w5bno123 wrote:

B&O have now launched the new ML power box which connects to the NL/ML converter. This eliminates the need for a legacy ML master to drive BeoLab2000, BeoLab 3500 etc.

Link please...

...or more information here ;-)

i can only say - thank you B&O. I know no other company, that is this much concerned about their 'old' costumers :-)

MM

w5bno123 wrote:

...problem is, they probably don't know 😕😕😕 

Exactly - and that is why I/we need you to tell more.

Telling my dealer something, he does not know, is soooo much fun 😺

MM

Can you elaborate what is blc, I have a few older products overture and twp passive kits, are you saying that i could do away with my old overture! and control everything with the blc/ If so do we have any idea of costs?

kai wrote:

Can you elaborate what is blc, I have a few older products overture and twp passive kits, are you saying that i could do away with my old overture! and control everything with the blc/ If so do we have any idea of costs?

Great to see this progress coming. I can name two companies that are far superior to B&O in supporting their vintage products: Mercedes-Benz and Weber Grill (a US company that makes BBQ grills). Mercedes made the realization that keeping vintage Benz's on the road is great for the brand, and I can get nearly any part I need for my 1960 190SL. And if they don't have it, chances are the MB Classic Center will find a way to make one for you (at a price of course). Mercedes also benefits from maintaining its ecosystem of suppliers in Germany going back many, many decades so that they all stay in business.  I have a 25 year old barbecue grill, which was top end at the time, and I can get all parts for it from Weber. Now that is support for vintage products. 

I have recently been trying to get parts for fairly recent products (such as grills for the Beolab 4000 and 6000), and B&O is discontinuing colors and spare parts at a truly frightening pace. It is clear B&O has made a decision to slash their old parts inventory. If supporting the vintage products does not fit into the current business model, then perhaps they can sell tooling, parts, and old designs to a new firm that would be dedicated to keeping the vintage products working. I do agree that the backward compatibility of NL to ML to MCL is impressive.

Great! Now I cannot fully understand what status the BL3500 e.g. would have. Is this scenario feasible?

Setup: Essence + BLC + ML Powerbox + BL3500.

Use scenario: Select some music from the Essence through the BeoMusic app, listening in from the BL3500, but keeping the speakers connected to the Essence silent. (So having two "rooms" in the App, one NL-equipped and one legacy product...)

mjmedlo wrote:

It's apparently just a simple black box that sends a

Current across the ML network so that the BLC can act as a 'true' audio or video master.

I know what the box is - it was already 'talked about' some months ago.

i just wanted to know, if it is a plug'n'play box, which connections (some times there are ports 'for future use' on these boxex ;-)) it has, how much they charge for it, when it is available....

MM