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It is almost 2 months since my first thread on this subject and once again I would like to thank all the members who have helped me along the way.
The good news - BeoLab 18 & 19 are beautiful and sound magnificently.
Receiver1 is working well and I have been able to convert my 4000's into wireless speakers which I use in second zone of our large living room/dining room.
Playmaker and Transmitter1 are all doing their job and my old 3200 is connected and supplying cd sound and radio.
After extraordinarily poor initial support from B&O North America, there appears to be a new spirit with regards to the need of helping customers. Christian especially has been most helpful in getting me over the finish line.
The bad news - Making all the components work together has been an accompanied by excruciating frustrations, time delays and unexpected expenses.
My recommendations for anyone who wants to go this route:
If you start with a B&O TV - this system integrates with great ease.
If you have a non-B&O TV and/or want to mix and match b&O and non-b&O components, think very hard how much of an expert you are, how much energy you want to expand and what kind of compromises you are willing to live with - and importantly if you have any concerns about you blood pressure.
If I had known then what I know now I would have considered more seriously spending the money on their outrageously expensive b&o TV's. Everything would have worked swimmingly and I would have saved a little money on not having to buy a 3rd part pre-amplifier.
Ironically, yes the speakers are connected wireless, however, to make my set up work required more wires and cables than I ever had before.
I really do wonder if it is a good business decision for B&O to create such an incredibly strong symbiotic relationship between B&O TV's and these speaker systems, or if it would be a good idea to allow them to interact with other systems with greater ease.
Thanks for your report
"...it would be a good idea to allow them to interact with other systems with greater ease"
They do interact easily, but where are the (non B&O) systems with built-in WiSA support?
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Millemissen: They do interact easily, but where are the (non B&O) systems with built-in WiSA support? MM
It must be very frustrating for B&O. In the past they have been lambasted for being late in adopting new technology. With this new WISA platform they are the first manufacturer to bring wireless speakers to market so inevitably there are no other brands that they can work with. When the platform becomes more widespread then these new speakers will be able to connect to many more products and brands.
Opman