Posts by Alex Killpartrick
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Beomaster 6500, Beogram CD 7000, Beolink 1000, CD shelf - North London
in For Sale · Aug 24, 2024 15:17Copied from my eBay posting: Listing my Bang & Olufsen system. Has worked flawlessly for the past 17 years in a smoke free home. I'm not the first owner of these items so can't tell you there past history, but they were …
Beocentre 7700 (with MMC) for sale in North London
in For Sale · Aug 24, 2024 15:12Copying + pasting my eBay posting here: This unit has belonged to one owner since new (a family member who I am selling for). It's been in a smoke free home, very light use and barely moved around. Everything seems to wo…
CD7000 - possible to tap into the DAC?
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Aug 25, 2020 14:05As to why I want to use the DAC - it's part of the system I have already and I'd rather try and utilise what's there. Also, it sounds great, even comparing it to other modern digital sources. I'm quite fond of the sound …
CD7000 - possible to tap into the DAC?
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Aug 25, 2020 14:02I see two mutes, both from IC6 to IC9. One is 'ATSB' on pin 22 which attenuates IC9 by 12 dB. The manual reads: "When 'low', the signal is lowered with 12dB' The other is 'MUSB' on pin 23 which is a soft mute between the…
CD7000 - possible to tap into the DAC?
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Aug 25, 2020 10:20Hey All, Long time with no posting here but still enjoying my 7000 system. This is my second system and wondering if it's possible to make a modification to the (still fantastic sounding) CD7000 enabling me to use the in…
Beolab 5 setup
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 1, 2016 12:20It makes no sense to drive BeoLab 5s with an analog signal when you can opt for a PCM digital stream instead. DACs and ADCs do degrade the signal, and there is no benefit whatsoever in adding additional conversion steps …
Beolab 9. Easy to blow???
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 19, 2016 17:30[quote user="Chris Townsend"]Watching Apple TV i can comfortably watch a movie at 67-75(adverts are very loud over 60!), but on Apple Music nothing above 60. Watching Sky 62-65. Bluerays anything up to 90! It seems the s…
BeoLab 90 - My experience (Clipping?!)
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 3, 2016 14:17Yes the mainstream Adele master is sounding pretty poor to my ears, very heavily compressed and limited with little dynamics. In fact Spotify is reducing the level by 4.1 dB to make it more even with other music. An albu…
Beomaster 7000 handle 24bits
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 22, 2015 11:52The iTunes store uses 256 kbps AAC compression, which doesn't have a bit depth. Bit depth refers to the number of 1s or 0s used to encode the difference between the loudest and quietest possible sounds in a 'standard PCM…
Meridian VS Bang & Olufsen
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 12, 2015 12:46I'm not really sure I'd say Bang & Olufsen build better speakers because they have a larger factory. Most of Meridian's speakers outperform the B&O offerings - the BeoLab 90 seems to be B&O's first true attempt to build …
Best Tracks for Bass Testing..
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 27, 2015 09:48When I visit a studio and want to hear what the low end is like in the control room, I usually use: Guillermo Klein - Va Roman (!!! big, wide, smooth and deep bass covering lots of frequencies) Stevie Wonder - Bird of Be…
Penta Beovox V Quad ESL63
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 17, 2015 09:39I just sold my ESL, absolute nightmare to set up properly in the room, and they take up so much space. Quite a lot of modern direct radiating (conventional) speakers which are far better in my opinion!
Changing direction.............
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 9, 2015 13:18I don't think the problem is exclusive to B&O - the way music, TV and movies are accessed nowadays leaves little in the way for creative interaction with it. I need to go into a B&O store and actually use a Moment or wha…
Cartridge comparison - Please have a listen
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 8, 2015 17:34Fourth and final one is by far the best to me. 1 - Good tonal balance but occasional breakup (doesn't sound like a stylus issue though, could be an issue with the capture?) - Not so good at tracking HF off to the sides. …
B&Os Bath
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 15, 2015 22:44When I started working for B&O, the MX4200 was retailing for £1100, maybe £1195 I seem to remember, when a good, similarly-sized set from Sony would cost £350, and the MX4200 was a really great TV - all the normal featur…
Best woofer in the house ?
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 15, 2015 20:21The BeoLab 2 uses passive radiators, which have a significant impact on group delay, not easily quantifiable in published tech specs, but group delay seriously impacts our perception of the bottom end. Group delay means …
B&Os Bath
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 15, 2015 20:16Yes closed today when I walked past. End of an era. Proud to say B&O were the first company I worked for...
Record Store Day
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 15, 2015 10:52[quote user="Millemissen"] I don't care much for vinyls, I freely admit. And I don't see much need for a physical media for stereo content these days. What I do care for is good record ings ! After all it is the quality …
Spdif out to beolab 5 with a bv 7 40, is it possible ?
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 28, 2014 09:01I wouldn't be concerned about this when the audio source is YouTube. The huge degradation you get from listening to 160 kbps compressed audio is far greater than the relatively tiny change in sound the additional DA + AD…