PowerLink wiring advice BeoSound 9000, BeoLab 8000 and BeoLab 2 – 5 or 8 pin?

[Eric]

Hi,

I need some advice regarding PowerLink wiring. Is a PowerLink cable necessary to fully utilize a BeoSound 9000 (MK3), BeoLab 8000 (MK1), and BeoLab 2? Or is a 5 pin cable sufficient?

Thanks!

[Tignum]

Hi Eric, Mk3 will do. Check Steve’s site: https://soundsheavenly.com/powerlink-8-pin-din-connection/20-272-powerlink-mk-3-compatible-8-pin-din-cable-with-4-cores-wired-low-profile-cable.html#/9-length-18m

“This cable is perfect for use with all Beolab speakers that do not have displays (although not suitable for Beolab 5 – this needs mk 2).”

Here there is some more insight: http://www.soundsheavenly.com/faq/guide-various-types-powerlink-cable-bang-olufsen-use/

Regards, Johan

Location: Netherlands

[Guy]

Good advice above – I would go for PL Mk3 cables from Steve.

However, you also asked about the 5-pin DIN cable in your post.  Checking the service manual of BL8000, the input makes no use of PL pins 6, 7 or 8.  This would suggest that a 5-pin DIN cables would indeed ‘work’, but there is no guarantee that L&R signal connections (pins 3&5) are correctly shielded, hence best to stick with the correct cable.  I can’t find the circuit diagram for Beolab 2, but this may be the same.

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