Hello,

I have a Bang OlufsenTV surround audio system Beosystem

Its a Tv with four column speakers which are powered and aplified as
you know by the bang olufsen beosystems, this speakers are not
connected
normaly to the output of a dolby surround system, but are driven by
the beosystem

Now I have changed TV to a flat screed LCD TV but I would like to
still be able to use the Bang Olufsen column speakers, how can I
achieve this? I need some kind of transducer to drive these speakers
from a standard dolby surround amplifier

Does any one sell a system that will input audio/video sources and
output them in surrond to the Bang Olufsen Beosystem speakers? Or sme
kind of device to put between surround amplifier and each speaker

Thanks,

Mario

Mario wrote:
Hello,

I have a Bang OlufsenTV surround audio system Beosystem

Its a Tv with four column speakers which are powered and aplified as
you know by the bang olufsen beosystems, this speakers are not
connected
normaly to the output of a dolby surround system, but are driven by
the beosystem

Now I have changed TV to a flat screed LCD TV but I would like to
still be able to use the Bang Olufsen column speakers, how can I
achieve this? I need some kind of transducer to drive these speakers
from a standard dolby surround amplifier

Does any one sell a system that will input audio/video sources and
output them in surrond to the Bang Olufsen Beosystem speakers? Or sme
kind of device to put between surround amplifier and each speaker

You have a couple of ways to go.

B&O sells an adapter that goes from the 5 pin Beolink to traditional RCA
jacks you could use, but that would require you come up with a source
for the power on signal. Check the speakers, if they are like my Beolab
8000's, they have an RCA input, and a switch on them to select that
input instead of the Beolink one. The speakers then sense the presence
of a signal on the audio input (RCA) and switch on and off using that as
a trigger. Only downside to that if if there is a long silent spell on
the surrounds they will switch off. If the speakers have this RCA jack
on them, you'd just need a receiver that had line level outputs and run
an RCA cable between it and the speaker. I believe B&O still sells a
cable that connects to speaker level outputs and converts it down to
line level, but that's not entirely the best way to go about it.

B&O sells a thing called a Beosystem 1 (I think that's what it's called)
that is an AV center, it does all the surround sound processing and
video processing, lets you hook up to a non-B&O flat panel TV, but it's
like $6000 US. Pricey.

If you don't care about advanced surround sound and are happy with just
Pro-Logic, you might look for an older, used B&O AV7000. It is a
surround processor and switcher designed to be used with the old
5000/7000 B&O systems (rectangular boxes that preceded the current crop
of stuff). It has a 45 watt center channel output, and 4 Beolink outputs
for front and rear left and right. Video switching is limited to RCA
type composite video, so it's not up to modern video sources. I use an
AV7000 with a Panasonic plasma, I use the TV for video switching, and
run RCA level audio out from the TV to the AV7000, a pair of Beolab
8000's for the mains, and an amp run off the Beolink outputs for the rears.

Now I have changed TV to a flat screed LCD TV...

Are you watching angry politicians?

StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:14:05 -0400, Severian wrote:

You have a couple of ways to go.


Keee-rimany, what a lame sounding product.

Buy this... buy that... won't do this type of sound... blah blah
blah...


Buy SPEAKERS... BUY A GOOD, MODERNN A/V AMPLIFIER... Hook 'em up.



The next level UP from that is amplified speakers. And even those are
easier than this stupid crap sounds.

B & O sounds like a big, stupid, proprietary pain in the ass.

Like the Compaq computers were in the 286 386 days.

Errr...not to interrupt your ignorant rant, but the B&O speakers are
active, biamped speakers.

But I understand, B&O will be hard for people working at WalMart and
McDonalds to afford, you actually have to be successful and have a sense
of style and taste to want them.

Moron.

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:26:50 -0400, Severian wrote:

Errr...not to interrupt your ignorant rant, but the B&O speakers are
active, biamped speakers.

But I understand, B&O will be hard for people working at WalMart and
McDonalds to afford, you actually have to be successful and have a sense
of style and taste to want them.

And do they sound good? The B&O systems I've come across have been
ovbiviously design-led (and I don't mean audio design:-). One has to
suspect they're idiosyncratic for the sake of it, not because an
engineer made a breakthrough that column speakers actually SOUNDED
better?

