Hi Hans, thanks for the details.  I can't wait to start my own conversion.   How do you control the volume/properties on the Avant's speakers?

 I expect that if you were to integrate the sound from either the left and right channels of your materlink cable or the output of a beolink then you would almost certainly introduce lip-sync problems with the plasma (which you may or may not be able to live with).  It would be worth playing around with so as to keep the Avant as an integral part of the system (Nmusic, Nradio, etc....)

Great work.

Hi Folks,

First of all many thanks for the friendly, nice and positive replies, I really  appreciate that 😁 It keeps me motivated to support this topic.

Paj,

Currently the volume is controlled by the mediabox which is connected true the HDMI. The volume of the Pioneer I cannot control. The Blu Ray player has no volume control in it,  thats a problem. Doing so, it will only play true the HDMI with full trottle (what a shame from Sony) The BEO amplifiers are connected direct to the output of the Pioneer.

The volume of the pioneer only controls it's own speaker output. But that's no option since I'm using only the amplifiers of the Avant. If you need support how to manage that, just ask.

There is a mute on the BEO amplifiers so it should be possible to control the volume by remote of a receiver who wil give a 0-9 V signal. If anyone have any idea to integrate that kind of masterlink you are invited. The Beocentre is now stand alone

At his moment I am looking for the audio board lay out of the Pioneer to tap the signal control of the volume before it goes into the speakers amplifier as an alternative.  By the way I have not any lip sync.  problem !!

Best regards

Hans         

enkhome wrote:

The volume of the pioneer only controls it s own speaker output. But thats no option since I'm using only the amplifiers of the Avant.

Does the Pioneer have a headphone output? You could probably use that!

Yes it has.... but not advised in my opinion. It will decrase the quality of the signal by a different impedance and distortion of its own amplifier.  

You could always mount a BeoSystem 3 on the back. This would handle any impedance matching for you.

Alex wrote:

You could always mount a BeoSystem 3 on the back. This would handle any impedance matching for you.

...and maybe much closer to my original fantasy of this project... as i have an 8490 us avant (basically a beosystem 1) my intention was to simply remove the crt when it dies and add on a panny plasma and "hook her up" so to speak, retaining the stand, ml, etc... panny makes a commercial series 32" panel (no speakers) that would simply replace the crt (in my simplistic, mad world). i could also bump up to a 37 or 42 w/ some overlap.

I would want to integrate a BeoSystem 3, the difference in performance between the BeoSystem 1/2 and BeoSystem 3 is absolutely massive.

Alex wrote:

I would want to integrate a BeoSystem 3, the difference in performance between the BeoSystem 1/2 and BeoSystem 3 is absolutely massive.

oh, i don't doubt that... but as the 8490 is basically "ready to go" out of the box, i see it as: extract the crt, plug a 15pin from the projector out on the avant (bs1) and plug it right into the back of the new panny -viola!

enkhome wrote:

The volume of the pioneer only controls it's own speaker output. But that's no option since I'm using only the amplifiers of the Avant. If you need support how to manage that, just ask.

There is a mute on the BEO amplifiers so it should be possible to control the volume by remote of a receiver who wil give a 0-9 V signal. If anyone have any idea to integrate that kind of masterlink you are invited. The Beocentre is now stand alone

At his moment I am looking for the audio board lay out of the Pioneer to tap the signal control of the volume before it goes into the speakers amplifier as an alternative.  By the way I have no any lip sync. !! 

This is a little bit too techy for me, but wouldn´t a

Hi Daniel,

Good advice, thanks for that. I have send a email to them asking if it controls the mute on the amplifiers and the PIO and Sony.

Best regards

Hans