Beocenter 8000 and Active Speakers?

[ncmunk]

Hi all,

I’m new to this forum and have a technical question, I hope someone can answer. I have bought a Beocenter 8000, the black one. By standard it is not fitted with the Powerlink output, so by default it is not possible to connect active speakers. But I really want my Beocenter to be the black version and thus I thought it should be possible to take the module with the connections from i.e. a Beocenter 8500, 9300 or 9500 and fit it onto the Beocenter 8000?

What is your opinion on this? Is it doable? If yes how difficult is it? And if not – any suggestions how I get my Beocenter in black to play with active speakers?

 

[Mark-sf]

Which active speakers are you considering?  If not B&O you can pad the speaker output or use the headphone output directly.

[ncmunk]

I would want to connect a set of active B&O speakers i.e Beolab 6000 or 8000.

[Mark-sf]

You can use the Line input into the Beolabs as I described above as they will turn on when they sense an audio signal.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi ncmunk,

Yes, this is possible! Although your Beocenter receiver doesn’t have Powerlink sockets fitted, you can still connect the speakers by one of the two methods below:-

1) Connect two speakers to the headphone socket of the receiver with this cable (an adapter is available on request for receivers with the larger 6.35mm headphone socket): https://soundsheavenly.com/line-in-connection/77-241-minijack-to-beolab-line-in-using-phono-rca-sockets-one-cable-for-two-speakers.html#/2-length-1m

2) Connect two speakers to the speaker terminals on the back of the receiver using this special Attenuated Converter: https://soundsheavenly.com/line-in-connection/33-power-amplifier-to-beolab-line-in-attenuated-convertor-kit.html and then use this cable to connect the speakers to the output sockets of the Converter: https://soundsheavenly.com/line-in-connection/6-30-av-processor-pre-amp-sonos-to-beolab-rca-line-in-one-cable-for-two-speakers.html#/2-length-1m and you also need one set of these plugs: https://soundsheavenly.com/beovox-passive-unpowered-loudspeakers/74-2-pin-din-plugs-sold-as-a-pair.html

Option 1 is cheaper, but the cable will be visible at the front of the receiver and this will disable any other speakers connected to the receiver. Option 2 allows the cables to be hidden and the Beolab speakers can be used along with your other speakers if required.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards, Steve.

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[ncmunk]

Many thanks Steve,

This was exactly the kind of answer I was hoping to get. This will make me able to get further.

Kind regards

Niels

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