Hello Forum ? ,
we currently have a BeoVision 7-40 MKV with a BeoLab 7-2, a pair of BeoLab 8000 and a BeoLab 11 in our livingroom. We are thinking of moving to a new TV and therefore want also new speakers. The BeoSound Stage is not powerful enough for music and the Theatre is just too expensive.
This is why we think of switching to either a pair of BeoLab 18 or a pair of BeoSound Balance. Does anyone of you have experience in connecting those speakers to a LG OLED TV or a recommendation what would be better for a livingroom with 50 sqm.
we have already a pair of Level and Emerge and love the Mozart Plattform. The Desicion would be easier if the 18s already had Mozart ;-)
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BeoLab 18 or BeoSound Balance
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Have a look at threads and the website for the Almando Sound processors.
These boxes convert TV HDMI output to 5.1 and connect to an RJ45/Beolab trigger compatible output.
This may help you Bridge the gap between Stage and Theatre?
dont think a pair of Balances will work for TV watching I'm afraid.
There ay be a way of connecting them using their line-in inputs - but the recent Beosound (Theatre aside) products have had non-adjustable (and long) input delays, which means that voice and image will have horrible lip-sync issues.
Honestly, if you consider a pair of the Balances…..
respectively a set of BL 18 with addition of the Almando device (like Mr10% adviced)…….
…….you would almost be at the costs of the BS Theatre.
With the Theatre you could carry on with your current speaker setup/8000 and 11 (connected to the BST).
Using the Almando device and the set of 18’s would not give you an integration with other (Mozart) devices in the house. And connecting the Balances to the LG would be limited - basicly to an airplay connection and therefore just 2 channel/stereo (no center channel speaker!).
IMO the Theatre is the way to go if you by any means can swallow what it would cost compared to other solutions - it has so many possibilities.
Just my 2 cents.
(Best decide before the rumoured price rise in august)
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
What about BeoSystem 3 / 4 ?Thanks for all of your replies. First of all we are completely prepared for the price of adding a pair of BL18 or Balances. Our usage of the current setup we have is 90% music listening in a multipoint setup and 10% of TV. TV means basically one show of a German crime series a week and the news. So we don‘t need Atmos, 7.1, etc. i probably give the Theatre a second chance before a price increase ;-) would it be good for 2 channel music listening? the BS4 would be an option but honestly we don‘t want to invest in old tech.The other thing is I have an offer of 3.400€ for a pair of BeoSound Balance ?if those are your use cases, surely get the Balances with that good offer, for music. And an LG + Stage for tv. The Theatre is decent enough for music, but for those music listeners used to separation, it's not likely to be good enough. The Balance pair / 18s pair though, should be good enough.
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