Now this might seem like a really simple and stupid question but when using a pair of Beolab 6000 speakers with a non B&O source how do i go about connecting them? can i just run phono leads straight from my cd player? or must the signal pass through an amp first?

I haven't yet got a pair yet but im 80% there to buying a piar in the summer once i have finished uni for the summer break after months years of being a B&O fan i decided to go for speakers first and buy a B&O source later on well unless you all tell me it's impossible of course

 

 thanks for the help and sorry for easy question
 

kuliand:

Now this might seem like a really simple and stupid question but when using a pair of Beolab 6000 speakers with a non B&O source how do i go about connecting them? can i just run phono leads straight from my cd player? or must the signal pass through an amp first?

Not really an amplifier, but actually an attenuator. If you connect these speakers directly to CD or other source, you'll have no means of controlling the volume - full blast all the time.

You could get a real preamplifier, or build a passive one.  It really doesn't need more than a good quality twin potentiometer, suitable connectors, and (optimally) a nice enclosure for the whole lot...

-mika

 

ok i knew there some reason why i couldn't just connect my cd player straight to the speakers but couldn't remember what. So who makes cd players with built in volume control apart from B&O? as i might be able to find something on ebay to use until i can afford a B&O source.

All the portable cd player can make that.

You can connect a mp3 player too ( i do with my BL8000)