Beosystem 3

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Hi!

can the owners of beosystem 3 ( or anybody else) explain me the advantages of changing my ROTEL RSX 1057 receiver with a beosystem 3? ( beside spending a large amount of cash :))

My system: - ROTEL RSX 1057

- Samsung 50" plasma

- wdtv live hub

- denon 2930 dvd player

- panasonic blu-ray player

- cable box

- 2 beolab 8000's and 4 beolab 6000's

Thanks!

Liviu

 

Masterlink

PUC - use Beo 4 to control your devices

Easiest integration of your Beolabs

Maybe advanced video processing (which I doubt)

Ralf

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beoplay-V1.png Beoplay-V1.png
Beoplay-H95.png Beoplay-H95.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096 Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55 Home Office: BeoVision 11-46, 4 x Beolab 3, BeoCenter 9300 (BLC 1611/ML/NL) Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted) Dart Room: BeoPlay V1-40 on floor stand Guest Room: BeoVision 7-40 MK IV, Beolab 7-2, BeoSound Ouverture

kallasr wrote:
Masterlink

 

 

PUC - use Beo 4 to control your devices

 

 

Easiest integration of your Beolabs

 

 

Maybe advanced video processing (which I doubt)

 

 

Ralf

 

Ralf,

1. masterlink - I don't know what to do with :)

2.PUC - beo4 - I am using a Logiteh Harmony one which works great, I am curios if beo4 or beo 6 ( maybe) can be programmed as my logiteh

3. easiest integration of beolabs - for sure , but spending such amount of money only for this?

4.advanced video processing - ?? - I am quite happy with my image...

Masterlink: integrate B&O Videdo and Audio sources and distribute in your house (via cables).

I prefer several stand-alone units...

Ralf

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beoplay-V1.png Beoplay-V1.png
Beoplay-H95.png Beoplay-H95.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096 Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55 Home Office: BeoVision 11-46, 4 x Beolab 3, BeoCenter 9300 (BLC 1611/ML/NL) Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted) Dart Room: BeoPlay V1-40 on floor stand Guest Room: BeoVision 7-40 MK IV, Beolab 7-2, BeoSound Ouverture

So, all in all, beosystem 3 is not a big improvement over stand alone units non B&O. ( letting alone 7000 euros :))

Well, we used to have a Beosystem 2 (non HD).

Loved the Beo 4 integrateion!

But that is just too much for this alone...

Ralf

 

PS: Tried Lintronic, too - but we did no like the way it worked with our AVR (esp. volume changing).

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beoplay-V1.png Beoplay-V1.png
Beoplay-H95.png Beoplay-H95.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096 Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55 Home Office: BeoVision 11-46, 4 x Beolab 3, BeoCenter 9300 (BLC 1611/ML/NL) Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted) Dart Room: BeoPlay V1-40 on floor stand Guest Room: BeoVision 7-40 MK IV, Beolab 7-2, BeoSound Ouverture

Ralf,

I am using a Harmony One Logitech Universal Remote. Works great and you can customize all your actions.

Not so sexy as Beo 6 but more ergonomic and very easy to setup your actions.

Maybe those who control lights, curtains,etc really need beo 4/5/6....or Lintronic.

I think I'll go for the triggered cables and stay with my system instead of beosystem 3.

Liviu

Beosystem 3 excels when using two displays (plasma and projector).  Very few people seem to do this though.

beopaul wrote:

Beosystem 3 excels when using two displays (plasma and projector).  Very few people seem to do this though.

Best $7000 HDMI splitter you can get ;-)

CheapB wrote:

Best $7000 HDMI splitter you can get ;-)

I do use different sound fields for the plasma and the projector, since they're not in the same location.  I think I'm one of the very few people who are actually using this capability though. I don't know of anything else that will do this, and is the final killer feature that made me settle on the BS3.

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