[Sia43]

Thank MM for clarification. I believe I now understand your points much better.

I understand that the presence of individual DSPs in BS-Levels and their absence in BL11 may cause a delay due to different processing times; besides what you already mentioned about the portion of singles that should have been crossed over to BL-11 cross-over while the Levels will keep playing them too. A delay there would indeed cause an echo and disturb the sound image.

Theoretically, wouldn’t it be better if I fed the BL-Levels (line in) from BL11’s  PL-out (left and right)? This way, I might be able to ensure that the Levels don’t get the frequencies that BL11 intends to play. However, it might be possible that the BS-Levels DSP will decide to add those signals on its own (can it?)

Also, I’m not sure if it is only me or not, but it seems like there is a market potential for an updated BS-core with its own DSP and delay-management processor (like the one is modern B&O TVs) that could connect to any Beloab or Beosound speaker, or perhaps that is what they are trying to do with the Beosound Theater!

I also came to think about the 2+1 function in the Beolab transmitter in cases where someone (like me) wants to add a subwoofer to a pair of speakers. Does anyone knows if the 2+1 in BL-transmitter provides a simple crossover function, or is there a more sophisticated DSP behind it?

 

[Sia43]

Thanks, Trackebo, for providing detailed information about the delay sources and Stan for confirming the functionality with the composite BS-Core + BS-Level environment. Now I need to get a Beosound core and keep my fingers crossed.

[Sia43]

Thank you both Hjort and Millemissen,

I’m getting a bit confused, So as a general question, if I for example stream music using B&O-app from a BS-core that is connected to Beolab 11, can BS-Levels be joined without delay?  If there will be a delay in such a system, what would it be caused by? After all they are supposedly using the same sound source, or are they?

[Sia43]

Thank you for your response. I’m, of course, aware that Beosound level and Beolab 11 are from different generations and functionalities, but I also need to mention three aspects here that I believe play a role:

1- Bang & Olufsen’s philosophy encourages integration, where Masterlink, network link and older versions of the links are good examples and mixing products from different generations has never been a problem from what I understand

2- Sound doesn’t discriminate between old and new designs but is perceived by us as listeners. BS-level, for example, cannot reproduce the lowest signals with proper pressure due to its physical form, so adding a range of missing signals could potentially improve it. You are correct about the devices being balanced individually but within their physical capacities. It is clear, for example, that a three-way speaker sounds fuller than a two-way speaker as it covers the range of the sounds better/less compromised.

3- Finally, the perception of sound depends on the individual listener, which is why everyone in this forum suggests that we should listen to the speakers before buying. After listening to my BS levels, I feel that BL11 could improve the sound image (for my taste)

Having all of this said, I do, of course, respect your view, while that is not what I asked. I wondered which technical solution could provide the best and most seamless solution to combine the speakers from a purely technical perspective.

 

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