i've got a pair of BL8000's that are probably 10 years old....I've heard about the upgrade to the amps?? to a more modern design... Does anyone have experience on how this upgrade/modification sounds??? and the cost involved??? Also, can I do this myself?? THanks,,

Okay....I may be slow and should be on the short bus....but the more I look at MCL the more I really don't understand... Looking at the below pic off a 9500...... Why does the speakers 1 output have 4 leads and the Speakers 2 (used for MCL) only have 3 connections......this makes no sense to me??

Thanks Joe!!! Could you email it to me?? K

Is there a special place on the forum to learn all the in's and out's of the TV's??? Or , just search here in general/? thanks, k

Hi again Minh....for power on/off... Buy one of the strips below and plug your AV into it....when you use your remote to key on your AV7000....it'll kick on your power amp that you have runing the REAR speakers off the RCA's....then 1 button turns on your whole system.... http://www.smarthomeusa.com/ShopByManufacturer/Bits-Ltd./Item/SCG3/

Hi Minh...when you connect your AV7000 thru the converter (data link to ML) to the BS 9000..... you AV 7000 becomes the master....all speakers are connected to the AV...not to the BS 9000 On the back of the AV there are Powerlink outs for front left and right AND rear left and right....just take the powerlinks on the one of the rear powerlinks...(powerlinks

Hi Minh... You don't have to move completly away from BnO... I'm considering on using some passive RL 140's for my rear channels...if so...i'll take the rear powerlink out of the AV 7000 and plug in a RCA converter ....then into an amp and out with speaker wires in the walls... so you can basically keep everything but possibly the amp

Hi mhuynh... I've got the exact same front end set up.....with the converter....how do you like it?? I've not installed the AV7000, we're just completing the wiring now.....do you have rear speakers too??

I was suprised too Peter....it's the mids and tops that I look for in sound.....we really went the extra mile with high quality powered subs so the bass has never been a problem...we're in-fact driving the Pentas with 3 notches down on the bass to improve room filling....and this works really well...

Thanks for all the input guys....interesting..we drove a pair of MS 150.2's with some large clean power (160wpc @.003%) and I really have to say they were OK...but that's about it, nothing super impressive. I was hoping that the 140's might be a step up..