We both use Cat7 PL cables, I have no idea about brands on mine as they are generic but they works well.
btw this is what mr G, our speaker god had to say about what and why and how this works:
''In a normal operating mode (meaning, that the speaker is not running its room compensation measurements, for example... You're just sitting and listening to music...):
- If the input signal is analogue: The two audio channels are converted to 192/24 PCM by the 2-channel ADC in the Master loudspeaker. These two audio channels are both sent to the DSP in the Master loudspeaker and the DSP in the Slave speaker (via the DPL cable). This means that both audio channels are sent to the inputs of each loudspeaker's DSP.
- If the input signal is digital: The two audio channels are re-sampled to 192/24 PCM by the sampling rate converter in the Master loudspeaker. These two audio channels are both sent to the DSP in the Master loudspeaker and the DSP in the Slave speaker (via the DPL cable). This means that both audio channels are sent to the inputs of each loudspeaker's DSP.
- If the input signal is WiSA / WPL: Each loudspeaker individually receives a single digital audio channel from the WiSA receiver and sends it to its local DSP. This means that each loudspeaker's DSP receives only one audio channel at its input. There is no inter-speaker communication of the audio signal, even if the DPL cable is connected.
From there, each loudspeaker's DSP does its own signal processing, which includes (but is not exclusive to) (and in no particular order):
- signal routing (aka Speaker Role)
- gain (for Speaker Level and Volume)
- delay (Speaker Distance and internal time alignment)
- magnitude and phase correction for the individual drivers (equalisation)
- directivity control
- room compensation
- other stuff
Each DSP then outputs one audio channel per driver (7 for the BL50, 18 for the BL90).
This "helicopter view" description is true of the BeoLab 90's and of the BeoLab 50's. There is no difference between the two loudspeaker models within the limitations of what I've described here.
One important thing to note here is the difference between WiSA/WPL and the other inputs. The ARC (Adaptive Room Compensation) algorithm in the BL50/90's uses both audio channels to create a single output channel for each loudspeaker's room compensation signal. In other words, the left loudspeaker is compensating for both the left and the right loudspeakers' interaction with the room. (Ditto for the right loudspeaker.) However, this is only possible if each loudspeaker gets both audio channels at its input - which is true for analogue and wired digital connections, but not for WiSA/WPL (see point #3 above). If you are using a WiSA/WPL connection, then a portion of the room compensation is not working, since each loudspeaker only receives one audio input channel.
So, for example, I have seen some "reviews" or comparisons done by people online where the 50's or 90's are connected to an audio source via the wireless connection. This means that the ARC algorithm is not doing everything it can - and so the comparison may not be completely fair (assuming that the intention is to do a best-case-to-best-case A/B comparison). Whether or not this will affect the conclusions of the comparison is impossible to predict, since a 1 or 2 dB difference in listening level, or a change in loudspeaker and/or relative listening position will also influence the perceived sound.
Cheers
-geoff ''
Hope this helps, took me for ever to find it to back my claim up :p In my opinion in WiSa mode you loose one of the best things about the 50's and especially the 90's as with the 90's it has an even bigger impact on sound performance imho.