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Re: Center Speaker Beosystem 2 MKII

stampfki — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:16:15 GMT

Louis:

have you got your left & right speakers turned up too high in the speaker level menu?

Yes, I did. But on only one channel of the MCL2P it is definitely to weak. It cannot match the power of the front speakers, that's why I had to turn down those on min. level in the speaker adjusment menu.

But now I am really happy with the Beolab 4000. Ok, when you leave the stereo triangle, you suffer a bit from compfiltering, but nevertheless it is fine for the moment. Certainly, in a long term perspective I will switch for a Beolab 7.4.

Re: Center Speaker Beosystem 2 MKII

LC — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:59:04 GMT

have you got your left & right speakers turned up too high in the speaker level menu?

Re: Center Speaker Beosystem 2 MKII

lano — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:22:06 GMT

Hi, I'm also planning to use a MCL2P to drive a center speaker. Not delighted to hear that it sounds to low. Could this be dependent of the speakers? That the once you have requires more power but that other speaker would be fine with the MCL2P?

Is it possible to bridge a MCL2P so that you will get more power on the mono channel?

Re: Center Speaker Beosystem 2 MKII

.......... — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:00:50 GMT

How about a pair of Lab 4000s mounted side by side under the screen?

You can pick up a pair for less than £500 now if you shop around!

Re: Center Speaker Beosystem 2 MKII

stampfki — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:38:39 GMT

Really no ideas?

Center Speaker Beosystem 2 MKII

stampfki — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:45:35 GMT

Hi at all,

still finetuning my system. In the meantime I have changed the two Beolab 2500 against a B&W XTC center speaker. Fronts are Beolab 5000 and rears are Beolab 6000.

The problem with the Beolab 2500 was that they just have not enough volume to present dialogs properly. Even after recapping and changing the OP amps to OP2134 the volume is still to less, whereas treble is very crisp and clear.

So I decided to go for the Mono Center XTC from B&W fired by a ML/MCL converter (MCL2P). Technically it works fine (excepts the annoying "plop" when switching). The thing is that the center seems to be too quiet. Is the caused by the only 30 watt per channel on the B&O converter?

Unfortuantely I cannot afford a real B&O center as the 7.1 etc :-(

BTW: Volume of the dialogs is great now but the sound is somehow more muddy - not really crisp.

The perfect solution would be the volume of the XTC combined with the clarity of the modded Beolabs 2500.

Do you think a Detoma A102 would do a better job in terms of power output and "plopping"?

Thank you very much for every tip!