Hammej wrote:

Hi everyone,

I am new to the forums and I am with a company called Axiim. We make WiSA products that work with Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers. I have seen a few discussions about the new WiSA Ready LG TVs and I was wondering if anyone had any questions about the new standard?

Thank you and I look forward to our discussion!

Vince, you need to purchase a WiSA USB transmitter like the Axiim LINK. You can find more details at following websites.

link

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Vince, attached is a comparison chart between LINK and the WiSA USB transmitter.

-James

I have a pair of BL8000, which are not Wisa ready. I use them as rear speakers and I would lile to eliminate the cables.

Is there a Wisa receiver I could use?

Dante,

I believe you are looking for the BeoLab Reciever 1,

BL5 as front speakers, BL5 as surround and BL8000 as rear, BL10 as center.

My current TV is a old Panasonic, but I'm planning to replace it with a LG soon and eliminate my Beosystem 3.

Dante,

You will need to have BL Receiver 1 for each speaker to work with the WiSA Ready LG TV. Also, please note that the LG TVs only support 2.0 and 5.1 channels of audio at the moment. If you want to support 7.1 you will need to buy an Axiim Q or other WiSA transmitter.

-James

Hammej wrote:

Vince, you need to purchase a WiSA USB transmitter like the Axiim LINK. You can find more details at following websites.

https://axiim.com/pages/axiim-link

https://www.wisaassociation.org/member-products/wisa-usb-transmitters/

When you plug the WiSA certified USB transmitter into the LG TV it will prompt you if you want to setup WiSA speakers. You simply follow the on-screen speaker setup to pair your B&O WiSA speakers. The LG TV will decode Dolby and DTS audio formats and send the discrete audio channels to the 5.1 locations so NO external AV receiver is required for decoding.

There are some significant difference between the Axiim LINK and WiSA USB transmitter. The WiSA USB transmitter does NOT support bass management and audio mixing so you will only get 2.0 or 5.1 audio. This means if you have a subwoofer it will not play audio for music or two channel encoded content. You will have a similar issue with not receiving center channel audio with 5.1 content if you have a 4.0/4.1 speaker configuration. This means you will not hear the dialog in movies or music when a center speaker is not paired. So please keep this in mind when purchasing.

LINK support bass management, audio mixing, per speaker volume trim, firmware update, and more.

I hope this was helpful.

-James