No, all channels should arrive at the listener at the same time, hence why surround sound decoders have options to set speaker distances to compensate for speaker placement.

FWIW, I seriously doubt B&O will be revising the BeoLab 8000. If they were to do such a thing, they would bring an entirely new design...

I've only ever found the 7-2 boomy when the position switch isn't set correctly. IMO it's one of B&O's best speakers - a truly phenomenal performer. The BeoLab 8000 and BeoLab 7-2 aren't really alike in their basic design, regardless of the duality of the 7-2 as a stereo speaker. The 7-2 is a three-way design (woofers, midrange

I'm pretty sure Baroque is up to the early 18th century actually. Get your facts right.

FWIW, the Nyco stick is quite difficult to get hold of in the UK. The Panasonic BD35 seems to do the job well although it's not exactly the fastest player I've used.

The idea is to centralise knowledge. The technology has moved on faster in the last 5 years than in the 20 years before it, and in order to keep up, it's vitally important that B&O builds a 'centralised' knowledge base, which is essentially what they're doing.

Agreed! It's hardly processing. Having said that, if it is done by the DSP stage, and two 24 bit signals need to be converted and the output converters run at 24 bit depth, some processing will need to go on to reduce the volume etc... Still not exactly a huge task...

Those are the specifications for the current BeoVision 7-32.

Interesting you should say this actually, track 4 of the Active Listening III CD is an amazingly good recording of Maurice Derufle's Ubi Caritas. The original recording was actually recorded in 6-channel surround sound and is available on SACD. The 6th channel is for a speaker placed above the listening position. It's something I'd quite

I personally wouldn't say PowerLink is a 'no-go' with BeoLab 5s, it's just that connecting them to a bit-perfect output produces a notably better sound and means you don't have to rely on any of the circuitry in the source! Just one thing to check, make sure you're running your MacMini at 44.1 kHz/16 bit (in Audio MIDI Setup