Can I have Two Audio Masters in one network?

I am trying to have my house wired (at last) for my B&O but seem to have struck a snag.

 

I have in one part of the house:

Avant (Master) with BL400's connected directly and a msterlink to BS9000 6CD player.

 

At the other end of the house I have BC2 connected to BV8 and BL8000's.

 

So far these have been operating as independent systems.

 

I want to join them up with CAT 7 so that I can play CD's through both systems.

I have been told this is not possible.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Patrick

I have also just been given advice that CAT7 does not have as many wires as Masterlink and is not as good and will not give the same control. I thought CAT 7 was the new way forward? Is it not backwards compatable?

 

Patrick

I have just been informed that CAT 7 des not have the same number of terminals as Masterlink and will not control the equipment to the same extent. Is the new CAT7  not backwards compliant?

 

Patrick

Can't comment on the Cat7 - I thought I read here that it was OK, but I have always just used the ML cable.

You can only have one audio master.  If you connect your rooms, one of them will have to be put into "link room" mode - where it can play local CDs (for example) or CDs from the master.  Older BS9000 software doesn't support "link room" mode (option 5 or option 6, if I'm not mistaken) so it is probably safest to make it master, and your other system slave.

 

Stan

There is an B&O handbook titled Cat7/Class F New Installation Concept that outlines how the cabling should be done, let me know if you need a copy and when I'm next on a PC I can send it

When Cat7 is used passively in a properly terminated setup you can look at it as identical to ML. It's when you make it active that it turns into NL. 

Sorry but pardon my ignorance. What does this mean 'used passively' and 'when you make it active that it turns into NL'

 

Thanks

 

Patrick

Passively refers to not in a IT network setup. Simply running the cables and terminating them correctly. Get a pre-terminated ML2NL cable and it's ML as you know it.  Meaning none of the cables plug into a router or powered multi-port switch as does NL.