What if, if it is possible, PL connect both BL5 directly (eventually chained) to the BST. Make a pre setting "stereo" and switch of all other speakers except the BS5.

Then use the BST to play your music with the "stereo" pre-set. You could NL connect a BS Core and Join the BST for stereo listening additional (but necessary ??).

Regarding two PL to same BL5
So according to what you (Millemissen) are saying this would be better, right?
Two potential problems with this setup is if the BL5 no longer reads the Digital Coax, but only plays the PL signal.
The other potential problem is if the BL3 plays when I play music from the Core.

I suppose this will need to be tested, but do you agree this is worth giving a shot? if you look aside from your advice of this potentially not being very good sonically :).

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PS. Moving the BL5 to the right side of the TV is not an option, but I appreciate how you keep looking for better solutions.

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@Carolpa
Your suggestion is good, problem is if I move music to the BST the BL5 would only run on the PL wires and not the digial Coax cables I use today and the difference in sound quality is very noticable so even though that would solve all my problems I would not be able to accept the compromise. But thanks for chiming in !!

 

Im sorry if I get this wrong, but I having difficulty understanding the setup you want?

I think for Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF), you want a Theatre, two BL5 as rear surrounds and BL3 as fronts?

You also want to play material via the Core?

Please can you clarify the roles of the loudspeakers as I think everything else is straight-forward (except the Almando box bit)

 

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Thanks Mr10Percent I'll try to sum up as good as I can ;)

• There is hardly any wife-factor in this, just the composition of the room combined the fact that I already have BL5's in the room that cant be placed otherwise so the only way forward is to work with what I have in place and then add to that.
• I cant use BST (only) for BL5's because then I would need to use PL-only and thats a downgrade from the Coax I use now via the Core. Also the core is a part of a larger eco-system I cant put on the BST (Phono player via digital RIAA, Roon via Mac Mini ect). So I need to share the BL5's between the Core and the BST.
• I dont need fronts - the Theatre does that just fine.
• I have a BL5 located where the Left rear would be, I would like to use that as a rear.
• I dont have a BL5 where the Right rear would be, so I need something to fill that gap. I am thinking BL3.
• I understand mixing speakers at the rear is not a good idea, Millemusen made that abundantly clear to me. I do however hope I can down-tune the BL5 via the App that allows me to manipulate the levels of each speaker.

So what I have come up with: To share the BL5's between the BRT and the Core (so I can keep playing via Digital Coax, or at least that what I hope) I will use the Almando switch, shown in the illustration above. From that feed the BL5 and from the left rear BL5 see if I can feed a BL3 a a right rear.If I cannot daisychain a BL3 on the BL5, I will have to go with the Receiver 1 even though it is not ideal due to lack of technical integration. It's all in the illustration above, I think I just need to try it out since this is not really what they intended in Struer.

Ok, thanks,

My 2 cents here.

1. Set the Theatre, BL5s and BL3s optimally for the Theatre.
2. Daisy-Chain the PLs BST >> BL5 >> BL5

3. Daisy-chain PLs BST >> BL3 Splitter >> BL3s

4. Connect Core to BST (not sure how this is done)

5. Daisy-chain Core coax >> BL5 >> BL5.

You will need to make a listening position for the BL5s stereo only and maybe configure the BR1. The music signal will be digital to the BL5s from the Core and the BST should control volume signal via PL?

Thats how I imagine it. Obviously, I can’t test but hope it helps?

Thank you Mr10Percent. Really appreciate the input.

I like your plan, but I am not sure if 4. is showstopper. Not sure if it can be done, but I will try to investigate.

I used to run BL5s from a BV7 via PL. I also had a BS5/BM5 which sounded terrible when piped through ML to the BV7. However, piping the BM5 sound via coax directly to the BL5 raised the sound quality for music dramatically. BS5 or the BV could control volume.

Hopefully, the same principle can apply to you? BST/PL for TV, core/coax for music

@Appeardk

’……Also the core is a part of a larger eco-system I cant put on the BST (Phono player via digital RIAA, Roon via Mac Mini ect)’

Please explain…..in order to understand why the BST should not be able to do what the Core does now.

MM

This is very very interresting to clear up.

I asked the question a few times in this thread, if it would be possible to put the BL5s directly on the BST.  I have looked at the connections of the BST and there is no digital out so I just dont know how I could draw a digital feed from it. So that is why it cannot do what the core does now.

So that is in practise the only reason why I could not leave out the Core of the equation.

Or, if it was possible to connect the BST to the Core I would do it in a minute, but I just dont see how.

Right now this is my best plan. Plan B would be: BL3 via Receiver 1.
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If I am missing anything I would just love to get a hint or suggestion.

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Be aware that if you PL chain both BL5 and the BL3 you will end having the same channel in one of the BL5 and the BL3! That's the same between the PL of the switch and the BST. for 3 speakers connected to the BST you need minimal two PL cables if every speaker should have its own channel playing.