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Amazon Alexa and the question: How you listen to music today
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Hi,
I was thinking the same thing, I just bought a dot, a small one. I will probably hate the sound, (comming per mail tomorrow) to integrate with my new Beolink gateway comming in 2 weeks. I want to integrate them with my kitchen Beolab 4000 which are currently on an active kit. Can I use a simple Bluetooth receiver on it or shall I get the Core. Not really happy to bet a Core after reading some posts.i have also an NL/ML coverter hanging but not using it, but after the post that it was discontonued I purchased one the same day. I can use this as an active kit but what about bluetooth.
A shame B&O does not make a smart speaker however you can use bluetooth speakers for sound, I just want my beolabs 4000 to as I do not want an additional speaker on my countertop.
Thanks Chucky
I have both my Beolab 5000 system and Beomaster 4401 with echo dots attached. Sound very good . Also have a couple of echos floating about - useful for the radio and also information. Completely sold on them. I didn't find that they were that good straight into Beolabs though - the gain seemed not quite right.
My B&O Icons:
I have a beolit 17 as wel, I will try that first however the most time I spend is in the kitchen sitting, and although the beolit is ok it does not sound the same as the bl 4000. I will try and post a picture Login to view image
I have 200 records and 300+ CDs so my primary way of listening is via my hifi system (McIntosh/BS900/BL1s) or connected headphones. It took me a while to get used to get up and change sides of a record (had not done that in probably 20 years). But now I enjoy the break, listening to an entire record, remembering over time where the scratches are. It gives character and it is nice to see the spinning record. The CDs on the BS9000 are also beautiful to look at. I have 96k/192K sitting on my Mac streaming through the system, but the visual is not there and for me I prefer the physical media. It is like making espresso on a olympia express machine (which I have). I have an echo that I received as a present and I really used for the weather d will use it for lights - I cant imagine using it for music.
But I am in deeply in the minority I realize.
Got it working however not really easy. Got some info from the old beoforum from aussie. He says to use a cable 0898126. It is probably one from beolink to minijack. I have a few beolink active kits and the last one I purchased needed to be with sw 1.6 in order to work with my to be soon comming gateway. The one in the kitchen does not react to the pc command and it jitters. (You connect it to the PC port of you active kit) it is probably an old one. It sometimes poefs as well. This cable is not perfect but it works I will get a good one. Soundwise maybe better than apple tv or apple airport express, I have one connected to bv7 and one to a BS 3000. Sounds ok but a cd is a mile difference.Wil a playmaker improve the sound?Tx!
Who can help me out? I have beolabs 4000 in the kitchen and I want alexa to play spotify on the radio. The active kit is to old and I am having trouble getting a new one with 1.6 sw. I still have a NL ML Converter lying around so I want to hook it up. MM says that a playmaker improves sound however how do I hook it up on the NL/ML converter?From line in NL ML CONVERTER to line in Playmaker? In need the speakers also in my normal ML Setup to play the BS 3000 so they need to be connected to the NL ML Converter as this is in my masterlink setup. How do I connect the alexa dot, I have only 1 line in...Tx!
The NL/ML Converter has a line-in connection (this means that you can hear, what is connected there, through the connected BL’s).
Connecting an Echo Dot there is a standart procedure - as described here:
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
N.B. ‘then connect the Dot to the Playmaker as described....
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Tx MMOrdered cables and bidding on a playmaker from Marktplaats.Let’s see if a playmaker makes a difference to an airport express!
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