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Hello. With my set-up (BV7 & Beosystem 6500 with Beolink converter) I have the Beomaster in Op 0 (zero) and BV in Op 2.

I’m not sure if your Beolink 7000 can talk to the BV so you may want to stick with the Beo4 for films/tv watching and controlling your 9500. It’ll all work via the BV.

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I love the tabletop stand with the BV7. Because it tilts up it looks so cool when it’s woken up 😎

I’m reminded of James Bond when he plays back M’s video message to Moneypenny in his London flat in Spectre. His (Sony – pah!) tv is mounted very low and looks very slick.

I used to have my BV7-32 on the floor but on the table stand when I was a Beobachelor 😄

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Bravo! Glad to hear the relocation went smoothly 🥳

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Millemis wrote:

…According to the Bremdal shop facebook page there will be an open house on the 12th of october.
I highly recommend a visit there!

That’s very disappointing. I fly home on 12th. My bad.

I think Steve (Sounds Heavenly) has a video showcasing this collection. You can almost smell that distinctive B&O power supply perfume from looking at the photos from Google maps 😊

I hope a few of you on the tour can find the time to make the visit.

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Woooop! Woooop!

Congratulations to the latest lucky winners!

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Hello @nitro2

Couple of questions: what is the source? Is it a Beomaster, a tv or other line-level product?
If a Beomaster is used, what volume is shown on the Pentas?
What type of music? Does it happen all the time when any source reaches the same volume?

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lenhi wrote:

Now it is ticking almost perfectly. Just one thing: whenn I start the Apple-TV and PC on the BV, the sound is very weak and varies, too. Something to do with the settings on the Pentas?

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Now it is ticking almost perfectly. Just one thing: whenn I start the Apple-TV and PC on the BV, the sound is very weak and varies, too. Something to do with the settings on the Pentas?

I suspect the Apple TV has its own internal volume setting. Does your BV7 have an internal tv tuner you can use to test volume levels?

I have almost the same setup as you so I’m please you finally have correct sound in the main room.
Every time you make a change to any cabling switch off all mains power. These items delight in a shut down between cabling changes, and will not enjoy any cable changes while connected to power.

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Is there any chance the ‘brighter’ one is presenting through a replacement (thinner) plastic window?

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deaddruid wrote:

Thank you, pepps. I was looking at flying to Billund, but as you say, the flight times are not so great. Still planning…!

Mark

How are your plans coming along now dear chap?

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Reading through these responses is a nostalgia trip!
For me I grew up with a Beogram 1500. The weight behind the lift/split volume/balance control was fabulous to the touch. And that gorgeous slow balanced tonearm and soft-edged raise/lower lever. Ohhh for a small boy all of that was sensory overload. I used to stand and stare at the stylus as it landed gracefully into the leader groove. Such fond memories.

As a teen I was stunned by the design statement of AV 9000! It was superb and looked so tactile in the glossy adverts in the Sunday newspaper magazines.
I went on a trip to London and stumbled across an AV 9000 setup in Harrods. I spent ages standing in front of it leaning and turning to see it from as many different angles as I could. Just praying someone would come over and express interest in it so the shop assistant would run the demo again. Curtains in a tv!!!!

And to stop myself from rambling on and on I’ll be brief with the following:

Beovox: 1702 is in my mind the best pressure chamber bookshelf speaker. Mount a pair on some stands at ear-level. Toe in to crossfire just in front of your listening position and stick on the Nina Simone. Honestly they’re gorgeous. Melting butter smooth and crisp as mountain air.

Beolab: Penta. Just beautiful and excellent with music, film and spoken word.

Beosystem: 6500 is just stunning. (But I love the 3500/4500 too.

Beocentre: 9500. The Daddy.

Most iconic: Beosystem 2500.

Most comforting and familiar: Beolink 1000.

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On second thoughts, keep that cable (because it’s nice and original and would serve a pair of Beolab Pentas well) and visit http://www.soundsheavenly.com to order just the right cable at exactly the right length.
Steve Marriot is a sponsor of this site and owns Sounds Heavenly. He can help you with any cabling query (as he has many of us over the years).

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Hi Benji,

Your cabling can be as follows:

Din plugs (male) from speaker output 1 on Beomaster to bare wire.
Bare wire to input shown on Cona (ensure correct polarity).

A second run of cable is required to allow bare wire from Cona outputs to Beovox.
If the Beovox have male DIN then use the female sockets.

In short, if the cable you have is long enough, visualise your final placement and cut the cable. The Cona will sit between the Beomaster and the Beovoxes acting a bit like a crossover.

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I too have a BC1200 so shall be bookmarking this episode because no doubt I’ll encounter similar issues. Excellent Sherlock work @van Jensen 🕵️‍♀️

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Mika! 🙌

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Good evening all,

I have just bought my rail tickets. @Millemis your advice was perfect thank you!

@Rolf2 I like the idea of your road trip – keep some of your stories for dinner!
I’m deliberating over a large cabin bag for my Easyjet flight…it’s an extra £100 but I suppose I’ll want to buy some souvenirs.
[Edit: I just bought my flights after sleeping on it. I’ve chosen to swerve the larger cabin bag and shall travel light instead. You’ll all have to excuse my jeans and t-shirt attire throughout the week. By dodging the larger bag fee my overnight stay in Copenhagen becomes ‘free’ so to speak.]
I’ve looked into travelling from the airport to the train station – there is a bus every 15 minutes which costs less than £5 (or it’s a 90 minute walk depending on the weather).
My train departs at 12:45pm and is a direct service to Struer!
The flights home are limited so I’m going to leave Struer after breakfast and travel back to Kobenhavn H on the 11:04am. Then I was thinking about booking an overnight stay in Copenhagen because there’s an evening flight back to Gatwick on Sunday. So I’ll have Saturday night and Sunday in the city to explore.
The costs add up – but it’s a one-off trip so let’s flex that credit card!
Oh and I haven’t checked the cost of parking my car at Gatwick yet….hahahaha!

Anyone else travelling from the UK?

Found any alternatives back to Blighty on Saturday?

Julian

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Guy wrote:

And I have realised that I never answered this question!  Yes, the cable connection was just the RF, hence sound was also transferred and worked beautifully.

When researching the sale I found that it is quite easy to modify the Atari 2600 to provide composite (or even RGB or s-video) outputs, which may be useful for more modern TVs without analogue tuners.

Ah of course. RF was so easy back in the BBC/Commodore/Spectrum days.

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This is a great update! I too remember oggling the AV9000 and trying imagine what films might sound like – I never had the pleasure of hearing a Pro-Logic surround sound film on one since.
Enjoy it @Sergi0 🙌

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Just clicked around the site and everything loads much faster now. I’m using a iPhone with Safari.

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Sounds very exciting! Best of luck with the move and looking forward to some fresh photos of the new digs 😎👍

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Hello, for what it’s worth I find this forum the calmest and most thorough place to discuss B&O and to resolve niggles with the euipment I enjoy at home.
I’m quite old fashioned I suppose – I still play tapes, records and cds daily. And I play FM radio too. I have a small collection of my favourite music systems and I love my Beovision 7.

I’ve tried the Faceplace group and find it a very scattery and inconsistent place. Lots of ego and lots of slagging B&O off – from what I can see mostly by people who don’t have any passion for the brand.

Beoworld is an excellent resource and a glorious library of interesting projects and documented resolutions to common problems.

I would love to see a rebirth of ‘web forums’ – I think enough time has passed for people to realise that open social media platforms often encourage the nay-sayers and the discourteous to flourish.

Please keep on with developing our beloved Beoworld.

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