I gave up my B&O receiver (Beosystem) for an Onkyo!

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Jonathan wrote:

I gave up my Onkyo A-SV810PRO for Bang & Olufsen!!! 😂😎🤒

GO Jonny!!

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.

Jonathan wrote:

I gave up my Onkyo A-SV810PRO for Bang & Olufsen!!! 😂😎🤒

And I thought masochism was catching on!

What did u get?

"TripEnglish"....Sorry but defending BO when one is moving from BS1 to a onkyo is a challenge lost before taken....

I am in a similar situation. I am using my old Lexicon MC1 pre-amp 12v trigger for my BeoLab 8000 front speaker, BeoLab 10 center, Beolab 4000 side speaker and BeoLab 2 subwoofer. And I am using a Logitech Harmony one to control all my gear, including my Beocenter 2.

I am still playing with my Lexicon to get the best sound possible.... Right now I am using 100hz for crossover and it seems ok.

However, I will consider to upgrade to Beosystem 4 depends on the price.

sodoi18 wrote:

"TripEnglish"....Sorry but defending BO when one is moving from BS1 to a onkyo is a challenge lost before taken....

Maybe he didn't read right.  Masochism would have been sticking with a BS1.

macjonny1 wrote:

sodoi18 wrote:

"TripEnglish"....Sorry but defending BO when one is moving from BS1 to a onkyo is a challenge lost before taken....

Maybe he didn't read right.  Masochism would have been sticking with a BS1.

Well...

How about the followup? Sounds like Onkyo is for you after all!

😂

Haha that was a funny comment connecting your wires to a tree stump!  😁

 

The Onkyo is working out well.  There are so many options and quite complicated I've only just begun to work with it.  The Beolabs are working great with it as well.   The main surround speakers really never click off on a 5.1 DVD, however if you want to go beyond this to a 7.1 or 9.1 surround system I think the additional rear surrounds or front height/width speakers should be passive speakers to avoid the clicking on/off because these additional channels probably won't get enough of a signal for some scenes.  I got some Orb audio speakers (MOD 2) which look great with my B&O kit for this task.  Great little satellite speakers!

one of my original purposes for this thread is to give some actual user experience on a non B&O receiver.  Lots of suggestions to use them, and lots of people say they should work just fine with the pre-outs for the Beolabs, but almost no actual experiences with them posted!

macjonny1 wrote:

Haha that was a funny comment connecting your wires to a tree stump!  😁

 

The Onkyo is working out well.  There are so many options and quite complicated I've only just begun to work with it.  The Beolabs are working great with it as well.   The main surround speakers really never click off on a 5.1 DVD, however if you want to go beyond this to a 7.1 or 9.1 surround system I think the additional rear surrounds or front height/width speakers should be passive speakers to avoid the clicking on/off because these additional channels probably won't get enough of a signal for some scenes.  I got some Orb audio speakers (MOD 2) which look great with my B&O kit for this task.  Great little satellite speakers!

one of my original purposes for this thread is to give some actual user experience on a non B&O receiver.  Lots of suggestions to use them, and lots of people say they should work just fine with the pre-outs for the Beolabs, but almost no actual experiences with them posted!

Is it true that onkyo zone 2 out is for analogue ONLY

 

Zone 2 is via RCA output

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