Hi,

I recently got my hands on pair of Beolap 8000 speakers. The rest of my stereo / video equipment is rather antique and my knowledge about these matters is virtually non existent. So while I will one day own a very cool surround sounding blue ray beaming multimedia ... aeh... thing ... I currently do not have the time to compare pros and cons of different possible solutions and do not want to spend a lot of money on something that is going to be outdated next week.

Soooo I am currently looking for the 'smallest' solution to listen to CD's and watch movies using these great speakers.

I figured a DVD player with an adjustable line-out would be the ideal solution as it can play music and can be hooked up to the tv (still using scart). Unfortunatly I have not been able to find such a DVD player yet.

So my questions are

* Is this idea something that would work?
* If yes - does anybody know a suitable dvd player (sporting an adjustable line-out)?
* If neither can anybody suggest an alternative solution that would not cost a lot of money (as I want to save that for later...)

Thanks,

Ciske

You can try Linn or Meridian. They sell DVD players with built in sound processing. I noticed a secondhand Linn Unidisk 1.1 for a reasonable price on sale on www.audiogon.com, perhaps that might interest you. With that installed, you can easily expand to a full size multichannel B&O speaker system.

Hope this helps.

Alexander

I recently bought an OPPO Bluray.  It has RCA audio outs and a volume control from the remote - hence it should work.  I have not tried it, but in theory.  The OPPO was about $500 (US) and considered by most to be one (if not the) best BR/universal players on the market.

-m

I must admid that I did not know that you can spent 10k Euro upwards just for a dvd player. And of course I would never ever dare to connect a pair of cheap speakers such as the 8000 to a player like that. At least not without cables woven from pure gold :)

Ahem... thanks for the answer but this was not the 'small solution' I was looking for...

Cheers,

ciske

Thanks for the suggestion - I am not sure I want to go Blue Ray just yet but the 'smaller' brother of your player, the DV-980H sounds like just the thing I am looking for.

Cheers,

ciske