Beosound Premiere Review: The Spatial Audio Soundbar That Changes How Your Room Sounds
The Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar is Bang & Olufsen’s boldest statement in home cinema yet. It doesn’t ask to blend in. It doesn’t hide under your television. It sits in front of it, sculptural, precise, and completely impossible to ignore.
Most soundbars are a compromise. You buy one because you want better sound than your TV’s built-in speakers, you place it in the room, and it does a decent enough job. The Beosound Premiere is not that kind of product. It is a spatial audio soundbar built for people who have stopped accepting decent.
This is what a hundred years of Danish audio engineering looks like when it stops holding back.
Design: Aluminium Cast as a Single Piece
The Beosound Premiere is cast from a single piece of pure aluminium at Bang & Olufsen’s Factory 5 in Struer, pearl-blasted to achieve a matte satin finish. No seams. No joints. No visible compromise in the manufacturing process.
At the centre of the Beosound Premiere is one of its most striking design elements: the upward-firing driver. It is not just a technical necessity, it symbolises Bang & Olufsen’s engineering craftsmanship. The top is perforated with 1,925 precision-milled holes, which serve both as an acoustic opening and as an aesthetic signature, a tribute to the year Bang & Olufsen was founded.
The brand has taken a different approach from most soundbars by leaving the ten speaker drivers exposed rather than hidden under a grille. The drivers are part of the design. Inside the soundbar are 90 responsive LEDs that illuminate the product with an ethereal glow, changing with the user’s preferences.
Three aluminium finishes are available: Natural Aluminium, Gold Tone, and Black Anthracite. Optional front covers in oak, dark oak, or grey mélange fabric let you adapt the look to your room or leave the bar fully exposed, the way it was designed to be seen.
Sound: 10 Drivers, 580 Watts, One Soundbar
The Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar is powered by a driver configuration that most standalone units simply cannot match.
Inside sit ten custom-engineered drivers, each with its own dedicated amplifier, delivering a combined output of 580 watts. The configuration includes four 3-inch racetrack drivers, two 2-inch side-firing units, two 2-inch front-firing units, one 0.8-inch tweeter, and a central 1.5-inch up-firing driver.
Each amplifier delivers 70 watts to the woofers and 50 watts to the other drivers, with a maximum output of 102 dB at 1 metre, covering a frequency range from 32 Hz to 23 kHz.
What this means in a real room: bass that physically pressurises the space without needing a separate subwoofer. Dialogue that locks to the screen at any volume. Height information that genuinely comes from above you.
EQ listening modes- Movie, Music, TV, Game, and Night, are individually tuned for their respective sources. There is also scope to build custom EQs with channel bias controls in the Bang & Olufsen app.
Wide Stage Technology: B&O’s Biggest Audio Innovation
This is the feature that separates the Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar from everything else in its category.
At the core of its performance is Bang & Olufsen’s new Wide Stage Technology, a proprietary signal-processing system developed specifically for the Beosound Premiere. It creates the illusion of added external speakers by expanding the soundstage both horizontally and vertically, making the soundbar’s physical limits disappear. All ten drivers work in sync to generate a spacious, room-filling presentation that feels cinematic yet controlled.
This is paired with integrated 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos decoding and B&O’s custom True Image up- and downmixing algorithm.
The result is a soundstage that feels architectural, like audio coming from the walls and ceiling, not a bar sitting on your furniture.
One important note: DTS decoding is not supported in any form. DTS content must be decoded on the player or TV and sent to the soundbar as multichannel PCM up to 7.1 channels. Worth knowing before you set up.
Connectivity: Every Input That Matters
The Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar covers both wired and wireless connections comprehensively.
Wired: HDMI eARC with 4K 120FPS and 8K 60FPS passthrough with CEC input, analogue audio via USB-C, and a 3-port Gigabit Ethernet switch — one port dedicated to LG OLED TV integration.
Wireless: Dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4/5GHz, Wi-Fi 6 capable) and Bluetooth 5.4.
