Hello all

I have a problem, and I really hope someone of you experts have he answer. Today I have surrondsound with a Avant 32" DVD, beolab2, beolab6000 (front and beolab4 (rear)  Besides that, I have a Beosound3000 ... all very nice and perfect. But I want a larger screen, but I'm sorry to say, taht a will not go for Beovision7 ... way too expensive for my budget. I will go for a Philips HD screen together with a Blueray DVD (also looking for the Beosound4 instead of the BS3000)

Here comes my problem .... the surround sound !?!? How do I create surround sound with my Beolabs ? My wish is to keep it as b&O as possible, so my thoughts went for something crazy .. Is it possible to "build" a stand alone surroundprocessor from a original B&O surround module ?

Or do you guys have any recommedations on another solutions ?

Looking forward to your replies ....

Tommy 

Same thoughts over here.

Solution #1:

Get a Loewe with dolby digital/dts module (pre-amp out) use tv speakers as center speakers, use line-in of your beolabs. Beosound 3000: only via Aux-out attached to the loewe TV.

Remotes: Beo 4, Loewe (if you take the assist multi control you can at least use it for your sat-box and dvd/blueray player)

Solution #2:

Get a Pre-amplifier (for example Denon 2809, Harmann Kardon AVR 355) and attach your Beolabs via pre-out (using cinch/rca cables).

Aux-out for Beosound.

Screen: LCD or whatever. For most of those you cannot use the TV speaker as center.

Best would be (also better for solution  #1) to get Beolabs as center speakers as well.

I have not yet decided which way to go, but I will wait another 6 months (LED backlight has just made some major steps, see several tests of Samsung, Sony and Philips screens).

Ralf