It looks like yours doesn’t have any flat wings on the side. Are you able to just have round edges?

John from the Manchester store came to see my install, video the motorised bracket and hear how it has calibrated my speakers.

We watched scenes from Tenet and also Greatest Showman on UHD 4K Blu-ray as these were films he knows well as they are on B&O demo tracks.

We both were impressed, and agree performing better than storeroom demo.  The bass is so tuneful, balanced, punchy and can be both fast and slow.  Using BL17s as rears or surrounds works very well… more than enough match for the Theatre.  The Theatre has self-calibrated very well (remember to turn the slide off on the mic when you put the grill back on).  Found best calibration was with the room empty and the doors closed ie I was in the hallway with my iPad.

I would highly recommend for those event films you buy a Blu-ray, and for the occasional film stream in UHD.

I have worked out how to bring back in the side-firing Theatre speakers when they are greyed out, by first selecting virtualise, then change their role and then untick virtualise.

I have ordered Topgun Maverick on UHD 4K Blu-ray which is released in the UK in a week or so, so looking forward to a Topgun double film night in a few weekends time.

Lastly I remembered why I have set the Panasonic to PCM not Bitstream, some UHD discs are in Master DTS and not Atmos so I let the player decode and send a 7.1 uncompressed signal in to the Theatre, as DTS is not supported.  In truth not sure it really matters whether it is the player, the TV or the Theatre which does the sound processing… it sounds epic so I am now after a calendar week of tweaking settled with my settings and can enjoy the purchase.

Final nugget, I have realised my G2 65” TV has an annoying whistle from the top right case holes when in YouTube or the LG App… essentially whenever most of the screen background is black.  I assume a fan inside works harder and it pushes more air out.  I have asked the Manchester store to check their demo screens and if they don’t make this whistle replace my panel under warranty.

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Yes, Epic in my opinion.

even the 55 Theatre has wings, though they're very small / short, so many won't see them as "wings" as such.....but even if you dont attach those very small / short pieces for the 55 inch version, the sides won't be rounded.

I got my theatre yesterday and somehow set it all up on my own :D

Overall pretty positive experience but I am having some very serious problems with it which I hope can be ironed out with software.  The 2 biggest ones are my 3rd party sub isn't recognized at all by the setup, even with adapters it has no idea its plugged in.

Even worse is that when I change volume or switch input it puts out some Buzz buzz sound to the right front BL18. I swapped cabled, how its connected etc but it doesn't help.  I'm really hoping its a software issue and my BL18's are 5 years old and never had a problem with the Marantz receiver they were connected to.

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I have worked out how to bring back in the side-firing Theatre speakers when they are greyed out, by first selecting virtualise, then change their role and then untick virtualise.

 Lastly I remembered why I have set the Panasonic to PCM not Bitstream, some UHD discs are in Master DTS and not Atmos so I let the player decode and send a 7.1 uncompressed signal in to the Theatre, as DTS is not supported.  In truth not sure it really matters whether it is the player, the TV or the Theatre which does the sound processing… it sounds epic so I am now after a calendar week of tweaking settled with my settings and can enjoy the purchase.

Thank you for the update!  Your first point is very good to know.  This should be in the Beosound Theatre Knowledge Base. I will have to see how my UHD player is configured, but outside of the Atmos speakers in the Theatre I probably wouldn't notice the height information as I will have a 5.1 system. I'm very glad to hear you and John are impressed with the sound.  I'm really looking forward to receiving mine on Monday!  

Q:

How did you find the atmos & speech clarity on it's own?

Does it have a good stereo perspective in music?

Have you tried switching to WISA on the 18's? might rule out a wired connection issue as a test, or even just switch to WISA permanently if it fixes the problem?

Small hint to all installers:

If you have a network problem check the network cable, which is delivered with your BS Theatre. Mine was faulty …

My dealer had to send it in to the headquarters.

Hi Skywalker,

I see you have a Halo together with BR1.

When testing the Halo at home 2years ago, I found it too limited for Video functions.

Is it still true?

I would like to buy a Halo for for daily A/V use with my Eclipse.

Kind regards,

Yann.