Hello
If It can help you find my review after 1 month on the other b&o stage topic of the forum.
I think that 1st people should deeply think about what is their real need and what they want and what is the design of their living room.
Looks like more and more people are interested in a soundbar and then request for external sub, rear speaker, if I can use the soundbar as the center channel ?!!!!! What are they looking for ? A soundbar will never replace a real 7.1 or a pair of stereo speaker. Even ambeo will not replace a 7.1 system even if it does a great job to create a surround environment. When people say that they want rear speakers or a sub and that the soundbar is in a corner of living room and/or the living room is widely open and they did not understand why there is no rear effect or top effect with a coach stick to the tv....
But let's go back to the Stage.
I choose it because I listen to music more than watching movie and for music it's really good. But I did not expected better experience than my previous 5.1 system with B&W speakers.
For movie it's great as well with deep bass (it's not visceral) but it's really deep. I was looking for a soundbar without a sub and the Stage do it and I know that with my real 5.1 system with a sub it was better. But my choice was to remove all 5.1 system. With the Satage you are not going to be in the center of a bubble sound created by 7.1 system with plane above your head, bullet behind your head,... But in my living room Stage creat a sound bubble between the Tv and the coach and sound object moving in that bubble (horizontal and vertical). The sound is really larger than the Stage and or my TV 55'. The Stage for me do the job I was expected as a soundbar very well. My living room now is free of speakers, cable, ...
It's only my opinion and do respect for sure what other people looking for or dreams