Local NYC advice needed

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obinna12 (archived2)
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Posted February 10, 2014 at 14:52 GMT
#2010097

Just bought some B&O kit in New York.

A pair of beolab 9's, BV 7-55 and beosound encore. The TV will be here next week.

I can install all the components myself, however i hate wires running all over the place and would like to have a professional installer hide all the wires and mount the encore on the wall.

However calling bang and olufsen, they offered to send out a guy who's gonna charge 200 dollars/hour. Asking how long the job would take i was told about 4-6 hours!!!!

thats potentially 800 - 1200 dollars to hide wires; which im not willing to spend for that.

What do you guys recommend? Will any local installer be able to do a good job? Those in NYC area, how did u do ur setup or who did u use?

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mediabobny
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Posted February 10, 2014 at 15:10 GMT
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I can't recommend a specicific installer but there are several advertising on Craigslist - e.g.

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mjmedlo (archived2)
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Posted February 10, 2014 at 15:33 GMT
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If you can terminate the cat7 is say do it yourself

The cat7 cables and connectors are quite expensive so the 200/he would be in addition to those extra costs. The real question is whether or not you are connecting all is the items together via masterlink it network link.

Masterlink is a punch down and VERY easy to do.
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obinna12 (archived2)
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Posted February 10, 2014 at 16:02 GMT
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Im connecting the BV 7  and a beosound encore to a bosscom adapter and that to the beolab 9's. No masterlink involved. All im looking for is a NEAT installation.

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bnoblueboy (archived2)
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Posted February 10, 2014 at 19:09 GMT
#2010101

Wow, think I need to put my prices up ;-)

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rxcohen (archived2)
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Posted February 11, 2014 at 19:29 GMT
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I was turned off with the B&O dealers in New York as they were all quoting me $600-$1000 just to install the TV (essentially put together the stand and place the TV on it), so try calling B&O in Summit, NJ and get a quote. They were very reasonable dollar wise. I did not have them do any hidden wiring, just a basic setup, so i cannot comment on how good they would be. Or as MediaBob mentioned a professional installer may be the way and probably charges half the rate, but would not necessarily know how to set up the system.

One thing i would say is that the equipment is all very heavy and you need two people to set it up. I bought an 11-55 and that weighs a lot less than a 7-55 and it was still difficult to handle. 

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