What drives your BeoLab 5's or BeoLab not5's?

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geoffmartin
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 14:50 GMT
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Hi everyone,

Another question to the group.. (Peter if this could be turned into a poll, that would be very nice!)

I'm curious as to what people are using to connect to their loudspeakers. I'm not interested in the sources themselves (i.e. Blu-ray player vs. CD player), but the device that is directly connected to the BeoLab loudspeakers in your setup.

 

  1. I have BeoLab 5's connected to a B&O device
  2. I have BeoLab 5's connected to a non-B&O device
  3. I have another BeoLab loudspeaker connected to a B&O device
  4. I have another BeoLab loudspeaker connected to a non-B&O device
  5. I have a non-B&O loudspeaker connected to a B&O device

 

It should be possible to answer with more than one of these options, if applicable.
Just to get the ball rolling: my answers at home would be 3 and 5
Thanks for your help!
-geoff
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VANTAGE (archived2)
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 15:24 GMT
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Hi Geoff,

Just to be clear, what difference do you make between answer 3 and answer 4? Isn't one of the two "another BeoLab loudspeaker connected to a non-B&O device"?

VANTAGE

 

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uponmysam
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 15:29 GMT
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Hi everyone,

Answer is 2

I'm currently using my Beolab 5 with a Cambridge DacMagic Plus (via SPDIF) which is feeded with lossless files stored on a Mac MIni. It's still a lack of options that the Beolab 5 are not able to turn the digital input on in a B&O envirionment when the source is not "CD".

Silly, i can not use the Dolby Digital from my Beovision 7-32.

My main focus is to drive the Beolab 5 as an Audio reference speaker setup and not for a surround setup.

 

 

 

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alenvprekrsku (archived2)
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 15:36 GMT
#2024191

#1

BL5 & BS/BM5

All my audio/video gear is B&O.

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Valve1
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 15:51 GMT
#2024192

number 3, a lot of times😁

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-9000.png Beosound-9000.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png
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geoffmartin
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 16:04 GMT
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VANTAGE wrote:

Hi Geoff,

Just to be clear, what difference do you make between answer 3 and answer 4? Isn't one of the two "another BeoLab loudspeaker connected to a non-B&O device"?

VANTAGE

 

d'oh! Sorry. Fixed...

Cheers

-g

PLEASE READ before sending me a Personal Message.

If you have questions about or problems with B&O equipment, these should be directed through your dealer and/or B&O's Customer Service department.

I cannot be a "short circuit", bypassing these communication channels.

Thanks
-geoff
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berlin2010
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 16:07 GMT
#2024194

3 and 5

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Banix (archived2)
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 16:11 GMT
#2024195

4.

Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus to BeoLab 8000 MKII. (The DAC is connected to a Powerbook G4)

 

 

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L1NO (archived2)
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 16:13 GMT
#2024196

2 and 4. 

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langleyav (archived2)
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Posted September 16, 2014 at 16:13 GMT
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#3  for me

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