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Two shops I have terrific success with are Atlantic Systems in Boston. They are a B&O factory service center for decades. 781 826-8760. They did the impossible and repaired a VX5000 for me.

Benny Amina at Modular Electronics in Roswell GA. He is a true craftsman, former B&O factory, and repairs systems as well as very fine work like the Beolink 7000 remote and re-tipping B&O phono cartridges. 7704101122.

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Stan – I was unable to send you a PM. Try sending one to me, gburgess.

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Stan –

You remind of the other reason I ran out of ML names to assign to NL sources; I have a BV7-40 in the room with the BS9000, and my BL1’s and a pair of BL6000’s are connected to it for playing music. The video sources that were easily accessible from a Beo4 were taken up. B&O blew it when they added N.MUSIC and N.RADIO and re-used existing Beo4 codes for PHONO and ATAPE2 instead of figuring out how to retain them in the ecosystem just for situations like this.

If you go in the OneApp, go to your Balance and under Settings there is a tab “Get Beta Updates”. Under there you can sign up to become a beta tester. This allows you to submit new ideas and issues to the software development team. There is a separate Mozart Beta test going on (with quite a bit of new features being added), and I also found out there is a separate one for “ASE and Halo remote” which is for all the “pre Mozart” Network Link products. I’ve been on the Mozart Beta for a year, and now just joined the ASE one, as I am requesting that they create the feture to have A6’s to operate as Stereo pairs, which Mozart speakers like the Level can. When you sign up, B&O frequently does automatic software updates to your products and the OneApp on your phone. This might be a way to get your issues resolved.

As I’ve been fooling around with this issue, I’ve found that the Beolink Converter gets confused after a few days and I have to power cycle it. This could be due to the frequent software updates that come with being a Beta tester.

This has also caused me to spend more time with the Halo, and I’m finding the more I use it the more I like it. I have not been watching much TV, but I think I will start using my Avant 55 with the Halo to see what that is like.

I’ve never used the line in on the BLC. If you play with that, please report your progress. I have no idea if it is considered an ML or NL source.

You gotta get your BS9000 repaired! I have multiple shops in the US that I’ve had great experience with.

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Did you assign the turntable to an unused Masterlink source like CD? The Beolink convertor NL/ML Installation Guide walks through how to do that. I was not able to do this because I have a BS9000 integrated with my BS5, which takes up all of the Masterlink Audio sources. That setup also prevents me from using the USB A AUX input on the Beomaster 5. My implementation involved hooking up a Core to a BS9500 which then has a special crossover cable going to the A AUX input on the BS9000. That is also how I listen to my BG9500 TT.

The only think I can think of in your case is to connect the TT to the Beomaster 5 USB Audio input. This was really meant to provide a Bluetooth music input, but could be used here. There are USB to DIN adapters available. Hooking up the A AUX on the BS5 is discussed on page 23 of BS5 guide.

I have a Beolink Gateway (BLGW) (which looks identical to a Beolink Converter) which provides control of the Masterlink system using the Beolink 2 app on my Iphone, along with home automation. I very much like the Beolink 2 app. Programming the BLGW is challenging. The Beoliving Intelligence (BLI) is the current successor to the BLGW. I got one at a going out of business B&O dealer, but have yet to fool with it.

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MM! Thank you for the suggestion. I just used my Halo to join the Level to my Beosound 9000 CD playing through my Beosound 1. It worked! So while the B&O app won’t do it, this did. Thank you for suggesting that! Now I really have to connect up my ML/NL delay box to get rid of the damn echo, since I have Pentas in the room connected to my MCL2AV.

Thanks,

-Gregg

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I have a full MCL system with multiple link rooms and a BC9500 (with BG9500) as the master, with two way remote controls. The challenge integrating this with Masterlink is that there can only be one Audio Master. And I have a full Masterlink system with BS9000 Bm5/BS5 Passive BL 3500 BV7-40. What I did was have Sounds Heavenly make a crossover cable that goes from the Tape 2 on the 9500 to the A. AUX on the Bs9000. Now I can play a record on the BG9500 and hear it on the Masterlink System. I also have many Network Link products connected to Masterlink via the Beolink Convertor. In that way I can listen to CDs and FM Radio on the prior generation Network Link products (before Mozart, which does not appear to support Masterlink integration). I have a Beosound Core connected to the AUX input on the BC9500. That enables me to listen to stream sources on the MCL and the Masterlink systems.

