Oh my god after over a month with no updates they have updated the beta app. The Theatre screen is more compact now. Haven't found any new features though.
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Location: Brittany, France
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Infected at the age of 13 by a BG 4000 in Dad's Hifi shop.
Location: Brittany, France
My B&O Icons:
Infected at the age of 13 by a BG 4000 in Dad's Hifi shop.
Willie (of the podcast fame) went through an interesting Theatre Speaker Setup - Best Practices document.
Its not super long - 15 slides, but if anyone missed it, its worth going through I think.
In my case, there were setup / settings tweaks that I need to make, at least to be more in line with the suggestions.
And for my second Theatre (standalone), the speaker role allocation that resulted from the setup/mic calibration process was certainly wrong / out of line with their suggestions for Standalone Theatre setups.
Additonally, a further implication of this was that they suggest different listening positions (i.e different allocation of speakers) for Atmos and Non-Atmos content. Not something I had done (at least for my standalone THTR room).
Anyway, the document / slides are available on Discord under the BeoKnowledge section / Documentation.
Its not super long - 15 slides, but if anyone missed it, its worth going through I think.
In my case, there were setup / settings tweaks that I need to make, at least to be more in line with the suggestions.
And for my second Theatre (standalone), the speaker role allocation that resulted from the setup/mic calibration process was certainly wrong / out of line with their suggestions for Standalone Theatre setups.
Additonally, a further implication of this was that they suggest different listening positions (i.e different allocation of speakers) for Atmos and Non-Atmos content. Not something I had done (at least for my standalone THTR room).
Anyway, the document / slides are available on Discord under the BeoKnowledge section / Documentation.
It might just be me late to discover this.
But, when I for the first time added Beolab Receiver 1’s to my Theatre I was given the option to choose which speakers were connected to these.
At the time I added the above my Theatre was running v3.4.1 (but afterwards updated to v3.4.2).
I recall other users requesting the option to being able to specify which speakers they had connected to their Beolab Receiver 1’s hence I post my findings.
But, when I for the first time added Beolab Receiver 1’s to my Theatre I was given the option to choose which speakers were connected to these.
At the time I added the above my Theatre was running v3.4.1 (but afterwards updated to v3.4.2).
I recall other users requesting the option to being able to specify which speakers they had connected to their Beolab Receiver 1’s hence I post my findings.
How to use "Virtual Speakers"?
I have activated the function of Virtual Speakers in my otherwise 5.1.2 setup. As per below copy-paste from the Technical Sound Guide and tonmeister.ca, these "virtual speakers" are actually produced from the left and right front-firing speakers go the Theatre. However, when I active these "virtual speakers" while in 5.1.2 these left and right from-firing speakers of the Theatre still appear to be turned off when I go into the settings.
- Am I meant to manually turn these these left and right front-firing speakers on in order to use "Virtual Speakers" function and if so what role do I designate to them?
- Or, once I assign use of the "Virtual Speakers" is that all and do the left and right front-firing speaker create this virtual feature despite the settings show they are turned off?
Location: Brittany, France
My B&O Icons:
Infected at the age of 13 by a BG 4000 in Dad's Hifi shop.
Thank you for the guide, very useful and I have now printed it off.
According to this guide it appears that “virtual speakers” are really for single user applications and without other speakers connected.
As a side topic I can’t help but feel it is a shame that all of of the speakers in the Theatre, except the centre speaker, are meant to be turned off when you have external speakers connected (L+R front and rear). Do you also have most of the speakers in the Theatre turned off in a surround setup with external speakers?
According to this guide it appears that “virtual speakers” are really for single user applications and without other speakers connected.
As a side topic I can’t help but feel it is a shame that all of of the speakers in the Theatre, except the centre speaker, are meant to be turned off when you have external speakers connected (L+R front and rear). Do you also have most of the speakers in the Theatre turned off in a surround setup with external speakers?
I repurposed my Theatre front L/R to act as centre subs.
Location: Toronto, Canada
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