Hiort wrote:

It is a "multiroom speaker" as long as you use Chromecast or Airplay.

Or put two in each room and switch it on manually 😁 This is not how it should be marketed, its a shame imo. But bigger things to worry about. Keep healthy everybody!

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Hiort wrote:

It is a "multiroom speaker" as long as you use Chromecast or Airplay.

Or put two speakers in each room and select it manually 😁 it is not multiroom as it should be. Still a b.. shame imo. But bigger things to worry about these days. Keep healthy everybody!

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w5bno123 wrote:

As a rule of thumb we decided to only stock the GVA variants in our Ealing showroom and order the non GVA version when requested. FYI we have stock of the Balance which is now very limited or not available until the end of April.

 

 

Regards

 

 

Stuart

 

B&O Ealing

Good idea, considering you can just turn the mic off if you don't want it to pick up on your voice and then you can still use it to multiroom (not the beolink / network link multiroom). 

Aussie Michael wrote:

Good idea, considering you can just turn the mic off if you don't want it to pick up on your voice and then you can still use it to multiroom (not the beolink / network link multiroom). 

I can confirm that it works.

Steve at Sounds Heavenly wrote:

Hi MM,

Yes, that is a good point, I will be doing some further tests very soon to confirm the best for use with a non-B&O TV via optical.  I'm just waiting for a call back from B&O Technical regarding minimum latency settings.

For stereo pairing, B&O have told me prior to the launch that you can cable into one speaker (analogue audio or optical) and then wirelessly link the second speaker.  In this case, the speakers would be placed either side of the TV.

Using a single speaker directly in front/below the TV would be interesting, as this appears to have the capability to give some measure of stereo spread from a single point.....again, further tests to follow asap.

Kind regards, Steve.

I had confirmation from my dealer that the line-in on the Balance is for audio sources only and cannot be used to use the Balance as a TV speaker, I have tried it with a toslink to digital audio cable and it doesn't work

Hi,

The product spec. sheet on B&O's website (page 2 of the PDF) confirms that the Balance has a combined analogue audio and optical input via the 3.5mm jack:-

Steve at Sounds Heavenly wrote:

Hi,

The product spec. sheet on B&O's website (page 2 of the PDF) confirms that the Balance has a combined analogue audio and optical input via the 3.5mm jack:-

link

It may be worth checking the optical signal format that you are sending to the Balance if you aren't able to get this to work.

Kind regards, Steve.

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the update and information, what should the optical signal format to the Balance be do you know and how do I check or adjust this?

I assume it has to be done from the TV?

Stay safe all.

suneetjulka wrote:

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the update and information, what should the optical signal format to the Balance be do you know and how do I check or adjust this?

I assume it has to be done from the TV?

Stay safe all.

PCM up to 2 channels.

The speaker will not be able to decode (and play) any Dolby Digital format.

Set the output to PCM, not to Auto.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

suneetjulka wrote:

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the update and information, what should the optical signal format to the Balance be do you know and how do I check or adjust this?

I assume it has to be done from the TV?

Stay safe all.

PCM up to 2 channels.

The speaker will not be able to decode (and play) any Dolby Digital format.

Set the output to PCM, not to Auto.

MM

Hi...

Thanks for the advice.

I set it to PCM and it still doesn't work for me.

I hope this can be fixed by a software update or something?

Kind regards,

Suneet