Hi,
I recently moved and I'm keen to get my new pad furnished right. I was looking through some books on contemprary design and I was quite taken with the slim Beolab 6000 speakers. Also shown in the picture was the Beocentre 2500, which presumably acts as a 'head-unit'. I've been having a dig on the site, but it seems like quite a learning curve!
Anyhow, being B&O, I assume they sound good as well, and if my parents mid 70's B&O tv (still going strong) is anything to go by, they'll last a while too!
I've got a large music collection on my PC, so my output options are S/PDIF or regular 3.5mm jack - I would guess that the S/PDIF would be better quality, but what would I need in between these Beolab speakers and the PC? Which B&O pre-amp / decoder / signal multiplexer - 'music centre' would accept this sort of input signal? I'm limited by budget, so the cheaper the better!
Also, what sort of signals do these active speakers require? I'm an electronic engineer so I'm curious at a technical level what the music centre actually does. I did have a hunt for some articles on this, but I didn't get very far - any recommendations?
This website / forum is a top find - thanks to those who have put in all that hard work so far!
Thanks in advance!
Tom.