Hi Adrian. You wrote that you have connected the BL28s over DPL to socket 3 on the Theatre. I might have misunderstood you but are you saying that you have connected the BL28 daisy chained to the socket named PL3? The sockets named PL1-4 are used for analog PowerLink, not Digital PowerLink (DPL). To connect your speakers with DPL you need to use the sockets that are only named 1 and/or 2, not the ones starting with PL_. I also started off with only BL28s and 6 months later got a Theatre. I initially connected the BL28s to the Theatre wired over PowerLink (analog). I had previously loved playing music on my BL28s, especially the pinpoint stereo imaging. However, after connecting them to the Theatre I noticed a clear downgrade in music quality, especially when it came to stereo imaging. The imaging became more “blurry”, not as detailed and accurate anymore. Even if I turned of bass management and played with Direct sound mode the imaging was clearly worse. Consequently I bypassed the Theatre and connected directly to the BL28s when I wanted to listen to music (when connected with analog PowerLink you can still see the BL28s as a speaker to connect to from the streaming apps). Though, a few months later I tried to wire my speakers over Digital PowerLink instead (each speaker directly to the sockets named 1 respectively 2, so not daisy chained). After that the detailed Imaging was back and the sound quality was identical to when I previously connected directly to the BL28. I tried the connections quite thoroughly and when I play a stereo signal with Direct sound mode the music sounds as great as before the Theatre. However, now I can choose to use bass management on or off, depending on what I prefer. I also have a set of BL8s as rear speakers and love playing music with a listening position that gives both the BL28s and BL8s the role as front L/R; gives a really room filling sound. So please check if you have the speakers connected to the socket named 1 or 2. If they are connected to PL3, disconnected the speakers in the app and then move the cable (assuming it is CAT7 cable), and after that connect them in the app again. If they are connected with thinner PowerLink cable I would disconnect them in the same way but connect them with wireless Digital PowerLink. Thereafter you will need to rerun the Listening Positions. In my case the bass gets a bit more controlled with bass mgmt ON, so could be worth trying that as well. Btw, were the calibration run on the BL28s before connecting them to the Theatre? I think that is preferable.

Hi Bill, it was an error on my explanation - they are in fact connected to the Digital power link port (port 1, which is 3 counting up) I daisy chain them to ensure it works when I expand my setup later down the line, and the CAT level of the cable doesnt really matter after 5 since it isn't carrying power, or have enough data to saturate a 1 Gbit bandwidth. ive resorted to deleting the room compensation profile for the beolab 28s alone, and now have a very central deep bass from the imagining. strangely enough, when I played with the toggle of temporarily disabling the room compensation, I noticed that it had also stripped a bit of the mid range, making them sound thinner. I have no issues with the quality during movies, but I think the room compensation through the beosound theater Mic was not giving me good readings?