BeoSound 5 Forum

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

beojeff — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:01:43 GMT

Bravo, Petja! Your efforts certainly paid off. I know how tricky the cable arrangement inside the BS5 mount is. That must have been quite frustrating and took a lot of patience.

P.S. I was just in my living room and thought of your comment regarding a triangle. I actually DO have a BeoLab 10, which is triangular, on the wall just a few feet from the BS5 and BC2!

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

petja — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:52:49 GMT

something like that... hate wires though.. it took ages for me to make it accurate and properly to hide it away from my sight...

if BS5 could be wirless unit, i'd love to put is as a large remote in my dining room or anywhere else apart from the main system, which hidden in cabinets behind the wall in my kitchen space

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

beojeff — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:39:15 GMT

Petja,

I'm interested in seeing a photo posted of your setup. I, too, have been interested in doing a wall-mount. However, I'm settling for sitting the units on the brushed aluminum B&O cabinets until I find the time to do the wall-mounting. I would have preferred to see B&O continue with the oval design, but at least the materials and colors still complement the BC2 and the BS9000. I intentionally selected the two brushed aluminum B&O cabinets to have different heights and angles in order to play upon the contrast of the BS5 and BC2. I should think that a wall-mounted BS5 and BS9000 would look even nicer together.

With the BM5/BS5 being a computer and hard drive unit, it is inevitable that someday the hard drive will crash and the unit will need servicing. At least with two audio masters we will still have a backup music source during the servicing. Sad to already be thinking of a hard drive crash, but it WILL happen eventually.

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

petja — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:57:04 GMT

i do agree ... my BS5 stays next to BC2 on the wall. it's a bit irretating to see them together next to each other. Squarea and oval... i think we do need a triangle remote to finish the picture

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

elephant — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:21:43 GMT

Puncher:

And yet, seeing them side by side like that screams to me that they should have been a single unit! - I guess it proves yet again that everyone's tastes and requirements are different.

I remember how excited we all were at the launch of the BC2 ... and yet when I played with it I was never seduced

But the BS5 on the other hand (no pun intended) is so damn sexy that I could play with it for hours

And even SWMBO loves it and at a recent after hours B&O function was demonstrating it to other wives !

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

jk1002 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:02:28 GMT

Yes. I am hoping that the rumored 2way remote will work withoout BS5, just on the BM5. I don think I really need the BS5 in my setup ....

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

Puncher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:01:11 GMT

And yet, seeing them side by side like that screams to me that they should have been a single unit! - I guess it proves yet again that everyone's tastes and requirements are different.

Re: BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

beojeff — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:17:28 GMT

I'm afraid I'm a bit "orientation challenged." If anyone cares to re-post the photo in the proper orientation, I would appreciate the help!

BeoSound 5 co-existing with BeoCenter 2

beojeff — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:59:49 GMT

I'm so pleased that B&O designed the BeoSound 5 to function harmoniously with the BeoCenter 2 and other audio masters. They really do serve completely different functions and complement one another very well.