What speaker cable do I need to connect up these speakers?

[HappyHippyDad]

I have just removed a rather expensive CD system from a house. I did explain to the customer that I thought it was worth quite a bit, but they just wanted shot of it.

Unfortunately no working speaker cables as I had to chop them off.

The unit is the bang Olufsen 9000, 6 CD player



The speakers are Bang Olufsen beolab 4000 speakers. I believe one of them is mark1 and the other 2 speakers are mark2. They both have the 8pin round connectors in them for the speakers.

Do I just buy 8 pin Bang olufsen speaker cable? There seems to be 2 different types but they look identical.

First one = Powerlink mk 2 compatible - Black (8 pin DIN cable with fully wired 8 cores) - https://soundsheavenly.com/powerlink-8-pin-din-connection/23-powerlink-mk-2-compatible-black-8-pin-din-cable-with-fully-wired-8-cores.html

Second one = Powerlink mk 3 compatible (8 pin DIN) cable with 4 cores wired, low profile cable - https://soundsheavenly.com/powerlink-8-pin-din-connection/20-266-powerlink-mk-3-compatible-8-pin-din-cable-with-4-cores-wired-low-profile-cable.html#/1-length-05m

Will either of the above 2 cables work?

 

[LukeD]

Easy one !! The speakers are Active so yeas you will need 8pin cables . Dont go down a Rabbit hole on quality etc etc .We are NOT talking high end hifi at all .Not bad Hifi ... but not worth spending a fortune on cables

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Easy one !! The speakers are Active so yeas you will need 8pin cables . Dont go down a Rabbit hole on quality etc etc .We are NOT talking high end hifi at all .Not bad Hifi ... but not worth spending a fortune on cables

Thanks Luke.
There seems to be 2 types of 8 pin. See both my links. I'm not too sure if one is correct and one isn't, or if they both would be fine.

 

[littlespark]

if you've cut the cables... can you count the cores?

I see the links show "fully 8 cores wired" or "4 cores wired",,,, so whatever cable is was??

 

[pirate]

May I suggest that whatever cable you buy, avoid the uni-directional copper ones!
Also, you probably don't need to use this for your internal fuse

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[pirate]

Of course, when doing ISITEE, if I find an incorrect fuse in a plug, I always install these and add the cost to my price...
I've been strangely quiet on that front recently...

 

[HappyHippyDad]

if you've cut the cables... can you count the cores?

I see the links show "fully 8 cores wired" or "4 cores wired",,,, so whatever cable is was??

That's a good idea!

But... I've now taken them out from where they were and there were 2 different types there as well!

1 x 8 pin went into a multi player port.
1 x 8 pin went in the CD player.
2 x 8 pins went into the speakers.

I've counted the cores.
In 2 of the cables there were 3 cores and in the other 2 there were 6 cores??

 

[LukeD]

Its possible they both work .. as the main 4 cores will be cover signal and power .The 4 core might be for older (Like this ) models. I would just call them and ask .

 

[LukeD]

Guide to the various types of Powerlink cable Bang & Olufsen use | Sounds Heavenly

looks like the extra cables carry data for active speaker displays , your speakers dont have displays

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Guide to the various types of Powerlink cable Bang & Olufsen use | Sounds Heavenly

looks like the extra cables carry data for active speaker displays , your speakers dont have displays

Thanks Luke, you've been really helpful.

 

[LukeD]

Thanks Luke, you've been really helpful.

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