MY B&O SMALL HOME

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 27, 2019 at 16:39 GMT
#2117912

Dear Forum,

Inspired by Kiran's fantastic and instructive thread (you rock!), I decided to star my own. I am now refurbishing my entire flat (nothing the size of Kiran's Skynet), and in contrast, I have 0 experience with networking, assembling or even how to connect and link B&O products, both new and legacy, however I would like to try and do myself (cabling) as much as possible (of course all programming will be done by B&O and Teletask, but I like to understand whatever I put myself to as much as possible, learning is quite important (I believe), as such I would really appreciate you guy's vast experience on how to interconnect it all, to work also with other non B&O devices.

My intended set up for the ground floor:

Dinning Room area

Beoplay A6 x1 (already own)

Beosound Core x1 (already own)

Sitting Room area

Beosound 9000 x1 (already own)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase) 

Celestial x2 (to purchase)

UniFi WiFi BaseStationXG x1

Sony TV 75" 8k x1 (late 2019 model)

Living Room area

Beosound 8000 x2 (already own)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase) 

Moment x1 (to purchase)

Beolab 11 x1 (to purchase, I love the shape of this model)

Sony TV 75" 8k x1 (late 2019 model) with Nexus21 under the floor lift

Office

Overture x1 (already own)

Turntable x1

Corridor

Beovox 2.1 x2 (already own)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase)

Kitchen

Beovox 2.2 x2 (to purchase)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase)

Proofvision professional smart TV 21” x1

Social Bathroom

Beoplay M3 x1 (to purchase)

Evervue Smart Mirror TV x1

Smartap shower control with Alexa and Google Home x1

Laundry Room

Beoplay M3 x1 (to purchase)

Smart TV x1

Cinema Area

Palatial 3way x2 (to purchase)

Celestial x2 (to purchase)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase)

Beolab 19 x1 (to purchase)

Sonance invisible IS4 x1 (already own)

Throw back projector by LG x1

Piano Area

Celestial x2 (to purchase)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase)

Sony TV 43” 4K x1

Garage

Beolab 3 x2 (to be purchase)

Sony 55" 4K x1

Lighting by Panzeri

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase)

 

First Floor

Bedroom

Beosound 1 x1 (to purchase)

Sony 43" TV 4K x1

Bathroom

Beoplay M3 x2 (to purchase)

Evervue Smart Mirror TV with Android x1

Proofvision shower smart TV x1

Google Home mounted in the ceiling x1

Terrace

Proofvision Outdoor all weather 65" smart TV x1

Bose 251 outdoor speakers x2 (already own)

Beosound Core x1 (to purchase)


Cabling

Cat7a for all networking and CCTV

Supra Cat8 for B&O (newer models)

Canare 4UHD coaxial for all non main TV's (there will be a total of 10 TV's and 1 projector)

Matrix (HDbaseT)

Neo:8 by Pulse Eight

 

So this will be my set up, it's a 375m2 apartment, two floors. The data room will be placed on the ground floor, housing every bit of media, networking, audio, sources, everything. There's still a few items that I have yet to decide on, switches, modem, etc, your input is highly welcomed, I want the apartment to be as much future proof as possible (HDMI's 2.1, 8k, etc).

The reason I detailed each area, is that I want to be able to play whatever audio source (TV and projector included) on every zone/area, being simultaneously or separate. For instances, if I am in the living room, I would be able to listen on the Beolab 8000 only, the CD's on the Beosound 9000 that is placed in the sitting room. Or be able to listen to the living room TV (Sony), on the Celestial speakers in the kitchen. Or if I am having a party, I want to be able to listen in the entire house, the vinyls rocking on the office turntable, therefore 11 different zones.

How can I interconnect legacy, new and non B&O equipment as per the set up above? How can I have multiple zones? How can I play streaming services on legacy?

Steven@soundsheanvely, I will also need your assistance in purchasing the correct cables and length for the B&O!

Apologies for the lengthy thread, I much appreciate your input. Thank you all in advance,

P.S - I can post images of the works if you like

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chucky (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 18:50 GMT
#2117913
Hi congrats looks great, 375 m2 is not small😕

You miss at least a Beolink ML / NL Converter and what are you using to play the Beosound 9000, you will not be able to play directly on the Celestial. Accessing it from another room will not be possible
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Steve at Sounds Heavenly
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 19:38 GMT
#2117914

Hi Bpfontes,

Welcome to Beoworld!  This sounds like a superb project and I will be happy to help with any cabling questions.  I will follow this thread with interest!

As a fellow musician and movie lover, the Cinema Room and Piano Room are the ones that really got my attention - is your piano acoustic, or will you be looking to play or record electronic instruments in the piano room as well?

If you feel able to add some photos please as the work progresses, this will make it easier to visualise the project and to assist with any questions.

Kind regards, Steve.

Location: The cable workshop, England

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 19:50 GMT
#2117915

Hi Chucky,

Thank you so much for taking your time to assist, more so on such a lengthy thread. I was afraid that I would have indeed some limitations on getting everything that I want, please let me try and understand:

- What is the reason for this (not being able to have the 9000 playing on the Celestial)? Wouldn't be possible via the Moment? Or the 9000 will not connect to the moment?

- Which other speakers from the entire set up, will it not be able to play?

- Is there any other limitations or constraints that you can see, as per my intentions?

- Will I need an AV receiver to assist with the setup?

- I'm under the impression that I will need several Core's to be able to have a multi zone environment, if so, is it needed one per zone? Do I need the Essence also? (the Teletask panels are able to manage basic audio functions, maybe its enough if I don't want to always resort to the app)

- Is there a way to use streaming services and Nas on all of the speakers, the 9000 and the Overture?

- Finally, how do I connect it all? I mean, what goes where? :)))))

Thank you so much!

 

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 19:50 GMT
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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 20:00 GMT
#2117917

Hi Steve,

Thank you for your warm welcome and interest. The piano is indeed acoustic, I was however considering to have a turntable that would allow me to record onto the computer directly or/and to the Nas...there's a few in the market.

I forgot to mention that the entire flat is an open concept, the only closed areas being the bathrooms, laundry room and server/media area. The idea is to have an open flow to the entire living experience, hence the need for my audio, video/image and lighting to be fluid. A set up where I can easily move from one area to the other and "take" with me, if I like, any mood, sound or image. I can start Bob Dylan on the living room and move to the sitting room and take that sound with me, or be in the kitchen when the football starts and head to the cinema room and take that channel and sound with me (Pulse Eight does that beautifully). So its important to get the sound aspect done properly

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 20:20 GMT
#2117918

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 20:24 GMT
#2117919

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 20:32 GMT
#2117920

Bedroom - To the left, just above the fireplace, there's a small pipe, that's for the Beosound 1! So small yet so important 😁

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Bpfontes (archived2)
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Posted January 28, 2019 at 20:41 GMT
#2117921

Sitting room - The 9000 will go to that pillar - apologies for the pics, I am still trying to figure out how to upload it properly, the original size is over the allowed limit

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