And do they sound good? The B&O systems I've come across have been
ovbiviously design-led (and I don't mean audio design:-). One has to
suspect they're idiosyncratic for the sake of it, not because an
engineer made a breakthrough that column speakers actually SOUNDED
better?


Oh right. I've just had a look at the brochure. This is HEAVY
"lifestyle" stuff :-) And those powered speakers have "2500 watts of
digital amplification". At least you wouldn't need central heating as
well.

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:26:50 -0400, Severian wrote:

Errr...not to interrupt your ignorant rant, but the B&O speakers are
active, biamped speakers.

But I understand, B&O will be hard for people working at WalMart and
McDonalds to afford, you actually have to be successful and have a sense
of style and taste to want them.

And do they sound good? The B&O systems I've come across have been
ovbiviously design-led (and I don't mean audio design:-). One has to
suspect they're idiosyncratic for the sake of it, not because an
engineer made a breakthrough that column speakers actually SOUNDED
better?

Most people never get to hear B&O in the proper listening environment.
The Beosound 8000's sound as good or better than audiophile approved
monitors costing as much or more when you count amps and stands. The
sense of depth, space, and air, and the midrange smoothness, are all as
good as I've heard. They image very much like planar speakers without
the room placement issues. I've had the opportunity to hear the Beolab
5's setup well, and they sound magnificent, bass is deep, tight, and non
boomy but goes low enough to untie your shoelaces. Yes, they are $20K a
pair, but that's not expensive by audiophile standards. I've heard lots
of "high end" speakers that sound significantly worse that cost as much
or more.

They are expensive, and they do cost more because they pay a lot of
attention to design and style. I find that enjoyable, as too much audio
gear is absolutely horrendously ugly, which is all the worse as it has
no reason to be. It is possible to design in better looks for not as
much as B&O charges, but almost no one else does so. And B&O's materials
aren't cheap, solid aluminum speaker enclosures, high end finishes, etc.

But I get tired of ignorant knee jerk reactions that are as often
prompted by envy as by objective observation. It took a long time for me
to finally listen to B&O seriously, when I did I bought, and have been
happy with the sound and the reliability.

Laurence Payne wrote:
And do they sound good? The B&O systems I've come across have been
ovbiviously design-led (and I don't mean audio design:-). One has to
suspect they're idiosyncratic for the sake of it, not because an
engineer made a breakthrough that column speakers actually SOUNDED
better?


Oh right. I've just had a look at the brochure. This is HEAVY
"lifestyle" stuff :-) And those powered speakers have "2500 watts of
digital amplification". At least you wouldn't need central heating as
well.

They use highly efficient digital switching amps, and run very cool.
Unlike the overkill Class A amps that will heat your house for a 250
w/ch amp. Or even better, I had a Pass Zen single ended MOSFET amps,
that dissipated something like 300 watts for a 7 watt per channel amp.

In article ,
Severian wrote:

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:26:50 -0400, Severian wrote:

Errr...not to interrupt your ignorant rant, but the B&O speakers are
active, biamped speakers.

But I understand, B&O will be hard for people working at WalMart and
McDonalds to afford, you actually have to be successful and have a sense
of style and taste to want them.

And do they sound good? The B&O systems I've come across have been
ovbiviously design-led (and I don't mean audio design:-). One has to
suspect they're idiosyncratic for the sake of it, not because an
engineer made a breakthrough that column speakers actually SOUNDED
better?

Most people never get to hear B&O in the proper listening environment.
The Beosound 8000's sound as good or better than audiophile approved
monitors costing as much or more when you count amps and stands. The
sense of depth, space, and air, and the midrange smoothness, are all as
good as I've heard. They image very much like planar speakers without
the room placement issues. I've had the opportunity to hear the Beolab
5's setup well, and they sound magnificent, bass is deep, tight, and non
boomy but goes low enough to untie your shoelaces. Yes, they are $20K a
pair, but that's not expensive by audiophile standards.

I think that just about every audiophile would consider $20k for a pair
of speakers to be "expensive".

Severian wrote:

Errr...not to interrupt your ignorant rant, but the B&O speakers are
active, biamped speakers.

They are active biamped speakers with a standard DIN connector for line
input. Get a cable with an RCA on one end, and a DIN connector on the
other. Plug one into the output of your preamp, the other into the
speaker. Problem solved.

And guys, in the future try not to crosspost to so many groups. rec.audio.pro
is about audio production and really isn't a good place to ask questions
about consumer gear.
--scott
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