I'm with Alex - the BL9 was designed from the ground up to be a full range speaker. I think the BL2 was designed to give rumbles and explosions in a 5.1 system. Matching a sub to separate speakers isn't the same as having the amps, crossovers, drivers and cabinets selected & designed to perform well together - give me the BL9's every

See here for a brief explanation from John Dawson (Arcam) and here for a customer explanation from Panasonic.

[quote user="tournedos"] See the type sticker of the Beosound 8 (or pretty much any halfway modern piece of kit that runs on two-prong AC power) and you will find it is classed as a "doubly insulated" AC device (two concentric squares). This means that neither of the AC inlet wires has any electrical connection to the case or any

The tabled SACD data is questionable! Firstly there is no question about the potential clipping of the CD data shown in the table and in the waveform display, however the SACD data was redigitised from an SACD player analogue out at a max. level 0f -3dBFS - any potentially clipped sample information has been lost in the re-sampling process! It was then

[quote user="Beobuddy"] Mostly analogue. But there are systems where you can digitally connect the speakers to the tv. But that's only possible with active speakers like the beolab 5. [/quote] Just to clarify slightly - "active" speakers means that the power amps are within the speaker cabinet and individual amps are matched

I'm sick of sitting through the Prize Draw and winning nowt so I'm off the the local Pub Quiz to win nowt instead! Good luck to everyone, someone's iPod is going to have a lovely new home!

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Not aware of anyone yet. I imagine B&O are reliant on their screen partners (Samsung & Panasonic), I'd be surprised if the panel maker didn't solely sell it for a year or so before letter customers repackage it though.

How about a Numpty forum? edit : Nevermind, I've found it over on the Wednesday© site!

[quote user="Doctor"] I have a suspicion that we have been unfortunate enough to have someone who has felt downtrodden by big business and who has vented his frustrations upon us. I imagine the disappointment from having his ideas apparently poached has made him bitter and also very wary of anything that is said to him. I do hope that we have