!! Come on, it’s really not needed!
After 26 years of being faithful to B&O I’ve had to move to another brand purely because they don’t cater for my needs anymore

Your wife Lynn wanted the Level right away, I take it you couldn't convince her to trade it for the Emerge?!? I am hoping I get my oak non-GVA Level soon, I think I will be able to find more applications for that than the Emerge. I was interested in hearing peoples real opinions on the Emerge, thanks much!

Simply an aesthetic critique; but the outer fluted portion of the black Emerge should be accented with aluminium. Something like the Contrast Collection. It looks far too similar to a router to be held to the same design standard as either the Level or Balance.

Excellent Steve, John also from B n O Manchester obviously made those comments. I have purchased one in the North East and its for a small room where my beosound 2 and A9 would be too much, never mind the x 2 cabled systems....
So I think it would be perfect for the requirement I want. Thanks Steve excellent as usual and to John from B n O for good honest analysis. Cheers Simon

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.....another informative and well presented video 👍

Hi Steve, I've owned a set of BeoLab 4 since their release but I've never heard that Power Off tone before!

Hi Steve, great vid as ever. Being new to B & O I thought I just saw you control music with a flute 😂😂 Please do a video showing us “Heavenly” fans what the heck that silver looking device is and does please. Thanks 👏

Thank you...for honest review...many will argue that it’s a waste of money... but only who has experience with b&0 they will tell you why this is worthy...

I love my new Beosound Explore.

You have a wonderful voice.

Beosound emerge vs Beolit 20 What do you think is better?

Wondering how this compares sonically to BEOPLAY M5 since they are in the same price range.
Thanks so much for such a constructive review :)

Do you have any news on its availability? It’s been sold out for more than a year now. Thank you Steve :3

Does tidal app work well with it ?

Steve! I need your help! I’m undecided between the Emerge and Level. I’m looking to use it for some casual listening in my office room, maybe using Beolink Multiroom with my Stage which is connected to my turntable elsewhere in the house. Which one would you recommend? Thank you so much for the advice.

Please compare with beo lite 20 🙏

If you have two do you just have to wire one or both for best sound

Great equipment but overpriced if you live in a flat and need to take into consideration your neighbours. I bought a second hand Bose AWR1-2W and it's fine. I live in a flat so I bought the Bang and Ofufsen Beoplay EQ. These are wonderful, in fact, they are amazing!! They take a bit of getting used to; there are many options and settings, but they are the best earbuds on the market.

Love this Emerge and I used to listening Jazz music, crispy treble, bass deep enough to me in a small room. Price just little too high, was thinking if B&O selling a pair with USD$200 off that would be great.

Is it possible to play music from a mobile via Bluetooth without using the B&O mobile app please?
I want to play uploaded tracks from vinyl from musicstack but it seems the emerge prioritises the WiFi before Bluetooth?

Hi there Steve, im.planning buying 2 emerge speakers, but can you link a turntable, beogram to them or any way to do it

I bought two Steve but dont seem to be able to link my music other than spotify. I want to access my own music, hmmm

Great review

Hey @Steve, My Google assistant doesn’t seem to work for me on the emerge

Hi, Steve how does the emerge compare to the A1 2nd gen, I currently have those for the bedroom. Thank you

Nice video and thank you for the review. Can I ask a question, can I buy two of these speakers and make them to have stereo sound connected to a stereo system, if so what cables do I have to buy from your website? Many thanks

Steve
Looking for the right speaker to work nicely in our kitchen diner.
It’s a barn conversion so we’ve got full height cathedral style roof - what would be a good speaker or speakers to use? Is it better to perhaps pair a couple of speakers & position them higher up or would it still be ok at sideboard height.
Thanks
Chris

I liked your review and am interested in this speaker. I am wondering if the speaker will connect effortlessly with my (new) MacBook Pro with the Bluetooth connection. Thank you. I am not a computer guy.

Thank you!

