Thank you to our Sponsors
Silent wire MK5 digital coaxials from the soundcard to Beolab 5's. Just for the good looks. 😎
Be aware that you'll have to play them for about a week before you'll get the most out of it 😁
And also make sure the arrow on the cable is pointing in the proper signal flow direction. [:'(]
Oh, I had them the wrong way, changed them, and now the orchestra really opened up! 😎
John,
I understand what you mean about the road to Damascus. Same path for me with this B&O.
I think part of it is realizing how little difference the constant tweaking/maintenance issues made compared to more stable gear, and another part of it is as I got older and move involved in other things the hobby aspect became less of a fun hobby/something to do and more of a burden/drudgery that detracted from the music. Between work and everything else in life, when I want to listen to music I want to get to it quickly, not have to warm this up, tweak that tonearm, play music in 22 minutes per LP side. In my college years and for a while after, the hobby aspect was enjoyable, not so much after a while.
I still like to listen to LPs now and then, but the B&O table is a lot easier than my VPI HW19 setup was. And it's nice to use my PC music server with my iPad to pick albums and playlists from the comfort of my listening couch and not have to lug my creaking bones over to the system to pick music.
And with the B&O I personally haven't found any downside sonically, the 8000's are the best speakers I've ever heard in my room, which has its share of problems with bass bloat and other things. The Beolabs mate very well with it.
In college I worked in a record/stereo store that had a high end room as well. I got to where I couldn't stand to listen to anything I could afford, but back then there seemed to be a lot more difference between mass market and high end gear. Back then the Dahlquist DQ10's were king, but I seem to get a lot of the same kind of imaging from my Beolabs with a lot less fuss.
Silent wire MK5 digital coaxials from the soundcard to Beolab 5's. Just for the good looks. 😎
Be aware that you'll have to play them for about a week before you'll get the most out of it 😁
And also make sure the arrow on the cable is pointing in the proper signal flow direction. [:'(]
Oh, I had them the wrong way, changed them, and now the orchestra really opened up! 😎
😂😂😂
double post
There was a terific story in the Atlanta newspaper in the late 90's regarding the high-end audiophile community. It opened by talking about a gentleman who had spent several hundred thousands of dollars remodeling and outfitting a guest-house on his property as a proper listening room. He became so obsessed with tweaking the system that in order to enjoy music he was reduced to sitting on his bed listening to his clock radio.
The most amazing, delightful audio system I have ever owned was an 11 speaker system that we designed and installed in my '84 Ford Taurus. But I love my BeoSound 9000 and BeoLab 6000's.
Like others, I owned some audiophile equipment before moving to B&O. I had some H.H. Scott, Fisher, McIntosh, and Dynaco tube amps, a Lexicon Processor, VTL Maximal Preamp, but all I've kept are my Vandersteen 2Ci speakers in my main listening room and my Grado Headphones.
I was never able walk across my room without picking the sound of my footsteps up on my previous turntable. Now with the BS5000, no worries. I'm also shocked at how good my S45 and even CX75s sound in my link rooms. I've listened to more high quality music in the last two years with my B&O gear than I did in the previous 20 years. I too listen with the loundness on - for low level morning music while the kids are still asleep. I added a simple iPod Touch dock to the Tape 2 input of my BS5000 and use the Tango app to control it and display the album art from any link room. Is it audiophile? Dunno. But for me it's audio bliss.
Silent wire MK5 digital coaxials from the soundcard to Beolab 5's. Just for the good looks. 😎
Be aware that you'll have to play them for about a week before you'll get the most out of it 😁
And also make sure the arrow on the cable is pointing in the proper signal flow direction. [:'(]
Oh, I had them the wrong way, changed them, and now the orchestra really opened up! 😎
😂😂😂
When you bought them did you check if they were right and left spun for right and left speaker, the center is not spun but a single straight wire.
Location: Mexico city
We have a bore in our family who litteraly spends hundreds if not thousands of pounds on record player nibs, made from different types of different wood. He has convinced himself they sound differently etc. OK they might, but come on. His place looks like Jodrel bank.
When he finally "succumbed" to an Iphone dock he admitted the Beosound 8 was his preffered choice after listening to it, but afraid of what his fellow bores would think about him getting a B&O product, he bought a Zeppelin.
Oh how i laughed when i told him it was powered by B&O ICE. His face.......
As luck will, until now I had no visit from an audiophile, but a lot of my visitors falls in love with the look of my B&O, vintage and newer.
As for listening, when to vintage, "Oh it comes from 2 sides" (stereo), and on the 5 channel surround, "Oh, it comes from everywhere"
Most places they have a ghetto blaster turned up to the max, and god help the music lover.😂
Location: Mexico city
You must be logged in as a BeoWorld member to post replies to forum threads.
Register to access the forums, reference material, and exclusive member benefits — including our monthly prize draw.
Become a Member