Beolab 5 (BL5) Into the present Streaming world

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NilsW (archived2)
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Posted January 12, 2020 at 17:05 GMT
#2131883

Hi Guys,

Want your undisputed deep B&O knowledge

I'm an old Beo enthusiast and have still a couple of Beolab 3's , 8000's and 2000's paired with Sonos connects (thanks to Steve at Sounds Heavenly) . However I also have a "Music room" where I like to have a HiFi set-up, during the years I have have had HiFi separates, but now I have a pair of Devialet Phantoms, when they work they are ok, but they have a lot of software bugs, I have been keeping my eye for a used pair of Beolab 50's ( BL50's) but they seem to also suffer form software bugs, and don't want to have more of the same.

Anyway, looking to buy a pair of used BL5's and I will hook them ( already bought) up to a NAD C 658 which is a Streamer / DAC / Room Correction ( Dirac Live) / Pre-Amp https://www.crutchfield.com/S-TbKNWRqROWW/p_745C658/NAD-C-658.html

Have talked read all I can find in here in regards of hooking up the BL5's to non-BeO equipment and also got confirmed that there is no detectable difference between using the BL5's analog or digital. 

Humble Questions to U Gurus:

Remote control:

Will the Beo4 Remote be the best way to control the BL5's volume and On/Off ( I love to have auto on/off but that seem not possible with BL5's) heard to use fixed out on the NAD. However as most of the stuff is used via the Apps Tidal / Roon / and  they have Volume control built in and that is kind of handy, and If I could something like the Beo Essence big dial remote would be preferred 

BL5's versions:

is there any other significant difference between the older +2004 and the later ones with PIN Code in build or sound ? 

Thank you in advance

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romgmz (archived2)
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Posted November 26, 2020 at 19:05 GMT
#2131884

I know I’m super late to the party but in case you haven’t figured it out yet this is what worked for me.
Basically I wanted to do the same as you but I end up getting the Beosound core paired with a Cambridge magic DAC plus (to have more inputs) and the setup works like a charm. I also have the essence remote paired via Bluetooth to the Beosound core. The auto on/off is controlled by the Beosound core without problems because it is basically controlling the BL5 with a B&O equipment. I’m running a digital cable from the DAC to the BL5 and a DIN cable/adapter that I got from ‘Sounds Heavenly’ that lets you connect old equipment with new equipment thus controlling the on/off functions.

 

I hope this helps!

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