According to the notes of a software update from 6th of March they added “per source default volume”. Do you have any idea how to set these different defaults? As far as I can see in the app there is the one default volume setting, and the only thing you can set for each source is gain and EQ settings.

Thank you Steve! I finally ended up with a pair of Emerges after browsing through the whole lineup thinking about what would be the best fit for my bedroom 😂 I followed your advice of putting them in the corners of the room which set them 9 feet apart. At first I pointed them straight ahead but there was furniture in the way so I toed them in basically pointing to the third point of a triangle and that worked really well. For my needs there was plenty of bass and way more volume than I would ever need, so I think this was the right choice. I appreciate that Wi-Fi streaming can come from such a small package, it feels very futuristic and makes my stereo paired Explores look bulky! The latest software update claimed to improve the sound quality, but I had only just gotten them so I couldn’t tell what had improved.

Hola q tal muy buen reviu eres muy bueno . Ya hemos hablado
Algún día . Tienes razón del cable q es la mejor opción ,, yo tengo 2 Beoson Level lo voy combinando un día escucho uno otro día escucho el otro porque tengo un Hotel Trabajo plantas para arriba plantas para abajo y me llevo el altavoz cada día escuchando música le conecto un cable con un dac dragón fly colbalt y junto con TIDAL alta resolución, tienes un conjunto muy bueno unos bajos con más presencia un audio más recogido que con el Wi-Fi tienes que acostumbrarte primero pero luego escuchas increíble muy muy contento de haber hecho esta combinación y ahora siempre voy con el cable no Wi-Fi ni mucho menos Bluetooth esto lo consejo para la gente que tenga este altavoz como yo y aún disfrutará más pero el Dragon Fly se disfruta mucho con alta resolución. TIDAL le sacas más provecho junto con este magnífico altavoz de audio muy detallado. la gente que diga lo que quiera pero estoy muy contento de haberme gastado este dinero con los dos altavoces por ti van perfectos en todos los sentidos es muy buena inversión y un altavoz para toda la vida. Yo lo cuido muchísimo ningún altavoz portátil y estoy segurísimo, no le hace sombra a Beason Level porque es brutal. le quería hacer una pregunta cómo se puede acceder a la aplicación si sales fuera del rango de Wi-Fi hay maneras de poderlo hacer o no. Es una lástima que si lo sacas en la calle con el 4G o 5g no puedo acceder a la aplicación hay alguna forma de poderlo hacer o tiene que ser siempre con el Wi-Fi está una pregunta gracias igualmente creo que la única pega que lo encuentro que no se puede ajustar los parámetros de la aplicación si no tienes Wi-Fi ya me dirás si se puede hacer de otra manera cuando sales el altavoz fuera o no tienes Wi-Fi poder acceder a la aplicación. Muchas gracias por el Review, y de verdad, esta es una gran marca pagas lo que obtienes todo de mucha calidad y esto la gente no lo ve y para mí Bang of lufsen es un sonido audiofilo diga la gente lo que diga porque yo repito escucho diariamente muchísima música con este altavoz toda clase de música y siempre da la talla incluso con música dance de los 90 la aplicación para el estéreo va perfecta todo va perfecto mientras vayas actualizando, nunca tendrás problemas de nada estoy enamorado de este altavoz no tiene que envidiar nada a equipos estéreos, sobre todo en medios y agudos que su fuerte por la construcción del altavoz. Yo en mi casa tengo foca,elac , que suenen increíble tb pero el pequeñito no se queda atrás gracias desde Cataluña Barcelona espero respuesta de la pregunta que le hecho sería de agradecer. Gracias le sigo mucho. Un saludo.

Bought my first B&O today with the help of your video here! Wanted to try for the a9 but not at full price. Their website in the US had this emerge at 33% off so done deal 🎉
Excited to place this in my library reading area ❤

Could I plug 2 into my pc and get stereo with a 3.5 aux splitter for L/R? I read that without adding them to a multi speaker setup, there is no delay.

How would you compare this to the McIntosh RS150? Sound wise, of course. Thank you