[Millemis]

Yes, that is true!
You simply ‘tell’ the Theatre which speakers are connected and the DSP takes that into account, when you do the setup/the Room Compensation, the Listening Groups…….

As for which speakers – this is hard to say, because it depends on your room/placement options, your needs/wishes, your budgets.
The BL4’s can be used, however most people would advice you to stay away from them – they often fail.

Height speaker at the back surely are recommended, but only if you also have surrounds…the 18’s is a good choice for this/for surrounds.

Many people would place the 18’s up front, because they primarily want to listen to music from them. Again…it depends on your room and your wishes/needs.
In case you’d place the 18’s as fronts, use any other speakers as surrounds.
An old golden rule is to recomment using the same (type) of speakers for fronts and surrounds.
The heights then can be added along the way – especially, if you are primarily watching movies and/or listening to music in Atmos.

 

MM

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[Millemis]

Easy to find out

As for delay, please have a look at this older Beoworld thread here

MM

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[Millemis]

Why not simply keep the 3200 and connect the WiiM there.

If you dislike the presence of the 3200, go for an Essence MK2, a Beosound Core – they can be hidden away.
Just connect the WiiM to the Line-in there, if you are not pleased with the options, that the Essence/Core offers.

These two B&O devices would give you the option of having a (B&O) remote control, by the way.

MM

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[Millemis]

You will not be able to turn on the 5’s this way!

A quote from Steve in another related post (there are several, if you search here):

“Unfortunately with Beolab 5 it is not possible to activate the speakers via a voltage trigger – a coded Datalink signal is needed (either via the Powerlink socket or IR remote control) in order to wake the speakers before use.”

MM

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[Millemis]

I had that too – the post was reactivated after connecting the admins.

Seems to be a bug…..something that automaticly happens.
Maybe the admins should look into that.

MM

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[Millemis]

You do not need a PL input – you need a PL output to connect the BL9’s to.

Furthermore – if you want the sound from the LG tv – you best buy the new Beosound Core Connect, which has a HDMI/ARC input for the HDMI output labelled ARC/eARC on the tv.

You will not be able to control the tv with a B&O remote (the Beoremote One/BT), however you can control the sources of the Core Connect. Alternatively you could use the Bang &Olufsen app for this.

P.S. You will need adapter cables (RJ45 to DIN-female Powerlink) to connect the BL’s to the Core Connect.

BeoConnect Core

MM

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[Millemis]

Yesterday was the funeral ceremony for Viggo.

It started in the main church in Struer with nearly 500 people attending.
Family, friends, running and biking friends, colleagues including former colleagues, current and past employers, neighbours, costumers and business contacts in the crowded church.

Thereafter almost all followed the hearse and the 5 service vans of the Bremdal company with the B&O logo and lots and lots of cars drove in a cortege to the shops in Bremdal, past the home of Viggo and his wife and further on to the museum in a former school in Resenstad not far from Struer.

After a couple of hour with lunch and coffee, speaks, anecdotes and friendly conversations at the tables – how did you get to know Viggo and so on? – there was an opportunity to visit the huge collection there.

Amazing what Viggo and his sons have collected there!
Viggo was a lovely, gentle and certainly a diligent, hardworking man.

Here is a sneak peak into the rooms of the collection – image all these former classrooms left and right filled with B&O products from the early days on and up till now…..

….and the link to the video, that Steve made there a couple of years ago:

The world largest collection of B&O products in Resenstad near Struer.

MM

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[Millemis]

I agree – that would actually be a much better idea!

MM

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[Millemis]

You will need a normal aux audio signal switcher and the fitting adapter cable/s.

You can get these on Amazon or elsewhere.
You will need one with two inputs and one output.
The output is then connected like you currently do using the 5 pin DIN connector (it is not a Powerlink connector!)

Which adapter cables will depend on which aux switcher you get.

Do remember that the turntable will need a phono preamp for that too.

If you are uncertain – and assumed you are in the UK – you could write to Steve/SoundsHeavenly (there is a link on this site).
He will surely be able to help and can provide what you need.

MM

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[Millemis]

I am pretty sure that you will not be able to activate anything/Essence from the linkroom.

But, if you start playback from it directly – using the Beo4 (supposedly there is an ir eye connected) or a Beoremote One/BT respectively the B&O/the Spotify app – you can unmute/play and listen in the linkroom/s.

Looking forwards to your findings!

