[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Thanks Guy,

Yes, I can make these cables for shipping to a UK address.  For customers outside UK, I can help if you have a friend or relative in UK who can receive mail for you, or a UK freight forwarding address.  (Please accept my apologies for not being able to offer any overseas shipping or support at the moment. I am currently having to take time off work to care for a family member who is unwell and this severely limits the service that I can offer to customers.)

Thanks for your understanding.

Steve.

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Hi,

I also prefer the A5 to the Level for sound, I will follow up with a side-by-side test video soon.  The room compensation can be run at any time via the app using the A5 internal mic, you can’t save this but you can just run it again if you move the speaker.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi,

There isn’t a separate setting for this in the app, as the room compensation will automatically adjust for the speaker position.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi Beoworlders,

Has anyone tried the latest app version 4.9 with the A5 yet?  This unlocks a new “Advanced” tab in the Beosonic settings, you can adjust Frequency Tilt, Sound Enhancement and Directivity (Front/Omni mode).

If you think the standard Omni mode is good, wait until you hear it playing in Front mode!  This is very impressive…

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi Sia43,

No, that won’t work.  The only way to get power and audio to the A5 via USB is to connect a PC.  However, any music source (eg. Essence or Core) on the B&O app should be accessible wirelessly to the A5, as is the case for any other Mozart-based speakers.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi MM,

The A5 does not allow feeding analogue audio into the USB-C port.  However, it can connect to a computer using a USB-C cable and thhis will play the computer audio to the speaker, as well as charging the speaker.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi,

At present, only A9 mk5, Beosound 2 mk3 and Theatre have analogue audio input enabled via their USB-C sockets.  A5 can only play audio from a PC via this socket, so your only option for the A5 is to link to a PC and use the PC as your Roon end point.

For the Theatre, this is possible via a Bluesound Node.  If you are in United Kingdom (or you have a UK shipping address) then please get in touch via my sponsor link at the foot of the page and I can help with connections.  Sorry I can’t offer support or shipping to customers outside UK at present.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi,

A5 doesn’t have a line input, so this feature is not present in the app.  The only way to physically connect any device to the A5 is to link a PC via the USB-C socket (this doesn’t work for analogue audio), then the A5 will act as the PC speaker.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi,

Mozart-based B&O products like the A5 don’t allow you to adjust the gain of the line input, but on speakers that have a line input, you can change the sensitivity of the input (ie. how loud the line input needs to be before the speaker automatically switches to the line input as the source).  A5 doesn’t have a line input, so this doesn’t apply.

Kind regards, Steve.

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A few more photos “in real life” 😉

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Full video review to follow at 10am today (UK time):-

Kind regards, Steve.

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…and here it is!

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Really sorry to hear this sad news. My condolences to Peter’s family. Thanks MM for telling us Peter’s story in such a thoughtful and caring way.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi Beoworlders,

This is just my own personal view (not the official view of the forum or the moderators) but I think it may harm B&O’s business if people share information about any B&O products that are not currently in the public domain. My personal view is that if you do know anything about any unreleased products, please keep this to yourself, as this helps B&O to succeed and to be able to continue making products that we want to buy many years into the future.

Thanks for your understanding,

Steve.

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Hi NSTU,

welcome to BeoWorld! If changing the input doesn’t help, the back light inverter may be at fault. This is common on the BV8 and the fix is quite simple…if you can get to it. Basically, 6 washers on the ground connection of the inverter need to be changed for star washers to give a secure ground connection.  The only issue is that it can take an hour of dismantling to get to the parts you need to change.

I had the same issue on my BV8-32 and this fixed it, the tv has been fine for 4 years since the repair.

I apologise that I don’t have the disassembly instructions to get to the washers, maybe someone else on the forum can help with this?

Kind regards Steve.

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Congratulations to all the lucky winners!  And a big thank you to all the gold members for helping to support this amazing site!

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Good luck everyone!

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Hi yahoe,

Welcome to Beoworld! The answer your question, no this is not possible. Powerlink sockets are only for speakers. If you want to connect a turntable (via a pre-amp) then this needs to be done via the Aux In (red and white RCA) sockets only. No other socket can be used.

If you are in UK (or if you have a UK shipping address) please feel free to get in touch via my sponsor link below for help with finding the right pre-amp and getting everything connected.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi Morten,

Welcome to Beoworld!

Many thanks for the updates, it is always good to hear from the team at B&O with your advice on the best options for using your speakers. Thank you for your team’s work on the recent software updates, these do seem to be greatly improving the reliability of the speakers.

Kind regards, Steve.

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Hi Mark,

My stereo paired Emerges are cabled to my router and locked to software version 1.8 in the B&O app. They haven’t had any issues with dropping out and I use Airplay and Spotify Connect on a daily basis.

Kind regards, Steve.

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