Would be nice to know, what you end up with - please keepus informed.

MM

Hi, just wanted to bring this thread back to life to see if anyone actaully does use the S8 as 'rears'? I have a V1 and Lab 18's and am thinking of where to go next. Dont want to change the TV yet as looking to move home next year so will wait, for obvious reasons. But was looking at either the Lab19 sub or after reading this the S8 to potentially get me to 5.1.

My dealer had not tried this, so before I think about trying this - does anyone have any hands on experience at making this work?

fowwiee wrote:

For those who is wondering.

I can confirm that there is at least 5 active amps in the beoplay S8.

I got two set of beoplay S8 therefore just for fun, I hooked up 4 speakers to one of the subwoofers.

Two speakers as front, and two speakers as rear, connected as a 4.1 system. I can confirm that the system does not block any channel. All 4 speakers works. 

F

Does that mean I could for sure potentially setup a 5.1 system using the A8, if I were somehow able to get three more speakers?

I spoke with my dealer. And they confirm that the S8 does not have a full set of amplifiers. It only has 3 (one for the sub and two for the satelites).

They had tried to connect 5 speakers to it, and it does not work.

...ummm, almost three months after the product launch - there is still no single review to be found?

Is nobody buying it or nobody thinks Beoplay S8 review would be interesting to the general audience? I find it odd, honestly. 😂

AnalogPlanet wrote:

...ummm, almost three months after the product launch - there is still no single review to be found?

Is nobody buying it or nobody thinks Beoplay S8 review would be interesting to the general audience? I find it odd, honestly. 😂

Mr_Ander_son has bough a set - I think the pictures are in the Flash your B&O thread

fowwiee wrote:

For those who is wondering.

I can confirm that there is at least 5 active amps in the beoplay S8.

I got two set of beoplay S8 therefore just for fun, I hooked up 4 speakers to one of the subwoofers.

Two speakers as front, and two speakers as rear, connected as a 4.1 system. I can confirm that the system does not block any channel. All 4 speakers works. 

F

Leosgonewild wrote:

I spoke with my dealer. And they confirm that the S8 does not have a full set of amplifiers. It only has 3 (one for the sub and two for the satelites).

They had tried to connect 5 speakers to it, and it does not work.

Then how the heck did he do it? Very strange

And BEOCET in the Flash your B&O thread said the same.

BEOCET wrote:

All amps are active, tested it yesterday. The inputs are not blocked. Sounds fantastic.

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/flash-your-bampo---new-thread

I'm hopeful yet

Thanks for your advice, I'll wait is out until there is more confirmation of the situation.