MM

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[Millemis]

Ditto

M🎅M

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[Millemis]

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[Millemis]

Actually it is a ‘two-man-company’, Ulrik Tuemand and his wife Marie-Louise Larsen.
In my experience very helpfull….but also very busy.

Feel free to use Google Translate to read about the company (if you need it) here

MM

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[Millemis]

You do not need to know anything about NetworkLink to do that..…
……unless you want a full integration (using the NL/ML Converter).

You can use the Essence Mk2 or the Core (skip the Moment!) as a source connected directly to the Audio Master using a PL/RJ45 to Din-5 pin/Aux adapter (ask Steve/SoundsHeavenly for that).
If you mainly want to use Spotify (Connect) just play to it from your mobile device.
If you want to use the B&O Netradio as well, you will have to do that via the Bang & Olufsen app.

You can also use the WIFI Streamer from Hall Audio!
(Order the version with the rigt cable).
In that case there is a small remote with access to netradio stations.

There are also other small dongle solutions with Spotify Connect support!

It all comes down to your needs respectively how deep you’d want to integrate e.g. a Beosound Core with the rest of you system.

MM

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[Millemis]

I see a soundbar under the tv.
Do you want seperate systems for video-listening and audio-listening? Or would you like to use the 18’s for the sound of the tv as well (eliminating the soundbar)?

For a room – as shown in the picture – I would rather go for the BL8’s. These can be played to directly (they are smart speakers).
The 18’s would need some kind of player connected (a Beoconnect Core or the Essence MK2, as already suggested), since the are ‘dumb’ speakers.

Apart from the fact that the 18’s would be more dominating in the room than the BL8’s, they – being ‘dumb speakers’ – are more flexible regards the choice of a connected player.
A Beoconnect Core – in addition to the smart functions – has a HDMI-input, if you’d want the sound from the tv there.

P.S. I agree…..go for a wired connection – it seems no problem in this case.

Looking forward to see the result 😀

MM

 

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[Millemis]

@Carolpa

Isn’t that pretty much the same ‘workaround’, that I described in my post here from 29 July 2024 at 16:26?
Still I find it annoying, that you can not do this (P.Mute) directly anymore with the BROne.

MM

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[Millemis]

Well, you can’t use Deezer on either and you can only use CD’s and SD card on the BS4. So that leaves you with the BS4…..and some kind of (AUX-)connected dongle solution for the Deezer part.

To ‘futureproof’….hard to say anything there 😉

MM

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[Millemis]

Connecting the Mac Mini to the Theatre this way means, that you’d use the Theatre/tv screen combo as a monitor for the Mac.

(Not having a tv connected to the Theatre – generally speaking* – makes it impossible to control the Mac.
* You could use remote control from another Mac, use ‘continuity’ from another Apple device or other workarounds).

So the output depends on the audio settings on the Mac – have a look here for an explanation how to work with that.

However, please be aware that the internal processing in the Theatre means resampling (24/48) for the DSP to do the job….no matter what signal comes in.

My humble opinion is, that you most likely will not be able to hear a difference (you can maybe messure it, but that is not the same).
The more important thing, when it comes to the socalled ‘audio quality’, are the differences (and flaws) in the audio mastering of the music….no ‘bad audio’ becomes better because of serving it in an ‘audiophile – 24/192 – quality’!

I would not want the hassle of hardwiring a Mac and controlling it for my daily listening – I would prefer the convenience of simply airplaying from a mobile device.
Personally – when I want to listen ‘more seriouly’ – I use the Apple Music app on my AppleTV4 connected to the Theatre/LG combo, which involves no ‘Airplay conversion’!

MM

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[Millemis]

tph wrote:

There is no way to use Beolab 18 as a “standalone” pair, it always needs to be connected to a source, wireless or wired. In wired use, the aforementioned prioritisation applies. Maybe you’re thinking of Beolab 28 instead, which do have sources built in and behave differently otherwise too?

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Certainly I do not ‘mistake’ the 18’s for the 28’s!

But my explanation maybe – for you – was a bit unclear…..sorry for that.

The BL18’s are a pair of speakers!

Also see my post in this thread

….which also contains a link to a posting on Geoff Martins website about the 18’s.

MM

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[Millemis]

Millemissen wrote:

tph wrote:

Connecting multiple sources to Beolab 18 at the same time is possible, but only when they are all wired. They are prioritised in this order:

1. Power Link
2. Optical input (Toslink)
3. Line input (RCA)

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As far as I remember, this is only the case if you use then as a ‘standalone’ pair – not if they are PL-connected to a Beovision.

MM

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