Thanks for your very detailed and helpful comments. The V1 is good, and it is even more useful with the surround sound handling function build in.  But the only problem is the V1 is a bit small for my living room. However, the V1 might be a good choice for my bedroom. I have been to a B&O dealer last weekend and saw the V1. The sound quality is superb.

From your explanation, I guess it is better to have a updated AV receiver with surround sound connecting to B&O speakers. And I can just buy a simple bluray player connect to the av receiver through HDMI. In this set up, the sound and video quality would be good enough. Am I right?

However, through research, I have found some of upscale bluray players have features such as: HD Surround Sound from Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ Essentia. Does this mean the bluray player can process surround sound if they have these features? Then will bluray players with such features conflict to the surround sound function in AV receiver?  Or, I got it all wrong, such bluray players just compatible to Dolby® TrueHD and so on, not actually decoding surround sound.   Example of bluray player with such feature:

http://www.uk.onkyo.com/en/products/bd-sp809-57924.html

Many thanks,

Bai

You might want to take a look at the Loewe Mediavision 3D. It has the volume-controlled audio pre-out sockets, but you need an extra adapter cable connected to the audiolink . With a Steve’s cables you can connect these to your Beolabs.

Hi DoubleU,

I've just developed an upgraded version of the Loewe Audiolink Breakout cable to allow Beolab speakers to be used with any Loewe TV that has the AC3 Dolby Digital module fitted.  This means that you won't need to do any soldering!  I don't have it listed on the website yet, but they will be available from Monday 11th June if they are of interest.

Kind regards, Steve.

I'm on a similar boat!

I might have a pair of Beolab 9 coming in, and I want to use them as my front speakers, and connect to a pair of Bigpod speakers as surround.  I've been told by the B&O store that I cannot do this, but others tell me I can, by getting something like a Onkyo TX-NR808, or in this post, Nad M15?

Can this be done without issues?  Will I still need to get a center speaker and subwoofer?  Or a pair of Beolab 9 in the front are sufficient?

Hi williamhotelie,

Please tell your B&O store that they need to get in touch with me! 😁 The superb Beolab 9 speakers can be used with ANY amplifier or receiver, as long as you have the right cables and converters.  Your Onkyo or NAD receivers are ideal for Beolab speakers, as they both have pre-out sockets fitted so that they can be directly connected with these cables:-

link (standard cables, for the best value)

Hallo mivsbai

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