The BL5s, when correctly set up, accept and handle the .1 signal excellently, and in a far superior way from the BL2. They are specifically designed to precisely respond to every little flutter in an LFE signal. In my setup, I have movies where the walls are literally breathing when the ooomphs and explosions go off. While the BL2 is a good sub, the

If this can happen, it kind of makes you wonder how many incorrectly set up home cinemas there are in B&O owners' homes?

I find Apple to be less than clear when reporting their audio resolutions on the ATV. AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through. It says nothing about the downsample. But then they've always considered it a unit for playing back

No - Michel. You have three porting options - analog out, optical out, HDMI out. With analog out, you'd be using the inferior DAC in the AppleTV, which is not recommended, as you have better DACs in the BS3 (which can process 32bit/384kHz audio, if I remember correctly.) With optical out from the ATV, you get the 16/44.1 limit. With HDMI out, you

ATV does pass-through of 5.1DD surround, and outputs music and audio at 16/44.1 through the optical output. The soundcard inside is actually 24/192kHz native, so it's a mystery why Apple has hobbled it. (I've read some reports that it outputs at 20bit/44.1kHz, but my DAC shows 16/44.1 when I play music from iTunes through AppleTV.) I agree that

Hi, You write you're using playback through iTunes and Apple TV. Does that mean you have one playback chain from iTunes on a computer to your BS3 and another from the AppleTV? Or do you have your music organized with iTunes, and then use Apple TV to play it back through the BS3? Here's the thing. Apple TV outputs at 16bit/44.1, even if the original

Different infrared frequencies, but you can buy a modded docking station that understands B&O's infrared. If your Beo4 doesn't have PHONO, then you can use N.RADIO (added as described above) to initiate record playback. (Hey, I knew I'd get to pass this tip along one more time!)

The bottom disk is very solid. Take off your watch and any rings, and you can roll the speakers as you would a beer keg! Of course, if you have to move them up stairs, you need help. But rolling them across the floor is very simple. Just make sure you're not wearing anything that can scratch the disks. Congrat's - you'll enjoy them.

It says that B&O has removed the barrier between A and B shares, and that the share-split in connection with a recapitalization caused a restatement of share value from €10 to €5. But yes, the fall from the top quotes has been precipitous and with the world economy in the state it's in, I'm certain it's quite a challenge to

I believe the two gentlemen don't see eye to eye, and that's a shame. B&O should proudly feature both the contributions of Jensen and Lewis, but the former has tended to be absent from company communications in recent years.