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My Essence’s are hidden away mounted under my shelf where I never have to see or touch it which I like.

On one of them I have the BeoSound 9000 connected to it though RCA.

On the other I have my turntable connected as well as an essence remote.

In 2 years of daily use for countless hours neither one of them has given me a single problem.

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I recently purchase two Essence Mk2’s over a core for 2 main reasons

1. The essence is MUCH MUCH cheaper
2. The essence has TWO power link ports which I absolutely need

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You can’t change sources with the ATV but I have all my sources (game systems) connected directly to the theatre. Then with HDMI control I just fire up the source I want to use and the theatre automatically changes the source to the newly active one.

I have never thankfully had to use the terrible BR1 for anything other than the power off button.

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If you are fine navigating your tv and using those apps might as well stick to it. Personally I find every TV remote and UI terrible (including the Beoremote 1) so moving to the Apple TV was a god send in the user interface and speed. You also get other features like airplay, lots of apps and games if you want.

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Whats this new core about? I thought I heard something it will be a HDMI connect box?

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You would just connect the 18’s to the PRE-OUT through RCA. There isn’t any built in streaming services on the 18’s so they would have to be run through some type of amp. If you want to use the 18’s wirelessly you need to get the transmitter 1 and connect that to the amp Pre-outs but I don’t recommend wireless unless you REALLY have to.

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Seems ok to me as it’s a PDF and can zoom in. Which pages are you having trouble with?

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is this it?

https://beoworld.dev.idslogic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Beosound-9000-Mark-2-Service-Manual-Type-2561-2570.pdf

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The Mic. 😀

Who installed the theatre for you? Did you set it up and not follow the instructions for creating listening positions or was it set up for you and not explained?

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https://support.bang-olufsen.com/hc/en-us/articles/9445191319825-How-do-I-create-a-new-Listening-Position-for-Beosound-Theatre-

 

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The mic SWITCH under the front right of the grill is on.

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B&O would suggest that yes as its better to have bass in the back to counter the bass from the front BST bass speakers.

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solidkd wrote:

I have a pair of 18s connect to my BST as front left and right,and I set my BST front left and front right speaker as “subwoofer center” in b&o app and other BST drivers as “none”,but when playing music there’s no bass from my theatre,”true image” is on,is there anything wrong i done above?

Wait, you can set your unused L/R speakers in the BST to act as additional sub woofers?

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How do you think Bl3s as rear，enough for movie？

Sounds amazing for me. They are pretty close to my listening position though about 4 feet away. I have no complains for movies and gaming. I am thinking about moving them to rear highs and buying a pair of BL 12’s just so I can add more bass to the back of the room. The BL3’s basically have no bass at all.

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Is HDMI control an option?

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In my old setup I had B&O speakers connected to a Marantz AV system, with 3 game systems and other HDMI cables connected in a cabinet bellow. It was a hot mess of cables and a major pain to change anything. It was all hidden though including the cables.

When I got the theatre I decided to get rid of the cabinet and get the floor stand instead. The problem was I still needed to connect 4 HDMI devices like: Apple TV, XBOX, NINTENDO, PS5.

So I put all those HDMI items in the closet behind the couch and listening position. I use a Hue Sync box as well which all the HDMI devices input to and then I run a single Optical HDMI cable through concealed floorboards to the theatre. Everything turns on and off through HDMI control, I never have to interact with the HDMI devices unless I insert a DVD game. It amazingly has worked perfectly since day one, all of it.

In your case you can put the AV system tucked away somewhere and just run the one cable to the TV.

https://www.cablematters.com/Blog/HDMI/how-do-active-hdmi-cables-work

And you can wall mount your Apple TV somewhere hidden:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07BPX8KL8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

But honestly I just recommend the theatre. It’s rather glorious visually and the sound is amazing as well. I do suggest a Sony TV over the LG G2/3 though. Sony has much better picture processing.

This is my previous AV setup with everything in the cabinet:

This is the cabinet removed and all the cables required:

This is after the theatre and all HDMI devices in the back of room. I was using a black cable hide temporarily.

And in the end I hid them with some white cable hiders:

Hope that helps

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SimonWeir wrote:

Last piece of insight was there was no listening position setup that didn’t benefit from having the BL19 added. So to me a BL19 should always be providing the subwoofer role, unless you are lucky enough to own 50s or 90s, even with the Theatre’s incredible bass and the bass of the 28 the 19 added richness that you can hear and physically feel. I know in the Sound guide it states 28 take bass from the 19 but in the real world to me that slightly larger subwoofer size is needed to most people’s setup.

This actually surprised me the most. I currently have the Theatre, BL18’s for fronts and BL3 for rears and I find the bass is quite intense when it needs to be especially in movies. I would think that with 28’s involved it would be more than enough? What average room size do you think is most peoples setups?

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I think the trend here is the missing internet sources missing from the menu at the top.

Some people also seem to hate the new Multiroom and volume interface.

Personally my main concern with the app is generally navigating between speakers. An iOS widget would also be a blessing.

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Do you have a song or YouTube video us other users can test this on? What volume level you on?

Also what is the source of all this clicking content. Have you tried multiple sources?

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Either way talk to your dealer and I’m sure you’ll get them for the previous price.

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