and finally... (the cones may look fine, but trust me - they are rotten)

and another shot...

We took a beautiful pair of BeoVox MC120.2 speakers in part exchange yesterday from an elderly lady who had them from new. They sat in the beautiful lounge of her £1m country home and were only ever used at low volumes playing classical music. However, they have the dreaded foam rot and require the foams replacing. They are in beautiful original

Have you got the 8000's plugged into the mains? Do they have any standby lights showing at the bottom of the black cloth section? If so, then have you set them to 'Line' on the 3-position switch? Just swing up the cover where you connected the fig-8 power plug and have a look inside. Lee

the serial number is on the rear of the unit. if it has the cable cover on, it will be obscuring it - so just get him to pop it off. It will also be obscured if the unit is in the wall bracket. No huge problems with Ouvertures. Check the Tape Mechanism hasn't siezed through lack of use, and try to buy a 'straight laser' as opposed to the

Wonder how many customer service rants will end up on there as opposed to creative ideas...

Graham could even have asked if yours look like the ones on his avatar! As an aside, did you get the wall brackets for them too? If not, one of our site sponsors STBBrackets makes them. Lee

[quote user="beocool"] And finally... [/quote] This one sums up exactly what this little competition is about. How on earth could you sit comfortably on that?!!

In my home.. 1 x Beo4 Cinema with all the coating peeling of the buttons and a leaky LCD screen 2 x Standard Beo4's that refuse to be destroyed 1 x Beo5 Remote, last seen in a drawer in the kitchen - charger currently 'M.I.A' ... really must send it to Keith (with no return address...) In my 'private collection' in a secure area

[quote user="wirralsimon"] Simon [/quote] This one's joint 1st so far.. How on earth could you sleep on that?! Not fit for the purpose it was obviously designed for, not matter how hard you tried. Perfect example, along with the horned chairs.. Lee