Since I'm also a BV11 customer, I'll also describe my setup

- 4 external loudspeakers

- one listening position

- 4 Speaker Groups

- I set them up myself. of course... ;-)

1. Three speaker groups: 1) TV — a group with default settings for BV11-46 with BL11. 2) MOVIE — where the cross-over frequency between BV11 and BL11 is set to 80Hz, instead of the default 120Hz. This results in fuller sound from the BV11's internal speakers, as they handle more of the low frequencies and produce more bass in conjunction with the sub. This "speaker group" gives movies noticeably more oomph. 3) NO SUB — I sometimes prefer to listen to BV11's very finely balanced & tuned sound without the BL11 being active.

2. I made the configurations / settings.

3. Two primary viewing positions (with the motorized stand).

4. One external speaker, BeoLab 11.

Hello, my name is Mark. I'm an Avant customer and a serial B&O addict 😁

- 3 speakers (BL18 pair and BL2)

- 2 listening positions

- 2 Speaker Groups (TV and Music)

- My engineer and I set them up together.

 

I'd have put in more if the interface in the Bsys4 were easier to access these settings - e.g. 1 click. Now I'm guessing you're gonna tell me they are one click from the Beoremote 1 😳

 

mawheele wrote:

I'd have put in more if the interface in the Bsys4 were easier to access these settings - e.g. 1 click. Now I'm guessing you're gonna tell me they are one click from the Beoremote 1 😳

 

Hi,

If you have a Beo4, you can add the "Speaker" option to the list function - from there, you just hit "LIST" on the remote until you get to "SPEAKER" on the remote's LCD screen, then hit the number of the Speaker Group you want.

I've made SPEAKER the first item that comes on the LCD when I hit LIST, so I just hit LIST - number and that does the trick. Two clicks - but that's almost one click... ;-)

Cheers

/geoff

Hi Geoff,

V1 and pair of lab18's

- 1 listening position

- 3 speaker groups - tv (V1 speaker only), music (lab 18's only) and movie (all 3 channels)

- set up myself

Loving the lab18's!

Hi Geoff,

I have a BV11, with 4 speakers groups, 4 external speakers and 2 listening positions. I set them myself!

BV11-46.

1. One speaker group.

2. Installer configured it and I followed.

3. Two listening-viewing positions. Main room / couch.

4. No external speakers.

Apologies for going slightly off-topic (I have a BV10 so I'm excluded from the poll for the moment), but when I was enquiring about a BV11 or Avant, a dealer told me that setting up different listening positions would be effective only with a 3-speaker setup (2 external, front only), and that it would not work properly with 4 external speakers(2 front + 2 surround)... Is that accurate information?

 

 

I have a BV11 with the following set-up:

- 4 speakers + 1 sub attached

- 2 listening positions

- 5 speaker groups

- I set them up without a technician

 

Marcello wrote:

Apologies for going slightly off-topic (I have a BV10 so I'm excluded from the poll for the moment), but when I was enquiring about a BV11 or Avant, a dealer told me that setting up different listening positions would be effective only with a 3-speaker setup (2 external, front only), and that it would not work properly with 4 external speakers(2 front + 2 surround)... Is that accurate information?

With apologies to your dealer: This is not only inaccurate - it's incorrect.

Consider, for example, an Avant with 4 external loudspeakers - Lf/Rf & Ls/Rs in the "normal" viewing position.

You could, as an example, sit on the TV and face the "surround" loudspeakers and create a Speaker Group that makes them Left Front and Right Front.

If all of the external loudspeakers are matched (i.e. the same model) then you could also use the room "sideways" by making a Speaker Group that uses the Lf  loudspeaker to play the Right Front channel and the Ls loudspeaker to play the Left Front channel. Then you sit between the (normally) Rf & Rs loudspeakers (which are turned off in this Speaker Group) and face the left side of the room.

Cheers

-geoff