Adding a subwoofer to current set-up

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Just when I thought I'd got there you tell me this :)

Grrrrr!

(thanks everyone for the help though).

 

 

 

I'd agree with stefan on that one.

Whether the BL2 will do the job only a test may prove!

 

Some people a concerned with power consumption or wear of their tv, which is ok.

IMO the use of the tv /the BV11 as the center of a B&O-setup (as intended from B&O) gives you much more possibilities of tuning the sound and of handling speaker groups and connected sources - not to mention the use of the BL12.2's in conjunction with the speakers of the tv for a more accurate listening experience when watching tv/movies.

 

Please let us know how you decide - and especially how the setup performes.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

elephant wrote:
stefan wrote:

 

Sure - will also work, and will make more sense in your setup, I think.

 

Stefan

 

 

Seems so.

 

 

Only word of warning is the BL2 has a reputation of being a good movie subwoofer, but I have read elsewhere that it is "flabby" when it comes to music.

 

 

Back to others for debate.

I know about that "reputation", and I don`t agree. As always, positioning is important, and the room takes a lot of influence, but after all it`s a very good speaker, and for it`s size, the best one I know.

I`m a proud owner of a BL2, that I used a lot of years for sound to picture and music in a front stereo setup with BL8000.

Years ago they had to go to rear stereo, when I got the BL5 for front L/R.

Stefan

Thanks.

 

Garethowen wrote:

Thanks.

Yes you can trust Stefan 😇

Hello again.

I'm still all over the place with this big decision :)

After you (some of you) put doubt in my mind about the BL3 I'm now considering a 19 (was always my first choice aesthetically anyway :)

The easiest way to add one of these would be:

- Connect the bola 19 into one of the essence's PL sockets

- Connect one of the 12.2s to the other essence PL socket

- Daisy chain the second 12.2 from the first 12.2

- Daisy chain the bolab 3s from the second 12.2 (with a splitter)

Simple?

But then some guy in a B&O shop (possible expert, possible chancer) told me that daisy chaining was a bad idea as it weakened the signal/would cause issues.

Is this true, or is my genius (joking) daisy chaining idea above going to work/be fine?

Thanks again!

Gareth.

 

I'd say, that it depends on the lenght of the cables.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Thanks MM.

The longest is 10 meters (I think).

 

I have used standard length B&O cables to daisy chain for years and not had a problem.

Make sure to use the correct version - I once had non-Mark 3 cables in the wrong part of the chain and got hiss - so I swapped a NL 1 link for a NL 3 link and voila hiss gone.

And as it was me 😈 that sowed the seed about the BL2 which I have never owned I urge you to listen to Stefan 😇 who has

Thanks :)

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