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  • Re: Beosound 5 Encore.... not until after summer !

    [quote user="petermc"] That makes me very happy if a CD can be directly pushed onto the BS5 without first saving it on my laptop. When the dealer showed me how to transfer music it was first saved on the laptop in Windows Media and then pushed onto the BS 5. He said it worked the same with iTunes. There was no mention of direct transfer without
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 05-11-2011
  • Re: Beosound 5 Encore.... not until after summer !

    I'm a bit miffed that it won't have a digital out*. On the other hand, the Encore should have a pretty reasonable and up-to-date DAC, which leaves me with the only "problem" of long stretches of analogue wires. *I'd prefer a switchable (in software) AES/EBU-S/PDIF, but since I'm pretty sure that won't happen, I guess I
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 05-10-2011
  • Re: to close for audible and visual comfort.

    Not only is it mono, but if buy such a setup, you're pretty much tied into old-school passive speaker design. Something that is inferior to properly designed active setups. I wouldn't touch a passive setup with a ten feet pole, anymore than I would buy a reel-to-reel or turntable for it's audio quality (well, I actually do have a Tivoli
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 04-01-2011
  • Re: Beolab 5 - feeding the speaker with S/PDIF or Powerlink with Beosound 9000???

    No problem, Martin. Audio isn't voodoo, it just isn't something most people know how to attack (and most people listen to that friend of theirs who's an "audiophile" with all that entails of superstition and bad science).
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-24-2011
  • Re: Beolab 5 - feeding the speaker with S/PDIF or Powerlink with Beosound 9000???

    Most people when they hear something that has slightly more treble will proclaim it has more detail, because the ears (brain) trick them. When hearing things we listen after the higher frequencies (mid-high) even if most of what we say is in the mid-band. This is the reason why people whose hearing isn't as good anymore has a lot of trouble when
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-23-2011
  • Re: BL 8000's vs BL 5's

    [quote user="macjonny1"]BL8000 can be wall-mounted FYI[/quote] LOL, just in case they aren't booming enough with uncontrollable bass
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-21-2011
  • Re: BL 8000's vs BL 5's

    I don't know exactly when. There's a serial number somewhere in that link Apparently, the 8002s are the ones with ICE amps, and they came to market in 2010 according to Beocentral. Therefore it is a safe bet that the downgrade to two-way came long before the adaption of ICE amps, since the 8000s have been in production since 1992. You say you
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-21-2011
  • Re: BL 8000's vs BL 5's

    [quote user="Peter "] I do agree with you (I think!) I despise the inclusion of what is effectively an automatic loudness circuit in B&O speakers. I hate booming bass - I do understand that it makes the product more attractive in a showroom setting but I want a flat response and the ability to alter this to my taste. It does seem a shame
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-21-2011
  • Re: BL 8000's vs BL 5's

    [quote user="Peter "]One could argue that the present design is fully active as the feed to the woofers is the same whereas the original was a hybrid. One could also argue that the earlier design was actually preferable in some ways but as few people can actually tell the difference, we are maybe discussing angels on pins. [/quote] No we're
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-21-2011
  • Re: BL 8000's vs BL 5's

    [quote user="Jon"] [quote user="Electrified"] The 8000 is a"hybrid" design. It's not a true active. [/quote] Electrified, would you mind clarifying what exactly you mean in saying the BL8000 isn't a true active speaker? It uses an electronic line-level X-over, fed into a single, two-channel power amplifier - one
    Posted to General Forum (Forum) by Electrified on 03-21-2011
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