Terrace Sound Beovox CX100

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Hi all,

I’m having a NL setup: Beosound Essence MKII, Beosound 2 new, M5.

Some CX100 stored. I want to use them

for outdoor, water protected. Any ideas to integrate them cheapest way?

My grandfather had cx100 on the terrasse for 25 years. As it is fairly cheap speakers I would just have them under roof to protect them agains rain. Wouldn’t bother with more waterproofing.

My father too. But how to connect?

stampfki wrote:

... how to connect?

Use a single Essence PL socket, via RJ45 to Powerlink: link

To a Beolink Passive: link

Then via speaker cables: 

Location: Warwickshire, UK

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
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I'd be tempted to dope the paper cones on the woofers with something, PVA or a black liquid that dries like a soft rubberized finish, some speaker repair shops sell such. Just to make the paper cones last longer.

If I don’t need multi room integration. Is the playmaker also an option?

Can I actually use it with the actual app which I use for my other NL stuff?

stampfki wrote:

If I don’t need multi room integration. Is the playmaker also an option?

Yes, but you'd still need an amplifier - i.e a Beolink Passive.  The same connectors as I already suggested would be required and the Powerlink output from the Playmaker would automatically turn on the Passive when you started to Airplay to it.

(I can't answer your other question as I do not know enough about NL!)

 

Location: Warwickshire, UK

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-A2.png Beoplay-A2.png
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