Streaming: AirPlay 2, Bluetooth, Spotify Connect, TIDAL Connect, Deezer HiFi, and Beolink Multiroom are all supported. Every major platform is covered. If it’s in your library, it plays on the Premiere.
Beolink Surround: Start With One, Build From There
The Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar is designed to grow with you.
It functions as a standalone soundbar connected via HDMI eARC, or as the anchor of a larger Beolink Surround system, allowing wireless addition of extra Bang & Olufsen speakers or subwoofers for a full Dolby Atmos cinema experience.
Buy the Premiere now. Add surrounds and a subwoofer later. Nothing needs to be replaced, the system expands around what you already own.
Sustainability: Built to Last, Not to be Replaced
The Beosound Premiere is Cradle to Cradle Certified Bronze, meaning it is designed not only to perform but also to be repairable, upgradeable, and recyclable.
In a category that produces enormous amounts of electronic waste, this is a meaningful commitment. The Premiere is an object worth investing in because it is built to stay.
Should You Buy the Beosound Premiere Spatial Audio Soundbar?
The Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar is not for everyone and it doesn’t try to be.
It is for the person who already has a good television and knows the audio doesn’t match it. It is for the home cinema enthusiast who has tried conventional soundbars and kept feeling like something was missing. It is for the design-conscious buyer who refuses to let an audio product make a room look worse.
Put the Beosound Premiere in a room and it makes that room better, visually and acoustically. The Wide Stage Technology, the 580-watt driver array, the Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 decoding, the single-piece aluminium body, it all works together toward a single goal: making whatever you’re watching or listening to feel completely real.
The Beosound Premiere scores 82/100 across expert reviews, consistently praised for its bold design, Wide Stage spatial performance, and premium build quality. That consensus reflects what you will experience in a listening room.
Verdict: 9.5 / 10. The finest spatial audio soundbar we’ve had in the store. A room centrepiece that earns its place.
Natural Aluminium, Gold Tone, and Black Anthracite available. Optional fabric and wood front covers. Official manufacturer warranty. GST-compliant invoice. Ships across India. Price on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Beosound Premiere spatial audio soundbar?
The Beosound Premiere is Bang & Olufsen’s mid-range spatial audio soundbar, featuring 10 individually amplified drivers, 580 watts of total output, Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 decoding, and patent-pending Wide Stage Technology, all housed in a single-piece aluminium chassis cast at B&O’s factory in Denmark.
What is Wide Stage Technology on the Beosound Premiere?
Wide Stage Technology is a proprietary signal-processing system that creates the illusion of added external speakers by expanding the soundstage both horizontally and vertically. It works alongside the multi-directional driver layout to deliver genuine spatial audio from a single unit, without requiring rear speakers.
How many drivers does the Beosound Premiere have?
Ten custom-engineered drivers, each with a dedicated amplifier, four 3-inch racetrack drivers, two 2-inch side-firing units, two 2-inch front-firing units, one 0.8-inch tweeter, and a central 1.5-inch up-firing driver, delivering a combined 580 watts.
Does the Beosound Premiere support Dolby Atmos?
Yes. The Beosound Premiere decodes Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 natively, supporting Dolby TrueHD and all Dolby Digital formats. Note that DTS is not decoded directly and must be converted to PCM at source.
What streaming services work with the Beosound Premiere?
AirPlay 2, Bluetooth, Spotify Connect, TIDAL Connect, Deezer HiFi, and Beolink Multiroom are all natively supported. HDMI eARC handles TV audio passthrough with full 8K capability.
Can I expand the Beosound Premiere to a full surround sound system?
Yes. Using Beolink Surround, additional Bang & Olufsen speakers or subwoofers can be added wirelessly to create a complete Dolby Atmos multi-channel setup. The Premiere is designed as the foundation of a scalable system.
What finishes does the Beosound Premiere come in?
Three aluminium finishes are available, Natural Aluminium, Gold Tone, and Black Anthracite with optional front covers in oak, dark oak, or grey mélange fabric.


