I'm wanting to put the wiring in the walls. Thus I'd need to buy or make some wall plates.

My question is, are the powerlink cables just 8 pin DIN cables. Thus we could use a simple and cheap chassis jack like this for the wall plate.??

http://www.durhamradio.com/s/product.php?productid=43825&cat=1763&page=2

Yep, they're just DIN connections.

 Austin
 

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Yep, they're just DIN connections.

 Austin

Are these regular (13.2 mm diameter) or mini-Din (9.5 mm) connectors?

Thanks!

Al 

Thanks for the quick reply, Austin!

Does it matter whether it is a MK-3 or Mk-1 cable?

As I understand it, to connect Beolab 8000 speakers to a Beosound 9000 I only need a 4-core wire cable, correct?

Fewer wires  to solder the better! 

Al 

Hi Al,

there are two different DIN plugs available with 8 pin - make sure to use the 080 type as shown in the picture attached. You will only need four wires but you have to use a cable with two separately shielded wires for the left and the right channel, GND (shield) and one wire for the Speaker-On signal. I would recommend an original powerlink cable because it is difficult to obtain another suited cable.

Hello Hagen,

yes, I plan to use custom length B&O power cable (without connectors) and 8-pin DIN wall plates.  Since I am only connecting the 8000 speakers and the Beosound 9000 I am wondering whether I should go to the trouble and making 8 connections as shown here:
http://www.beoworld.org/beotech/wiring2.htm

or just the minimum 4 ?  [shown here: http://www.beoworld.org/beotech/misc2.htm]

Any suggestions?

Vielen Dank!