Hi shoutj74,

sorry for confusing you - but there indeed are many options and decitions to make.

Most of "us" have struggled with these questions for years to find the solution that is best (for us).

As I wrote above: if you are into MAC stick to ALAC!

In your case I would - for a start - consider connecting the Playmaker to a line-in of the Denon UD-M31 (which I am sure it has).

All you will need is a RJ-Powerlink to Phono-female cable. You can get t from a B&O-dealer or from Steve from Sounds Heavenly.

This way you can - in that room - use AirPlay, DLNA and even have a spare line-in port on the PM through your mini-system.

Happy experimenting 🙂

P.S. But  - in any case - be sure to rip to a losless format (ALAC or FLAC). 

Greetings Millemissen

shoutj74 wrote:

This is so confusing, but as I am in an all Apple environment and do not currently have any issues decompressing and streaming ALAC which I understand to be give or take the same quality as FLAC, I think I will stick with the Apple solution at the moment.

I didn't mean to confuse with all the geekiness. Do stick to ALAC if you're on a Mac - it's the best choice for that.  FLAC and ALAC are the exact same quality audiowise as wav or aif: It's lossless. You loose absolutely nothing. And if you at a later date feel like going to Windows, you can, without loss, make those ALAC files into FLAC or WMA Lossless without any loss of quality whatsoever. 

shoutj74 wrote:

itially I thought that for that considering how much all this is costing, I should keep some sort of CD player in the loop for best quality playback, but some of the forums I have read suggest that a DAC in a basic hi-fi system wont be as good as the digital stream all the way to the ICE amps in the BV9 and that ALAC could actually be better in this regard.  I suppose if needs must I could always slam a CD into the Sammy BluRay which will be in the configuration....so many options...

Don't worry about it. Use a cd drive to rip your music and be done with it once and for all. If someone comes with a cd for you to hear, rip that too before listening to it.

As promised it all went in today and so far so good.  I didn't realize that the wall bracket was still actually a hinge which means I can still easily get to the rear of the system if need be.  I haven't really started playing with the settings much yet but have worked out how to use the BV11 speakers, the BL9 speakers or both together and the decoding is great.  Watching Yellowstone BlueRay the centre channel works lovely for the narration and detail with the BL9 immersing the sound stage with orchestration and bass.  Really beyond what I have experienced with any full surround sound system setup.

rxcohen, did you ever get to the bottom of the LED backlight issue? I've had my BV11-55 for one week now and have exactly the same LED stripes at oth sides when using webmedia - very noticeable on the YouTube app when it's busy loading a video since it's essentially a black screen with the timer n the middle.

Curious whether it's 'normal' or whether I need to have it looked at.

Hi Berlin...was told by dealer that this is normal operation. Must say a bit disappointed with it but over time it has become less of an issue and I don't pay attention to it. I also found that with the room in total darkness these issues are more troublesome. With some ambient light it seems to remove some of it in movies. Interesting enough I was watching the film The Master last week, and in one scene the background wall behind a character kept on changing brightness (a different problem).  In conclusion there are some quirks with the TV which I hope could be solved via software over time.

Hi Guys, I think I have noticed the backlight issue once, but it didn't last long enough for me to experiment with it.  It was a widescreen movie from the 80's and at the top left of the screen there was about 40cm of dashed white light.  However, I am wondering now having played with the TV settings a bi whether or not this is simply the cropping/overscan setting which I have tweaked a bit since on some BlueRays it was almost like the TV was running out of information at the edges and they were sort of blurred for a couple of mm.  I think the cropping/overscan setting was 10 when I got to it and I have now set it to 12 just to tidy the edges up.

I also noticed once some strange 'effects' though with a black crow hopping on snow from the Yellowstone Documentary flashing from a completely black silhouette, almost cartoon light, to something looking like a crow with some feather texture.  I am thinking this must be something to do with the active image brightness control and the fact that the TV can locally dim up to 16 different areas.  On the other hand, revisiting Brokeback Mountain (no pun intended!) last night some of the mountain scenes at night were so well resolved it was amazing.  I don't think it would have appeared as good as it did at a digital cinema.

That's why I'd probably go for a bv7 55 over the bv11 despite it being more advanced , the backlight is a serious problem on the 11 , all led edge tvs I've seen suffer from it. It's awful. The local dimming on the 7 55 is much better. 

OLED will remove the whole backlight problem , maybe it's worth waiting for that ?

rob08 wrote:

I have the same issue with my BV11-55. Most noticeable when credits roll or when using Apple TV and the thing spins in the middle of the screen in white on black background. In movies or tv shows I have yet to notice it though. But I really really hope B&O can fix it via SW

No, that's not possible. It's not a software issue, it's a hardware problem - the way the backlighting has been arranged.

I have been playing around with my new 11-40 for some time now. All in all I am quite satisfied but there are some drawbacks aswell. Here are my thoughts:

FirstIy, I ordered some Bosscom RJ45 to powerlink cables over the internet for connecting my Lab 9's. However these cables make an awful loud buzzing noise when connected! I then had to buy the genuine B&O cables. Luckily I got some discount from my dealer. This is just an advise about the bosscom cables.

Another similar problem occurs when I try to hook up my BeoCenter 2 to the set up. I have not ordered the ML/NL converter as I thought I could just plug the powerlink cables directly from the socket unit to the speakers and at the same time having RJ45 to Powerlink cables leading from the television to the other input of the speaker. However again this results in some quite loud buzzing. When disconnecting one of the inputs the buzzing stops immediately. All cables are genuine B&O. Anyone know of a solution to this problem?

My greatest concern is about the gaming performance of the television. Going from the 8-40, the Vision 11 is quite a big disappointment. I find the picture in the gaming profile muddy and grainy compared to the 8-40. Picking up where I left in Tomb Raider on the old 8, I almost thought I was playing a whole different game with downgraded graphics. Unsharp image, dull colours and then the, as far as I can tell, quite noticeable input lag. The difference between the regular picture mode and gaming mode is redicoulous. On the 8-40 there was merely a change at all. I guess I can live with it, but I must say that I did not expect that the picture quality would be beaten by a 4-year old LCD-panel in gaming mode 😮

Blu-ray on the other hand is a whole different story. Here, the 11 just crushes the 8! I was very pleased with the movie performance on the 8. Going to the stores and looking at sets from Samsung, Pana etc, I still found the 8 to be on par or even better than most current models. With that in mind I had not expected to be blown away by the 11 - but now I am. My god, is the picture crisp and clear 😉 Playing the ever wonderful 1994 Léon on blu-ray was a fantastic experience. Unbelievable crisp picture with deep black levels and stunning detail - wow!

Sound wise the Vision 11 also beats my previous Beovision, by far! The center channel is much, much improved with loud and clear voices. This was a very big issue on the 8. And together with the tweaking options for external speakers, my Lab 9's did a much greater job of providing a cinematic experience. One word about the audio: Astonishing! 

So far my thoughts of the Beovision 11-40