@Mika - how long before they expect us to install a ceiling channel, as well? In fact, moviemakers would love it if you did. All the surround speakers are supposed to be up on the wall, well above the heads of the people listening. Having the surround speakers at head level, to the side and behind, is wrong from the mixing perspective that one attempts

With modern Digital Signal Processing, this kind of projection of the signal is definitely possible. You've probably seen the soundbars that some claim can create "full surround" from one point in the room, usually from a sound bar lying underneath the television. They'll often also use Q-sound effects to project sounds into the room

@Mika - you write: Does the "phantom centre" processing actually do anything else than add half of the centre channel to L and R each? It depends upon the processor. Let's discount those that create false surround from a 2-channel signal (Pro Logic, etc), and only focus on the processors or option with true surround channeling. That is

Many brands that carry the audiophile stamp of approval offer a phantom centre option on their processors. To be precise - movies are mixed with a centre channel speaker (placed behind the screen). 85% of the audio in the centre channel is dialogue, the rest is deliberate bleed-in from sounds generated through L/R. If you can assign the centre channel

w.e - there's no need to sit and imagine whether I have been awestruck or not. I have spent too much of my life in movie mixing facilities to ever want to compromise on the centre channel. I have used phantom centres before I bought the BL5, but never with as excellent a result. You should try it. As my friends are active moviemakers, both working

thavn writes: Are you serious? I have BL5 in a surround setup with my Avant as a centre speaker. It works ok, but could have been better. I am considering buying a BV7 with BL7-4, but the 7-4 speaker makes the set a bit too tall for my wall (I have two paintings over the TV that can´t be moved). I am completely serious. I believe B&O missed

Yes, that's my little trick, as well. Olufsen is a good way of weeding. But there weren't many hits, and I thought w.e. could point us in the right direction! Did find this, which is a nice solution: 11-02-08: Docmark Not laughing here either. I run Toslink (Audioquest) out of my desktop Mac into a Benchmark DAC1, then Audioquest Sky interconnects

w.e. - you write: Of course it is down to personal preferences, so that's the reason why I stress that not all Beolabs should switch to ALT because it is not a perfect technology where the results will be everyone's fancy. My point is that B&O is better off upgrading the drivers of those Beolabs than to add ALT. Aren't you getting my

Was thinking about that, with the female plugs! Think you're right, from something with RCA to a B&O unit, connecting with the DIN.

The separate wire is for grounding between units. Could be a converter for a Beogram record player equipped with DIN out, to enable you to connect it to an amp or stand-alone RIAA record player preamp. Looked for similar cables at Flashbacksales, check at the bottom: http://www.flashbacksales.co.uk/acatalog/headphone-amp-5-Pin-din-phono-rca-Cables.html