[Razlaw]

Thanks!

What  do you mean an extension rather than a satellite?

[Razlaw]

Thanks!

[Razlaw]

Any opinions as to how the 8s sound compared to BL1s or BL9s?   Have been using either 1s or 9s as rears with my Theatre and 28s in front. Am thinking of getting a pair of 8s as rears.

[Razlaw]

Layout of the room is not good for doing that.

[Razlaw]

Thank you.  As the 8s would be rears, I have no need or desire to use them separately.
Just thinking of replacing the rear 9s with 8s to get the added height the 8s provide on the floor stands, get rid of the wiring for Receivers with 9s, and get a more cohesive sound with everything being Mozart, as well as everything visually matching.

[Razlaw]

Received my BCC today. Connected my 1s to it and am very happy with it. Have been able to play my BS3000 and BS5 through it via a converter. To my ears, the 1s sound better.  The imaging is better and they now seem to disappear in the way I have noticed newer BLs to.

[Razlaw]

kirin wrote:

I’m looking forward to your first impressions!

Dealer received his stock and shipped my Core to me today ?

[Razlaw]

Thanks!  I will consider another converter.  Today I connected the BS5 to line in on a Core. That does allow it to be distributed to all products, Mozart included.  Of course can only control it in the room where it is located.

[Razlaw]

What sort of control do you have the BS 5 with that option?

[Razlaw]

Connecting the BeoSound 5 to the Line In on the converter works fine, with one exception.  I can not join Mozart products, only older NL products. What makes it weird is I can join my BS3000 through the converter to Mozart products.
I have Beconnect Core ordered. I am sure if I connect the BS5 to the line in on it, it will all work. I will probably try it although the intended use for the BCC is to use with my BL1s.

[Razlaw]

Thanks!  Your thoughts are just what I had come up with experimenting and looking at the manual.
I am not connecting it by ML for two reasons. First, I have a Beosound 3000 connected by ML but it does not have the newer software chip to function well with a BS5 also connected.  Have spent many hours trying to get both  to work together well.  The BS3000 would need a new chip with Option 5.  Second, having N Music available both from NL and Mozart products and the BS 5, I thought might cause problems…..although as I type this it occurs to me I could rename N. Music on the BS5 as well as N. Radio.  The BS 5 has pretty much been a wall decoration for years. If connected with Line In I can at least feel like it is functioning part of the system and listen to the music stored on it occasionally if I want to.

[Razlaw]

Had a typo in my reply. 9s as rears, not 20s.  I did not feel like it was much of downgrade, if any at all, in my room. It reminded me of years ago when I had the 9s in front.  Dealer brought me a pair of 5s to try. I was allowed to try them for a few weeks.  I sent them back as my conclusion was that while the 5s sounded “different” than the 9s, I could not say that in my house, to my ears, the 5s sounded “better”.  I would describe 28s/50s the same.
The 50s definitely have tighter more precise bass at loud levels. But whenever  I start to think  I should have kept the 50s, I realize how much better the 28s look in my room, remember how I always wondered/worried if close side walls and furniture were diminishing the benefit of the 50s side facing drivers, and think that perhaps the biggest reason I might miss them is just the ego factor, of saying I have 50s.  I have really never thought about the difference adding the 28s to the Theatre creates as I had the 28s before the Theatre.

If I am watching generic TV, or YouTubes, I only have the Theatre on. For movies and other things with good sound, I have the added speakers on. For music, sometimes I just turn the 28s on. Other times I have the Theatre driving the 28s with 9s set as subwoofers.

 

[Razlaw]

That is a hard question to answer.  I had 50s connected to my BV7.  I traded them in on 28s which are now connected to a Theatre.  I found the 50s a bit large for my space visually. I also felt that I was not getting the full benefit of them given my space. They were against a wall with side walls nearby each.  I much prefer how the 28s look in my room. Only at louder volumes than I ever listen to do I ever wonder if I should have kept the 50s. I have 9s as rears.

[Razlaw]

kirin wrote:

I’m looking forward to your first impressions!

So am I!

Will be using it with my BL1s.

[Razlaw]

Dealer says my BCC should arrive this coming week. ?

[Razlaw]

In the US the BCC is only $50, less than 5%, more than the Core.  For that minimal price increase one receives the updated Mozart technology with all of the sound adjustments it offers in a form factor that appears to be better quality.
According to the following link, yes, the Essence remote works with it.

https://support.bang-olufsen.com/hc/en-us/articles/23151966177553-How-can-I-interact-with-Beoconnect-Core

[Razlaw]

I have no plans to use the HDMI. Currently my 1s are connected to a BV10 and I listen to music on them through a BL/NL converter. I want the same app control of them that I have elsewhere in my house in other speakers. Am simply going to disconnect the 1s from the 10 and use them for music only.

[Razlaw]

I ordered one yesterday.  Looks like just what I have been wanting to use with my 1s.  For what it is designed to be, it is perfect for what I want it for. Does everything an Essence or Core would but has the newer Mozart sound adjustments just as my 28s and Theatre have.  And, minimal price increase over the Core and better design if I want to leave it out in the open.

[Razlaw]

Thanks for the input! Much appreciated.

[Razlaw]

I received an email from my dealer in the USA offering 90s, 50s, 28s, and 8s at 10% off.

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