New product launch - beosound theatre?

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SA
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Sandyb
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Posted November 1, 2022 at 22:44 GMT
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oh no, and oh really?!

Part of my upcoming instal involves swapping my wired BL3s for BL17s to e used wirelessly (the hidden PL cable to my BL3 has gone bad).

I am assuming the 17s will work happily with the Theatre over WISA.

will be very unhappy if they dont.
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Mark
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Posted November 1, 2022 at 23:45 GMT
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I read a post I think on this thread that someone said their BL17's were rock solid on WISA.  It was their BL19 they had daily night problems with.  So I'm not giving up yet!

I haven't used the system much except for tv, but every time I "Play sound" today it worked.

 
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yossi
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Posted November 2, 2022 at 09:40 GMT
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Mine (BL 17) were always on and off (green dot red dot green dot red dot and so on and so on ) until I wired them. A scan performed by the B&O tech showed too much 5 GHz networks around …
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Mark
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Posted November 2, 2022 at 18:48 GMT
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Wow, it seems that it is widely regarded that the WISA standard isn't very good, or at least usable under certain circumstances.  B&O relies heavily on it for its products it seems.  Is that wise?

I am going to conduct a test.  I created a new listening position with just the BeoLab 17's and the BeoLab 19 as "Rear Stereo".  At the beginning of the calibration the BeoLab 17's "were there", after finishing the 17's seemed to go offline and needed to be unplugged.  Could this be a Theatre issue and not WISA?  I can now play music to them and I can hopefully get an idea how stable the wireless is.

 
Severed_hand_of_skywalker
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Severed_hand_of_skywalker
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Posted November 3, 2022 at 01:47 GMT
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I would strongly suggest you move away from wireless if you can. Its sketchy, the speaker uses more power and the quality is lowered a bit.

Wire should always work.

Location: Toronto, Canada

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Severed_hand_of_skywalker
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Posted November 3, 2022 at 05:44 GMT
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Nothing new in video but here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltzrv415qv0

Location: Toronto, Canada

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MaxH
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Posted November 3, 2022 at 14:01 GMT
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Razlaw
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Posted November 3, 2022 at 20:30 GMT
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I have a pair of 18s ordered to use with my Theatre.  Planned to use wisa to connect them.  Reading this makes me wonder if I should use one of my older pair of speakers as rears with my in wall PL cables.  (In wall cables are old and do not work with ice powered speakers. I have 4000s, 6000s, and 1s I could use with the PL cable)
SA
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Sandyb
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Posted November 3, 2022 at 21:40 GMT
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Think this all comes down to how many 5ghz networks are in / around your space in question.

As Mike I think has said numerous times, lots of such congestion and WISA may be sketchy, very few of them and it seems all fine.
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Razlaw
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Posted November 3, 2022 at 23:58 GMT
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I ordered a receiver to experiment with. Will help me decide if I want the 18s or not.
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