suneetjulka wrote:

I already have an optical audio cable from my old speaker system (which has the D shaped ends but also has connectors/adapters that would allow it to go into a 3.5mm port such as on the balance), is this all I need?

Hi,

I would definitely test whether the cable is still ok. Optical cables can be sensitive ... if they are bent unnoticed, they may no longer work. One of the connections could also be damaged or dirty. I would try it out with a new cable.

For me it worked flawlessly at the first try. Definitely not a software issue.

 

Ulrike wrote:

suneetjulka wrote:

I already have an optical audio cable from my old speaker system (which has the D shaped ends but also has connectors/adapters that would allow it to go into a 3.5mm port such as on the balance), is this all I need?

Hi,

I would definitely test whether the cable is still ok. Optical cables can be sensitive ... if they are bent unnoticed, they may no longer work. One of the connections could also be damaged or dirty. I would try it out with a new cable.

For me it worked flawlessly at the first try. Definitely not a software issue.

 

 

Or just like that :)

See if the toslink mini jack lights up red when the TV is switched on.

If not, either the cable, its connection, or the TV's connection is damaged.

 

TOSLINK (2ch) should work via the jack- Line-In input section. It's a similar layout to any other Multiroom Product in Flex category. The TOSLINK is also volume regulated, meaning that you can control the volume from balance, even if the TV sends full scale signal (as most TVs tend to).

It would best to check with another device just for a sanity check, that the sound comes out from the optical as expected. Hope that helps :)

mbolo01 wrote:

Ulrike wrote:

Bang & Olufsen always found a way to ensure that a product in the customer's home is preserved and functions for a long time

Not true for the BS Moment unfortunately 🙁

I guess that's why they called it the Moment.

 

andy_js wrote:

I guess that's why they called it the Moment.

😁😁

Duels wrote:

Should have been called the Beosound Never

When playing Deezer via Chromecast the ‘HiFi’- logo disappears in the Deezer app. Does this mean the Balance is unable to play in the highest HiFi quality? I am not having same issue with streaming via Chromecast to Essence and Core - here the HiFi logo remains on.

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Giraffe

Somewhere in this thread I believe I read that the Balance project was conceived 2 years ago.  This is consistent with my supposition when I first read about about the balance:  it's a response to Apple's HomePod.

HomePod took technology from the BL 90 and packaged it into a small, free-standing cylinder-shaped multi-room loudspeaker.  It features 7 tweeters in beam-forming array, each with its own amplifier.  An internal microphone measures room response and the speaker corrects the bass.  It can be voice controlled.  Buy two and you can configure a stereo system.  Etc.

No one's going to argue that the HomePod is the equal of the BL 90, (as no one would anyone argue that the BS Balance is its equal).  But HomePod, given the technology deployed and Apple's market presence, could only have delivered an unpleasant wake-up call in Struer.

The HomePod premiered at ~ $500 / speaker, less expensive now that there are rumors of an imminent 2nd edition.  The Balance is $2250 / speaker.

To be clear:  I love the brand; I hope the Balance can help carry them through this rough patch.

No, the HomePod premiered at $349/speaker.  Reduced to $299 in April 2019.  As of the Balance's release date, it was on sale at retailer Best Buy for $199. Today, Apple employees can buy one to work-at-home for $149.50.

HomePods are not nearly as residentially pretty as the Balance, nor do they have as natural-sounding bass, nor line-in.  Their location-awareness is forced automatic and not direct-able like the Balance.  Their singular misfeature is that you *must* create an Apple Home account and verify yourself via phone for mandatory 2-factor authentication, even if all you want to do is use them as AirPlay(2) speakers.  But at less than 1/10 the price of the Balance, they aren't too shabby-looking or -sounding! (Versus, e.g., the Sonos speakers which are rather plain.)

I too hope that Balance sells well, but I will be buying 2 HomePods and a Beosound Stage instead.  (Well, unless B&O raises its price, which they keep doing like clockwork despite every other electronics item decreasing in price over the past decade.)  I like the way Balance looks but just cannot escape my drive for value.