Do you use your BeoLab speakers with your TV? As left and rear speakers or as surround speakers?

If not, the sound system will work as always. You could even sell the NL/ML converter in that case. If you do want to use your BeoLab speakers with your new Sony OLED, you could use e.g. an Almando converter, which functions as a hub between your Sony and the Beosound (the NL/ML converter could be sold as well, +/- 300 euros at the moment).

What a pity - sacrificing good sound from the tv and the ease of the integration….for an upgrade in picture quality.

MM

Hi,

Thanks for the reply to my question, I do use the speakers with my tv, but I also wrote an email to the guy who repaired both of my speakers albeit at different times. He has allayed my worries as he says he can integrate the new tv into my system.

So thanks for your help but it looks like I should be ok. I will let you know how it goes though.

No I will not be sacrificing the sound as I believe the guy who repaired my speakers a couple of years ago says he can integrate the tv into my sound system.

However, the sound from my system is good but I have always thought that the bass response is lacking. I have the bass at maximum which makes it acceptable. I think it’s the Achilles heel of my system. Oh and I feel the system is too complicated to navigate your way around.

Thanks for your input. I will update on my potential update later.

I’d be very interested in what ‘the repair guy’ has suggested/promised - please keep us posted.
I assume from your initial post, that you want to keep the BS5 in the mix.

Also I am curious about why your current setup is ‘complicated’ - seems a rather basic setup to me.

As for bas responnse - this won’t change, if you connect the speakers to a Sony tv - if you want more/better bas, you’ll need a subwoofer.

MM

Hi MM,

You are obviously the on-site resident expert on all things B&O and I thank you for your advice and comments.

When I originally purchased my system it was from a B&O shop in Oxford, it’s no longer there. The guys from the shop struggled to get the system to work properly and had to seek advice from B&O head office. It took a couple of weeks to resolve and they had to install an additional Cisco systems router as well as the existing Sky router. The wiring at the back of my unit on which it sits is unbelievable. I have never seen so many wires. It’s horrible.

Anyway, they got it going. But it was annoying.

In order to download music to the hard drive I had to install an app. That worked for a couple of years until B&O no longer supported the app, one of the guys from the shop worked out a complicated way of downloading music for me which worked on my iMac. I no longer have my iMac so am stuck with no way of downloading music. I have a cd ripper on the system so could buy a cd but I am never going to buy cd’s again as that’s old fashioned technology.

Basically I am stuck with the music I have on the hard drive. I can and do use Spotify via other mediums but that is not an app on my B&O tv. It has Deezer which I do not use.

Trying to use the remote to navigate and use my system is unbelievably difficult. Nothing is straightforward. Typically, the stand for the tv was programmed by the engineers so that it turns to the required position on startup. But somehow one day those settings were lost and I have to turn the tv to its required position each time I turn the tv on as I just give up trying to programme it. It’s the same for just about any adjustment I want to make.

My system is very nice to look at, the music sounds nice on the speakers. The tv is good but of course television has moved on and that’s why I want a new tv.

i would never recommend a B&O system to anyone. It wasn’t a cheap system but I have been continually disappointed with it.

Regarding bass response, I would agree with you but have had a demo of the latest Sony Bravia Oled 65” and that does have a built in sub woofer which does enhance the bass much better than other Oled tv,s I have seen lately.

My engineer is the local B&O expert as he was used by the B&O shop when they were here, so he knows the B&O systems.

Hopefully I have addressed the points you make.

regards

Dennis

I was kind of in the same situation  at one : either throw it al out and start over (without B&O) , or make it work somehow.

I ended up buying a second hand Beosystem3. They are plentiful available and not too expensive.  It will do everything the beovision did.
Using most of the same wiring, speakers, beosound5 , beo4 etc. I enjoy the B&O sound every day !
The Almando box does the same basically. We just don't have these here in North America. 

I just connected a google chrome cast or a amazon echo to one of the inputs in the beosystem3 for streaming music. Works just fine.  It's how my wife prefers to listen to her music. Your new tv will probably have apps to stream music on it as well.

I use both an IMac or PC to flip music files onto the BS5 as I do not have a beosound5 cd ripper.  It's easy enough as the BM shows up as a shared network thing.
Though I live downtown, we experience internet dropouts, which are very annoying when streaming anything.  A library device like the BS5 has its advantages at this point.

Thanks for your input Cooldude, you have mentioned several words that I have never even heard of. Such as an Almando box, google chrome cast and amazon echo. Also I do not know what a Beosystem3 is.

Therefore I need to check these things out to see how they can help me.

It all sounds fascinating, also wondering how many more pieces of kit I fit in my cabinets let alone the tons of wires.

So thanks for your input. I will come back to you

beosystem3 is basically the brains in your B&O tv. It is a  video and surround sound processor where all the inputs and outputs connect to.
The Almando multiplay surround box (almando.com) is similar, more up to date and a much better option if you need the sound processing from both tv and regular audio form the Beosound.  The speakers plug right in to the box,

As my tv is still only 1080P (waiting to buy a new one when I move in a few months)  so the beosystem 3 is just fine for me. It has master link so it connects directly to my BS5. Both can be controlled by the beo4 remote easily. The beosystem3 controls my TV, beosound 5 and apple tv. and few more things.  That's a bonus for me.