Can I connect my Beolab17 to other control centre?

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Koijan (archived2)
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Posted July 12, 2017 at 15:55 GMT
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It seems WiSA is the future solution to wireless connections, but there's no much options currently available out there. What I want is a WiSA media centre that can connect TV, NAS, and speakers all together. However, Bang & Olufsen has no such product at the moment, if I want to set up such a system, I guess I have to buy two big boxes that costs lots of money- Essence + Transmitter

I see B&O states that these Beolab speakers are compatible with all the other WiSA devices, thus I'm thinking whether I can pair up my speakers with a media centre produced by another manufacture. It seems the one by Klipsch can do the work, unfortunately a owner replied my question saying that they could be connected but they sound weird and are not stable...

So, it there any other products I can look at? 

Hope B&O can make a media centre soon.

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Millemis
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Posted July 12, 2017 at 16:58 GMT
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Here you go...

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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ciosad (archived2)
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Posted July 13, 2017 at 13:36 GMT
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Hi Koijan -- I have the Klipsch system, and it is pretty good.  There are certainly quirks, but it is usually really good.  Sadly, the comments on the Klipsch website do not make me overly optimistic about using the control center to control B&O WiSA devices.  Whenever I pick up a BeoLab 17's, I'll also get a moment to control them.

My top gripes, for HD Wireless, are:

  • One or more of the speakers occasionally drop.  ...haven't found a reliable way to reproduce the event.
  • The control center isn't fully compatible with my Sony TV.  ...something to due with Bravia Sync.
    • The result is my TV's speakers are technically active, need to be set to 0, the TV remote isn't able to control the control center's volume, and ARC doesn't appear to work when I connect legacy consoles to the auxiliary HDMI port.
    • Pro Tip:  If you happen to forget the TV volume is above 0...  You'll think the control center is introducing a reverb effect, open a ticket with Klipsch, and feel like a dumb dumb the next time you play SNES.
  • Development seems to have stalled.  The last firmware update was May of 2016.

That said...  Klipsch has been exceptionally great with customer service.  2 of my speakers were not taking well to a firmware update, so I opened a ticket.  I received a call from a Klipsch technician the same day, and we ran through some diagnostic tests.  They shipped me 2 new speakers (free), and I simply swapped the contents of the box & shipped back with a pre-paid label they supplied.

If I move into larger place, I'll be picking up a pair of RP-440WF speakers to round out my 3.1 into a 5.1.

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Koijan (archived2)
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Posted July 16, 2017 at 08:11 GMT
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Thanks Millemissen.

I have checked out that one, but comments are negative therefore looking for another solution.

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Koijan (archived2)
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Posted June 1, 2019 at 09:14 GMT
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Thank you Ciosad, that's very helpful.

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