I do have a volume regulated preamp. Great news.

I would ensure that this scenario never happens, but is there a risk to the speaker if the record player is playing via RCA hookups & someone tries to turn on the TV with audio via toslink?

This is my first set of Beolab speakers & want to make sure I’m asking all the questions, as common sense as they may be! Thank you for your help. 

Since my earlier reply, I’d say it has matured noticeably. My three observations/concerns are:

1. Lack of inputs for customers with record player, CD player, SACD/universal player and even a tape deck/reel to reel (not a problem for as my Beolabs have a multitude of inputs but many B&O speakers don’t). I guess B&O are hedging their bet in future on connections being made wirelessly from mobile devices to the Core, hence a bit miser when it comes to inputs.

2. Still flakey when it comes to WiFi and BT connectivity. It can just disconnect for no reason.

3. Occasionally freezes and can’t be located by the BeoApp and you have to power cycle the Beosound Core.

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I agree with your comment about not having many source inputs. 

Ive read there are two generations of the Core. If this is accurate, do you know if yours is a first Gen? Hoping a newly purchased Core would be better suited to prevent these hiccups; although this seems like it could be fixed with a firmware update so we shall see if I experience the same issues.  

I haven’t heard many things like this a out the core in all honesty. Surely it would drive shape owners mad if this was that common.

The BL20’s inputs are hierarchical and iirc it’s pl - toslink - rca. So the higher up the chain, if somethings becomes active on that input the beolab 20 will switch to it.

Mikipidia wrote:

I haven’t heard many things like this a out the core in all honesty. Surely it would drive shape owners mad if this was that common.

I use the Core on a daily base as part of the Shape and I'm very satisfied with it.
It works always, never any hick-ups, never any issue with the B&o and/or BLI app. 
True you only can connect one device. But for me this is no issue. I have sufficient line-in's or other connection possibilities in my Netlink.

Then the JOIN function does the rest.  

 

Note: also a BLC is linked to the Core. So the BS9000 sources and a BS5e (line-in) source are part of the Shape (Core).

 

I use the core every day. No problems, never. I have connected two devices: 1) my beosound 9000 ( with my beolabs 18) via powerlink and 2) my rega turntable via line in

The JOIN is for the rest.

So i can also hear my records in another room on my A9 via core join. Also i can hear music from an cassette player over A9 via core in the beolabs.

I also use the core with my apple tv and my contour.

Summary: the core is a very useful piece of work

greetings

It now works well but as has been said a few times rather limited in functionality and inputs.

seethroughyou wrote:

but as has been said

In my opinion and daily use, there are no "but's".

I can:

listen to radio (TuneIn).

stream Spotify, Deezer, 

stream Tidal, Qobuz using Audirvana,

listen to my UPnp/DNLA  Music server (Minimserver),

connect a device line-in or optical,

can stream using Chromecast, Airplay or Bluetooth,

have an additional line-in on the connected/linked BLC (used for a Beosound 5 Encore)

have the sources Radio, Aux & CD of my Beosound 9000 available.

 

and can JOIN all sources in my Netlink.

 

It is a shame but you will hear the difference. I have bought a Node 3? and use it with Roon and Qobuz. It sounds really good however on a set of "normal" speakers like an Edge it will break above 44.1/16. Break means static horrible noice. In this setup on Airplay.

If you use it on a BS Core as optical source you will still here a noticible difference but I cannot determine if it is Deezer vs Qobuz or the BS Core. Airplay sucks and although Chromecast should be better I hate it. We are limited bla bla bla. I don't understand it and I do not wish to anyway.

If I had high end speakers so BL 50 or 90 I would never buy a BS Core to connect to it. I have 7 cores but use them more as convienience and as a beolink active kit with the Deezer / TuneIn app being able to play anything in any room. On secundairy rooms they are fine.

 

I do like the convience in the BLI and the App. It is really good and yes now also stable. It took a long time I have owned from the Essence II onwards and it was a long ride however B&O takes this product seriously and I think they will update it to Mozart as wel.

 

My 2cnts Chucky

 

 

seethroughyou wrote:

2. Still flakey when it comes to WiFi and BT connectivity. It can just disconnect for no reason.

Yes, my Core sometimes end up in the blinking blue mode and then both wifi and bt are nonfunctional. i have found that this is almost always caused by a wifi channel change (due to dfs radar/energry detection by the router/AP, for example). My Beoplay V1s handle the same situation seamlessly, only the Core is affected. I don't really understand why BT stops working at the same time, it's quite annoying when this happens when using the optical input and you lose the possibility to adjust volume etc.

Other than that issue, I like my Core. Some more inputs would be nice though.