This is only an imagination project for now but I thought I share my ideas because BL5 owners will get replacement parts issues in the future.
one of my BL5’s has intermittent themal protection issues and the frequency of the issue is increasing, because the spare parts seem to get out of stock in the (near) future I have been looking at other ways to keep using this magnificent speaker.
in another thread I saw that the main board basically consists of a power supply, the central DSp unit and 4 separate ICE modules, these seem to be the standard 1000a and 250a ICE modules which I have bought in the past for custom applications.
so the power supply is repairable or replaceabke,
the Ice modules are still being manufactured and can be purchased for PA applications but they are exactly the same as the ones in the BL5: link
The DSP and crossover part is not something you can buy or easy make your self but technically you should be able to swap it with a Minidsp 4 way crossover and use dirac live for room correction.
altough this will be quite a hassle from cabling point of s would theoretically convert the speaker in to a Beolab 5 looking speaker with many of the Beolab 50 functionality and room adjustments.
any one ever considered this?
