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I've seen this before, but I read here that this wouldn't work with the BeoLab 5 (according to Geoff Martin). I read that the volume for the BL5 is controlled by one of the wires in the PowerLink cable unlike the other BeoLab speakers.
I wrote to AV-Connection to get their input on this but they never wrote back.
Can your offer any insight regarding the above setup with the BeoLab 5s?
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In a very recent Sound and Vision review, they reviewed a B & O TV and speakers. The center speaker came from the TV. The reviewer noted that B & O doesn't make AVR (audio video receiver) and that their TV is serve in that role. This probably explains why they have discontinued their center speakers.
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A B&O tv consists of a tv, in most cases a speaker system, that may serve as the stereo channels or as the center channel and a 'pre-pro' with multichannel capacity. This has been so for decades and has not changed!
The recent 'pre-pro' is called BeoSystem 4 (or rather the audio engine part of it), and serves BeoLab speakers (or other active speakers) with line-level analog signals and (in some cases) with digital wireless (WiSA) signals.
Whether the center speaker/stereo speaker is built-in to the tv or not, does not matter in this case.
It seems that the reviewer from Sound and Vision did not do enough research. Maybe he was confused by the 'somewhat other way' of doing things, that we know from the B&O tv range.
Read about the audio engine of the BSys4-based BV's/Technical Sound Guide here:
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
Months ago, I did go to B&o store with the intent to buy the latest TV on the spot, knowing the inclusion of beosytem in it. First, I did not find the TV very appealing to me (it seemed too cartoonish and the viewing angles were too narrow for my taste), and second, as the dealer stated, the beosystem doesn't even support the BL5 digitally, even thou I could live without it, the TV was a let down...for me. So, here I am still without a full fledged B&o system. In the same time, I'm grateful to them for insisting with active speakers despite audiophiles...😕A B&O tv consists of a tv, in most cases a speaker system, that may serve as the stereo channels or as the center channel and a 'pre-pro' with multichannel capacity. This has been so for decades and has not changed! The recent 'pre-pro' is called BeoSystem 4 (or rather the audio engine part of it), and serves BeoLab speakers (or other active speakers) with line-level analog signals and (in some cases) with digital wireless (WiSA) signals. Whether the center speaker/stereo speaker is built-in to the tv or not, does not matter in this case. It seems that the reviewer from Sound and Vision did not do enough research. Maybe he was confused by the 'somewhat other way' of doing things, that we know from the B&O tv range. Read about the audio engine of the BSys4-based BV's/Technical Sound Guide here: http://www.bang-olufsen.com/da/customer-service/product-support/picture/beovision-11/with-beoremote-one MM There is a tv - and there is a BV.
Hallo Doonesbury
"Could you please teel me which version of the BL5, you have?
There are differences - e.g.
The MK1 (typ nr. 6881, from before Dec. 2003, without pincode) requires a PL MK2
connection, the later version a PL MK3.
Note: Whether the version in the US were different from the european or not, I don't know!"
My BL5's were purchased new in 2014.
I saw the link, but unfortunately, I only read English (and sometimes that's a stretch!).
I"m also hesitant on making any electrical components myself as well.
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