The BS1 is controlled with all of the normal remote commands that all the other modern B&O equipment is (that is, anything controlled by the Beo4, for example). I could control my BS1 with my Beowatch for example because it used the same codes.

You are correct about the 7.1 sound. BS1 can only do 5.1. That may not be a big deal, however, depending on your room size and whether you care about the very few blu-ray titles that take advantage of 7.1.

Happy New Year to everyone! Thanks for this great thread documenting the restoration. Frede's black Thorens that he is working on is for me! I kept with the original 9" tonearm but did modify the paint color to black and changed the tonearm board to palisander as well. This will be a great thread for Frede to post a pic on when ready. Jon

Here's the back of the room. Beolab 6000s mounted to the wall. Beolink 7000 and my Clearaudio turntable. All is run on a Beosystem 1 for audio. My Beolink 7000 would rather be near my Beocenter 9500 but it needs to be up on this shelf away from the kids!

Here's my movie room... Beolab 8000s mounted to the wall. Non-B&O TV and Non-B&O subwoofer (B&W).

I'm using a beosystem 1 but only for audio switching. I hook all of the hdmi inputs to the TV. Sure i have an extra remote but that's not a concern to me.

I purchased a refurb Beolit 1000 from this seller. he is top notch. I paid about $650 USD though. It is fantastic and restored. Almost like Frede at Classic Audio, in fact this seller knows Frede. SO, although this is expensive so is the stuff from Classic Audio...but worth it if that is what you want.

Well you can set the volume at an acceptable level and then use your sonos controller to select the volume via remote for that source at least....seems that's as good as you can get.

Makes sense to me! If you are going to possibly hook it to your front channel speakers in a non-surround setup then the BL2 will keep your options open.

Not sure what you were still confused about but best of luck with the BL2!