Reply To: BeoLink Converter 1611 Innovative Configurations

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Keith Saunders wrote:

Whilst a lot of people talk about the 8 pin din being a PowerLink socket we all know that is not really true. It just used the old MCL din socket so that a new module would not need to be designed.

I don’t understand.

Apparently, MCL Beolabs can be started with a 5V trigger voltage. MK2 (or beyond a certain SW can’t). But it is often mentioned that the DIN socket was changed from MCL to Powerlink to comply with Beolink Wireless 1, even if the BLW1 guide say it must be connected through ML and not PL.

So the question is what is this socket, what was it along the evolution of the speaker and what is it for?

Please note that this is just out of curiosity since I now know that the 3500 will never be as better as with a 1611 to drive it!