Beosound Theatre + 2 Beolab 8

[yan-kai.cheng]

Hello everyone, ever since I got my Theatre, I’ve been actively following this forum.

Recently, I added a pair of Beolab 8s as front speakers for my setup, and I have a few questions I’d like to ask the experts here.

According to the official specs, the Theatre has 12 speaker drivers.

Now that I’ve added the two Beolab 8s as front speakers, should I disable the left and right channels of the Beosound Theatre?<br data-start=”476″ data-end=”479″ />Or should I assign them to take on the role of the center channel?

My main concern is whether disabling them would be a bit of a waste.<br data-start=”615″ data-end=”618″ />And if I don’t disable them—whether keeping them as left/right or assigning them to the center channel—would that cause any conflict with the Beolab 8s, possibly affecting the overall sound quality and performance?

These are my questions, and I’d appreciate any insights you can share. Thank you!

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[jacope]

The official answer from B&O is to disable L/R speakers in the Theatre. You’ll get muddy separation otherwise.

However, play with it both ways and see how it sounds. Nothing stopping you from experimenting.

My B&O Icons:

[Severed_hand_of_skywalker]

Change the theatres L/R to act as Sub centre. I did and works great.

Location: Toronto, Canada

[yan-kai.cheng]

First of all, thank you all for your professional responses.I’ll try out different configurations and see which one best fits my preferences.

I have one more question:In my current setup, the three-piece system is centered around the Theatre.How can I tell whether the Beolab 8s are operating in “wide” or “narrow” sound mode when they are working in sync with the Theatre?

Also, if I adjust the sound settings of the Beolab 8s individually, will that affect the overall settings of the main three-piece setup?

Thank you

[Brian Lillo]

Sorry for the delayed response to this old post.  I just picked up a Theatre about a month ago and only found this forum recently.

I understand that you’re using your BeoLab 8’s as front speakers.  I think you could get much better use out of your pair of BeoLab 8’s if you set them up as side or rear speakers.

I purchased a BeoAmp2 and have been playing around with testing a pair of speaker in different positions.  With just one set of speakers to add to the Theatre, I really feel that adding them as sides or rears provides the most immersive sound.  I currently have a pair of speakers positioned just to the sides and slightly behind my viewing/listening positions.  After positioning those speakers and running the room setup routine, the sound seems to just seamlessly wrap around you.

I just purchased two pairs of in-ceiling speakers and a couple more BeoAmp2’s that I will be setting up as front and rear height speakers.  I’m hoping those height speakers will greatly improve the overall sound in my home theater.

I’m not sure if I will ever purchase front speakers.  The Theatre’s left and right front channels seem to do a great job.  It seems the only benefit that I’d get from adding front speakers would be just to widen that front sound stage.  Personally it’s going to be hard for me to add front speakers, because at that point I’d only be using 2 of the 12 speakers in the Theatre and I’d end have a very expensive 2-speaker center channel system whose primary function would just be surround sound processing.

The picture you shared of your setup looks very nice.  I’m in the process of building out something similar in the front of my home theater.

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