Hello All,
A bit late but I have just noticed this post. I showed the Beocreate based system at Kegworth. I enjoyed the experience of exhibiting and would certainly encourage B&O enthusiasts to take a room at next years show. Sharing a room is probably a good idea as it gives you each a chance to visit other rooms during the day and you can share the job of setting up / breaking down and returning the room to normal at the end.
Just to clarify one point - I had two systems on show - both using DIY bookshelf speakers with active crossovers but the two sets of speakers were never playing at the same time. The stacking was really just to minimise the hassle of switching between - although it did cause some confusion during the day - perhaps using numbered tags as one exhibitor did would have been a good idea.
The first system, probably of most interest on this forum, used the Beocreate board, providing both the active crossover and the four amplifier channels. The speakers were approximately 4litre internal volume using a Scanspeak ring-radiator tweeter and a 4" Scanspeak midbass. These were in response to the Suitcase challenge - just how good can a system that fits within a suitcase sound? Anyone interested in the details of the build will find a thread on Hifiwigwam DIY section. At a push this system could fit in aircraft hand luggage.
If you came to Room 109 before about 14:30 you would have heard the Beocreate system playing. After this time, I switched to the other system, which used a Raspberry Pi ZeroW with an IQ Audio DAC, a MiniDSP 2x4HD active crossover, Arcam ampification and the "big bothers" of the other speakers - a Scanspeak 1" dome tweeter with a 5" Scanspeak midbass in a 10litre cabinet.
Glad to have stumbled across this forum - we have recently inherited a non-working Beocentre 1000 - from my late father-in-law and when the time comes later in the year I may avail of your expertise in getting this working again.
Robert
