reuse wiring MCL for ML

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Zwets Posted: Tue, Aug 16 2016 10:56 AM

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I have some wiring running from my livingroom to my upstairs bedroom. I used to have a MX4000 connected through MCL to a ML/MCL convertor to my B&O in the living room. When i fashed out the MX I replaced it with a non-B&O TV (Samsung). Now I will replace the Samsung with a BV 7-32 and I would like to connect it to ML. Is it possible to re-use the MCL wiring? I.E. to cut the current connectors of and replace it at both ends with a ML connector? I is very difficult to get the old wiring out of the wall.

Thanks for you thoughts/input.

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Steve at Sounds Heavenly replied on Tue, Aug 16 2016 11:34 AM

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Hi Zwets,

Unfortunately there aren't enough wires in an MCL cable to turn it into a Masterlink cable, also the shielding on the wires isn't sufficient.  However, you could potentially re-use the MCL cable as a Powerlink cable (although there will be some sound quality loss due to the lack of shielding).

The best option is to run a new Masterlnik cable (http://soundsheavenly.com/48-masterlink-control-and-sync) if possible, otherwise you could use an ML/MCL Converter to adapt a new Masterlink system to run over the MCL link to the rest of the house.

Kind regards, Steve.