Looks good! I have never dared draw a similar diagram for mine as I still wonder where some of the wires go. I am up to 33,000 songs.....

Great diagram. 

Do you know how many iTunes songs we have? 0, zilch, zero. This despite having an iTunes account and various I's in pad and phone form. I'm so antiquated but still enjoy buying CD's, I bought three last weekend and none of us enjoy walking round with earphones attached to our heads. No doubt I'll be forced to change at some point but really do hope those days will mean that everything is wireless (and simple) and I won"t have to go through the frustration and cable hiding.😮

Great diagram - very clear and easy to understand what you have achieved.

Stonk wrote:

Great diagram. 

Do you know how many iTunes songs we have? 0, zilch, zero. This despite having an iTunes account and various I's in pad and phone form. I'm so antiquated but still enjoy buying CD's, I bought three last weekend and none of us enjoy walking round with earphones attached to our heads. No doubt I'll be forced to change at some point but really do hope those days will mean that everything is wireless (and simple) and I won"t have to go through the frustration and cable hiding.😮

Had some 6000+ song on Itunes, got tired of lost songs, bad quality and the job keeping the library up to date, so as Stonk bac to CDs and also vinyl.

uncomplicated wireless is welcome😁

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Stonk wrote:

and I won"t have to go through the frustration and cable hidin

Once you loose your fear of plaserboard it gets easier. I could not live with cable trunking.

I have not used earphones since the walkmans days.

Very nice design, Rick. An elegant extension of modern connections and components to your existing BeoSystem 5000. It got me thinking about something I'd like to do if I could figure it out - can I create a similar setup in 5.1 if I could find a way to integrate a surround processor and an additional 3 amplifier channels as a substitute for your audio switch? The processor would accept the HDMI inputs, drive my projector, route the front left and right channels to the BeoMaster 5000, then send the center and surround channels to a nice three channel amplifier, driving my choice of passive speakers. The trick would be to have the new amp match the sound qualities of the BM 5000, and to work out the level matching when you need to adjust the volume so all channels stay in sync. 

It would be fantastic if someone could design a bespoke three channel amplifier using the stacking system architecture - and maybe even the BM 5000 amplifier circuitry - perhaps using the extra available area on the pack panel for the needed heatsink. The same thing with the surround processor, would be idea to me (like a modified and updated AV7000), but if not, many current models from other companies should work just fine.  I would prefer to have all of the components visually match my BeoSystem.

What are you using for the Audio Switch to switch the 3 inputs to your receiver?

I enjoy using iTunes, as with the iPad app I can select music, build playlists, etc. from the comfort of my listening couch and not have to get off my lazy backside. 😐

I have some serious issues with how iTunes organizes music though. It's not straightforward, due to the way it uses metadata. It has data in far more detail than I am interested in. For example, the album "Best of War" shows up under War and under the artists name, but doesn't show up as a single album in most views. I need/want simpler metadata, like only album title and group, I really could care less about who composed each song or filtering on that. I also am not interested in going thru the metadata by hand and cleaning it all up. This gets even worse on classical albums, are they cataloged by composer, orchestra, or conductor? There's not a lot of consistency either in how the metadata is setup for different albums.

But from what I can tell the Beosound 5 has the same issues, and no gapless play? Plus I have a lot of AAC iTunes songs bought off iTunes, DRM'd, that nothing else will play unless I convert them to wav and hand enter the metadata. Argh.

I am reworking the way I handle input switching and audio for the rest of the house. I'm not quite willing to pay what it costs to Beolink the house, going instead with an amp or two and in wall speakers and volume controls (autoformer based). Works OK, not as slick as Beolink, but a lot cheaper.

The audio switching is a mechanical type that switches RCA type audio and video signal.  Doesn't seem to distort the audio at all.  It is low level signals so nothing fancy here.   I think I paid someway around $30usd for it.  The HDMI switch is an amplified electronics switch with remote.  Also around $30usd.  I like iTunes for the reason I can line up a days worth of music and let it play in the shop whilst I work.  I have ripped a ton of my CD's and record to iTunes just so I can pick and choose song faster. Still love the vinyl though because it give a much better sound.  I play the 8002 at least daily now.   I'm getting ready to do a full cap replacement just to make sure I'm getting the best out of it I can.  I have a couple of tube based amps and radios I also think sound better than cheap solid state stuff.