Hej Luffe,

seems to be a nearly perfect setup you’ll have there.

I would not worry too much about additional speakers for that layout.

As long as the surround and the rear speakers are configured as such and angled proper downwards towards your main listening position, you should be good to go.

First get that 7.0 setup up and running - later on you could make some experiments with more speakers, if you feel like wanting more....although I am not sure that you would benefit much from that. You will be able to buy the 17’s further on for quite a long time (if not new, then secondhand).

Please consult the Technical Sound Guide (on the B&O website) for how to set up the speakers, how to configure etc.

With the OPPO 205 you will have a perfect companion for both movie and music listening.

As for pure (2 channel) music listening , I would use the seperate inputs of the BL50’s.

Please have a look on this post from Geoff Martin Sat, Aug 22 2020 9:56 AM here: /forum/general-discussion-and-questions/feed-your-beolab-50-and-90

where he is describing how he uses his BL90’s with the OPPO 105 and his BV.

Plenty of options there. Take your time to get it right.

And keep on posting your questions as you go along with the setup - there are several users here, who have similar setups and who definitely would like to share their experiences.

And....you don’t have to apologize for a long post.

It is that sort of posting, that makes it interesting to comment - with a lot of postings here, you often first have to guess, what the real concerns of the writers are.

And welcome to the Beoworld forum :-)

P.S. Don’t forget....the forumusers love pictures of other users setups! 

MM

Thank you for the information. 
Do you also suggest using the OPPO connected directly to the BL50 when playing FLAC files from the NAS versus using the DAC in the harmony?

I know it is subjective but do you consider the OPPO DAC to be superior to the DAC in the Harmony sound center? 

Thank you for the information. 
Do you also suggest using the OPPO connected directly to the BL50 when playing FLAC files from the NAS versus using the DAC in the harmony?

I know it is subjective but do you consider the OPPO DAC to be superior to the DAC in the Harmony sound center? 

LuffeDK wrote:

Thank you for the information. 
Do you also suggest using the OPPO connected directly to the BL50 when playing FLAC files from the NAS versus using the DAC in the harmony?

I know it is subjective but do you consider the OPPO DAC to be superior to the DAC in the Harmony sound center? 

Yes, all these things are subjective.

The DAC in the OPPO might be different (due to different filters used), but that does not say anything about being better or worse.

If you have the option (like with the 50’s and the 90’s) you’d better go the direct way - the sound will be processed in the 50’s anyway.

With the direct connection you will skip a couple of conversion steps (D->A, A->D....)

If you would go via the Harmony (using the HDMI connection), you also might have to choose a 2 channel Speaker Group each time you want to listen to a CD/the FLAC files from the OPPO, when the default Group (for video-viewing/listening) is set to a 7.0 Speaker Group.

I am pretty sure, that the way Geoff Martin describes his use case is well thought-out - after all he knows his stuff and his gear.

N.B There is no problem in creating different Speaker Groups with different setups for the OPPO outputs.

Listen for a while....and choose what you prefer.

MM

Thanks a lot - that makes sense 

I used to own an Oppo Sonica DAC. I believe it uses the same DAC chip as what is one the 205. If it is, I would be surprised if it outperforms the DAC on the BL 50 for audio played through the BL 50. I sold the Sonica before I got my Core, but in my comparison it was Sonos Connect < Oppo Sonica = Apple AirPort Express 2 (yes!) = Bluesound Node 2i < Beosound Core. So given that, I would be really surprised if the Oppo's DAC was better than on the BL 50. My 2 cents worth. 

My intention is that both side left/right as well as rear left/right will be positioned where the wall meets the ceiling (my ceiling is flat and there is approximately 2,5 m from the floor to the ceiling in the TV room.

Hereby, all four BL17’s will be positioned above the listening position.

I am not sure if what your saying will work when all 4 speakers are positioned in the same level?

However, I could lower the 17’s on the back wall (bring them down to ear level but they will still be approx 2meters behind the listening position) or as mentioned in my initial post add a third set of BL17 speakers (or e.g. shape) in that specific position and them keep the initial 4 pcs BL17 where the wall meets the ceiling...

I am not sure if that will improve the experience 

Thank you for the information. MM mentioned that passing through several AD converters might reduce SQ but I will definitely compare it once the setup is complete.

Thanks again