Hi Ralf,

I would suggest trying Beolab 8000 as the speaker option in the menu, these have roughly similar sound characteristics to the Beolab 5000 wall speakers.  Don't forget to use fully-wired Powerlink mk.2 cables for these speakers:-

Hi Steve,

thanks for your Input.

Already got the cables - from YOU! 🤒

Ralf

Thanks Ralf!

These speaker setup - does it make any difference? Back in days with Beosound 2300/3000/3200 and so on, it was not possible to make speaker setup, only setup the bass, treble and loudness - just plug in the powerlink-cable!

Surely it does.

The system knows the capacities/characteristics of the speakers - in terms of latency, bas management to other speakers in the setup etc.

The newer BS (Essence/Core) has these choices in their setup procedure as well - but it is more important for a videosystem (with multiple speakers/5.1).

MM

If a TV is involved the TV needs to know where to send the signals - and what the speakers are capable of.

Ralf

Almost finished the Setup just to find out that the displays do not work anymore...

Took the same powerlink cable the was attached to the BS9000 before. 

Changed the switich to VIDEO on the Beolabs but no Information available.

Did B&O drop support of the displays with the Beovision 10?

On Beosystem 3 (based TVs) it worked.

Ralf

Hi Ralf,

Support for speaker displays was certainly dropped by the time Beovision 11/Beoplay V1 came out, although I can't recall if Beovision 10 supports it or not.  My guess is that this was dropped when Beosystem 3 stopped being included as the TV processor.

Kind regards, Steve.

I newer have set up speakers on my now sold BS Essence - I could not hear the difference. As I remembered it the sound was a bit worse. But I cannot try again, because I have sold it! :-D