Posts by tom555 (archived2)
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Listening Room design
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 10, 2018 23:03[quote user="bidstonhall"] Looks like you had to cut away some of the trim, looks better in actual fact, fabulous setup [/quote] Right you are. We did not measure the reels when we decided on the trim. The Watt guys are …
Listening Room design
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 9, 2018 23:01[quote user="MediaBobNY"] The smaller 7" reel one from circa 1980 is a Pioneer RT-707, which I also own. It was designed for rack mounting, with notches in the faceplate on the left and right sides for the mounting screw…
Listening Room design
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 4, 2018 09:35[quote user="marexy"] Hi nice B&O tech :) but..isn't a little bit small room? [/quote] Yes, a little bit. The pictures make it look smaller than it is. But, it was chosen for a few reasons: No major remodeling required S…
Listening Room design
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 4, 2018 07:03Thought people might be interested in my new listening room. This has been an interesting project that has taught me a lot about audio and integration but produced a nice result. I was fortunate enough to have a room tha…
Beosound Shape
in General Discussion & Questions · May 7, 2018 09:43[quote user="Duels"] How about a picture Tom? What speakers are you listening to in that room? [/quote] Sure. We are still under construction and underdecorated but I'll put one up tomorrow. Running Lab 5s, Lab 3s and 40…
Beosound Shape
in General Discussion & Questions · May 6, 2018 01:35I have a shape in my listening room as dampers. No drivers, control, etc. Just dampers. Looks great. Improves the sound. Uses no power.🙂
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 30, 2018 08:22I swapped that out with another with the same result
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 30, 2018 08:08[quote user="CB"] No, I'm not sure. There are so many options here and there, often not explicit for the average person, and because the audible differences are not possible to compare side by side, it's quite difficult …
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 29, 2018 22:29[quote user="CB"] [quote user="tom555"]yes. 75 ohm cable; Will try another to make sure it's not a cable issue.[/quote] I've had some clicking issues with a cable also. Not sure why because it was not permanent (may be d…
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 28, 2018 21:59[quote user="CB"] [quote user="CB"]Did you use a 75 Ohms coaxial cable? ( FWIW see this thread here ) And what about the source (file, streaming device) you use?[/quote] ? [/quote]yes. 75 ohm cable; Will try another to m…
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 28, 2018 19:41[quote user="CB"]MM "forgot" to say that 24b / 96kHz is also the maximum amount of data that the BL5s can use (so perhaps to produce the most detailed sound) [/quote] Right. This! I am looking to replace my Beosystem 3 w…
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2018 17:29[quote user="Barry Santini"]I might suspect the Toslink>SPDIF box as well [/quote] I also suspected the TOSLINK->SPDIF converter so I swapped it out for another one. Same result. I also swapped cables. Still clicking. Th…
Beolab 5 & 96khz sources
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2018 05:37Hello, I have been playing with my Beolab 5s, High Res audio files and a chromecast Audio. What I did was connect the Chromecast Audio via a TOSLINK->Coax converter directly to the Lab5s. The lab5s sound great with 24 bi…
Line Level from BS3
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Jan 7, 2018 19:29Hello, I have a Beosystem 3 connected to a couple of BL5, BL3s and a 4000. The System 3 has lots of music sources hanging from it. I am not using Beolink but am using Sonos for whole house distribution. I'd like to be ab…
Beolab 5/Beosound 9000 power link question
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 21, 2017 07:31Thanks so much. Yep. Removing the Y connector and chaining them with the original cables fixed everything. Much Appreciated --tom
Beolab 5/Beosound 9000 power link question
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 19, 2017 08:05Ok. Got the situation narrowed down a bit. Maybe someone can tell me what is going on here: Beosound 9000 is connected with Powerlink cable to Y Adapter connected with power link cables to each beolab 4s. 1. From power o…
Beolab 5/Beosound 9000 power link question
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 17, 2017 19:50Hi All, My setup is normally 2 Beolab 5s connected to a Beosystem 3 and it works well. I just recently picked up a New Old stock Beosound 9000. Very excited. The Beosystem went in for a software update so I connected the…
two Beolink Passives with one IR puck
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 25, 2012 08:38Hi, I would like to drive two Beolink Passives with one IR puck. I am doing this because I am driving a four speaker setup and a single beolink passive doesn't seem to have enough power if I split the speakers. My though…