Hope this helps.

-Gregg

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Steve –

If the BS1’s, Core, and A9 are all running on a strong wifi network, and you have the latest B&O app on an iPhone, iPad or Android, you should be able to multiroom easily using the app.

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Thanks Stoobie! I tried the Dealer mode and it worked, although a bit too attenuated. I will have to give the attenuation a shot next time I go program. I really appreciate the detailed info.

-Gregg

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Checkout beolab.dk. The company’s passion is the restoration of the Beolab 5000 and related components. Won’t be cheap.

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Try setting the Nl/ML convertor to AUDIO SLAVE. Then unplug the convertor and all ML devices from wall power. Then plug all ML devices back in, and the convertor last. Leave the converter connected to the router via ethernet cable and masterlink cable to the ML distribution box.

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Sorry to hear it is not yet working. Can you take a screenshot of the file directory so I can compare it to mine? Does the IP address on the Beosound 5 match what you see from the mac? Does N.RADIO work?

I will compare to mine when I am back at the unit this weekend.

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CONNECTING ON MAC.
BS5: Go to SETTINGS/NETWORK INFO and get the IP address of the BM5 (likely 10.0.0.163)
MAC: Open Finder, go to GO/CONNECT TO SERVER and enter the IP address
Login with username BM-USER, password *****

RIPPING CDs lossless
Now that I have a functioning BM5, I am returning to ripping CDs. I am using DBPowerAmp, which really is a great tool. Here is the process for ripping a CD to achieve lossless data on the BM5

Create FLAC Files for BM5
Open DBPowerAmp Music Converter, and click CD Ripper
Under Preferences in DBPowerAmp, Tags & Filenames, Options, Tab Album Art, Write to drop down menu, select Folder.JPG (only need to do this once)
Load CD, and the album information should come up in the CD Ripper main page.
On lower right, on Rip To drop down menu, select FLAC. In drop down in middle of page, select Level 5 Lossless (also only need to do this once)
On lower right, on Path drop down menu, select the iTunes/Apple Music destination folder. On Catalina, it is Music/iTunes/Itunes Media/Music (only need to do once)
If the album art did not come up on lower right, click the art image and it should present you a set of choices from the internet. You can also browse to find it.
Click Rip. It will make the FLAC files of the music and create the album art in folder.jpg
Once done, copy the artist folder (if it is the first music from that artist on the BM5), or copy the album folder (if you already have that artist folder on the BM5) to the Music folder of the BM5. You will now see the album art and be able to play on the BM5.

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I recommend getting bigger speakers for the front like BL 5 or BL 9 and keep the BL 6000s for rear speakers in a 5.1 setup. Hearing the details in the rear channel in a movie makes a big difference.
-Gregg

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Hi Michael –

I regularly put new music on via my mac. I will send you a word document on the process I use this weekend. I bought software for ripping CDs and creating lossless files called dbPowerAmp. I highly recommend it.
-Gregg

Location: Denver CO
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A MUCH better solution is to get a Beolink Gateway and use the Beolink 2 app on your phone. This is designed for Masterlink. Once you configure the BLGW properly with rooms and sources, it all magically appears in the Beolink 2 app. Much better interface than the network link B&O app. I have both apps, NLML BLC and BLGW on my system.
-Gregg

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Hi Derek –

Sorry to hear of the issues. I was going to recommend Pyramid Audio in Austin (I’ve heard good things, but never used them). I have two sources for you:

Atlantic Systems in Massachusetts. They are currently a B&O service center. They did the impossible; got a VX5000 working for me (and they swore they would never work on one again). 781 826 8760.

Another source is Benny Amina at Modular Electronics in Roswell GA. 7704101122. He has resurrected several Beolink 7000s for me. He is a former B&O repair center.

There is a newer service center in Los Angeles, but I’ve not yet used them.

Let us know how it goes.

-Gregg

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