Posts by LennartMenzel (archived2)
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BeoLab 5 no midrange, tweeter slight buzzing
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 19, 2021 05:19oh and the serial numbers are 17487xxx and 17502xxx type 6881
BeoLab 5 no midrange, tweeter slight buzzing
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 19, 2021 05:16hello everyone, i bought a pair of used beolab 5 this weekend for 5400€. Very fair price. They were installed in a millionaire´s home along with the whole b&o catalogue. They hadnt been moved from the first installation …
Beosound 2500 Beocenter 2500 no sound, no display, loud thumping sound
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 18, 2020 22:48I found that four resistors (D21-D-24 on PCB2) fell off. Bad soldering and/or glue is to blame. I will try to resolder them the next days.
DeToma B800 Subwoofer not loud enough
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 18, 2020 22:39The DeToma B800 subwoofer was very commonly sold with Beolab 6000, as it has native DIN inputs. I know a handful of B&O customers who had that setup - maybe someone will find it helpful :)
Beosound 2500 Beocenter 2500 no sound, no display, loud thumping sound
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 17, 2020 14:38I am repairing my beocenter 2500, but unfortunantly something seems to have broken during the casette deck repair. Now the display does not show volume, source or anthing else. Power LED works, glass doors and light as w…
BL3 "broken" tweeter; much quieter than BL9 !
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 1, 2020 11:54You mean by measuring the impedance as instructed in the service manual?
BL3 "broken" tweeter; much quieter than BL9 !
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 31, 2020 19:44It has been two years since the post and i have moved on to Beolab 5 as my main speakers. I put the 3s right next to the 5s and set up a 1:1 comparison with similar level and on the fly switching with spotify. Both Beola…
Beolab 5 Digital In Issue
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 10, 2020 15:39thank you both for your helpful answers! I will try it out with different sources. The cables are "decent" quality and definitly 75 Ohm; i would think of this as a funny experiment, if it wasnt for the cost of a potentia…
Beolab 5 Digital In Issue
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 9, 2020 13:35[quote user="CB"]Hi Did you try swapping the cable ? Try playing only one at a time, with the same cable... Are you using a sync cable also ? [/quote] These early production models do not utilize the sync socket. If you …
Beolab 5 Digital In Issue
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 8, 2020 19:51I have a pair of 175XXX Serial Beolab 5. One of them is stuttering and eventually not playing at all when using the Digital In. When i bought them (used about 4 months ago) everything worked fine. With Powerlink they wor…
Beolab 5 reliability?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 16, 2020 14:23I beg you to read this replay from Dave Moulton (look him up; deeply involved in the development of the 5s) https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/2873.aspx?PageIndex=1 I wish not to add anything to his comment, as…
Beolab 5 set up with Beovision 11
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 16, 2020 13:43As Lawrence already mentionend, the Tonmeister and person in charge of sound design at B&O, Geoff Martin discussed this topic on his blog "earfluff and eyecandy" in i think even multiple posts. The most informative one o…
Beolab 5 purchase or not?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 16, 2020 13:34The "bass heavy" feeling of punch in your friends apartment might very well be present because of the room acoustics. The only valid comparison to find your answer would be to get the Beolab 5 and 50 in one room (best in…
Beolab 5, software.
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 13, 2020 02:41Why would you want to downgrade?
BeoSound Core Compatibility
in General Discussion & Questions · May 9, 2020 13:48All models of the Beolab 5 support up to 96kHz sampling rate. There is no limit at 88.1 kHz. I specifially asked the B&O Support for this once.
What started YOUR love for B&O?
in General Discussion & Questions · May 3, 2020 11:05I grew up with decent speakers, but never had a real "connection" to them. They just ran the radio and occasionally my mother put on a CD for background music at dinners. I got my relationship to B&O from my mother´s fia…
"Network player" for Beolab 5 Discussion
in General Discussion & Questions · May 3, 2020 10:29I am switching to Beolab 5 and already tried to part with the rest of my "collection" and focus more on quality over quantity. My aim is to simply have a pair of 5s connected via coaxial SPDIF to some kind of network pla…
Lautsprecher problem
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Apr 27, 2020 10:01[quote user="Net2000"] ich habe einmal die beolab 6000 direkt mit dem centerlautsprecher verbunden und mir kam vor es war mehr Bass vorhanden. [/quote] Ich bin definitiv kein Profi was BV Produkte angeht. Meine Vermutung…
Do you use loudness?
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 23, 2020 23:08https://www.tonmeister.ca/wordpress/2014/06/07/bo-tech-what-is-loudness/ This is an interesting article by the tonmeister at B&O. Might be worth a look for the people interested in the subject of loudness.
Beolab 5: Sync cable necessary when using BS9000 as CD Player with SPDIF
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 16, 2020 15:40Prior to the purchase of a pair of beolab 5 i am currently planning the setup. Since i don´t need a TV in the living/listening room i will probably go for a network player. I know that the sync cable is used to keep the …