Beolab 3 with Beolab 2 - any good? And how would they connect to Playmaker or Beosound 4?

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Nagraboy (archived2)
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Posted February 14, 2014 at 23:43 GMT
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I've been very much enjoying my new Beolab 3 speakers partnered with the Beosound 4 unit for the last few weeks.  I've plugged an Arcam airDAC into it to give me Airplay for Spotify and extra digital inputs for TV/Blu-Ray player.

However, I'm now wondering about adding the great-looking Beolab 2 sub to this setup.  Would anyone have any advice on this combination?  Visually they seem a great match but I'm wondering what people think of them together sound-wise?

If I did go for the Beolab 2, how would it connect to the Beosound 4?  And if I got a B&O Playmaker (and used the BS4 elsewhere), how would it connect to that?  I notice it has different output sockets from the Beosound 4...

I'd be very interested to hear owners views on these issues.

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beowild (archived2)
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Posted February 27, 2014 at 16:18 GMT
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Hi Nagraboy

We also have this combination in our main room connected to an older BM7000. It fits optical and sound-wise. The sub in the main room even betters  the sound of the small canton speakers in the adjacent kitchen connected by master control link.

The combination of BL3 and BL2 seems to me the best pure b&o 2.1 setting at the time for people who don't like large speakers in their homes (you always can hide the rather large BL2.

As BL2 is doing the filtering, you have to connect the BL3 through BL2 to the music system. Don't worry about the different sockets as you will find adapters.

Best regards

David

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Millemis
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Posted February 28, 2014 at 09:02 GMT
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Hi Nagraboy,

please notice that if you want to ditch the Arcam DAC, you will have no digital-input for your tv/bluray.

Most modern tv's haven't got an analog-out.

The Playmaker has no digital-in (only an analog).

 

N.B. The speakers connections on the Playmaker are PowerLink, but with a different plug.

You can get an adapter for that, if you need it for the BL3/2 combo.

 

MM

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