The Beomaster has all the hardware necesssary. They can add the new link system just by software if theyw want. Let's cross finger!
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Beosound 5 specs
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wonderfulelectric:
I thought will the new CEO, B&O will march into the whole high end vision and audio territory.
I would imagine that this would have been in advanced stages when the new CEO came in? way too late to step in and make changes..
Nah.... hardware changes to an electronic only takes a fews days to a few weeks nowadays. A home-brewed version of a Beosound 5 may only take a week to make, minus that scrolling wheel of course.
wonderfulelectric:
Nah.... hardware changes to an electronic only takes a fews days to a few weeks nowadays.
No they don't!
If you are unlucky enough to need to change the "wrong" component, I have known certain parts to be on a 39 week leadtime (yes 39 weeks, it is not a typo)!
What about the quality of sound? Too many "engadget like guys" talk about bs5 without an idea of the quality of sound... I love Apple iphone and ipod touch, but i don't think the apple touch is a real hi fi system... so, we need to see and hear it in flesh to talk about the new stuff... just listen for example the monster duo... beolab 5 + beosound 5...
To be completely fair, I imagine the sound is just as good as the Beocenter 2 and BS9000 especially if the files are stored as lossless or very high bit rate if compressed. You cannot really make it better as the sound is coming from the original CD and if using the digital out of the BC2 and BS9000 with Beolab 5s, there is nothing you can really do except mess around with the sound! So will it sound better than CD? No, because at present it cannot! I suppose the DAC in it could be particularly good so using it with non digital speakers may have an advantage.
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Is the dac in the beosound 5 better than in the beosound 9000?
Is the pre-amp better in the beosound 5 than in the beosound 9000?
A little digging later - the DAC is an AD1852. If any of you are interested in the specs, you can find them here! Seems to be reasonably respected though the AD1853 and AD1865 , though both being phased out, and AD1955 seem to generate the most praise. It is a multi-purpose chip capable of working in both DVD and CD scenarios.
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The DAC in the BS9000 is the TDA1305 which is the same as is used in the Naim CD5. Not sure about the BC2 as I cannot find a circuit diagram!!
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