Craig, Yes - I have missed out on 2 on ebay recently! That is why I have decided to ask here! Brian

Better to wait and release something that is working than send it out, to meet customer demand, when it is not ready! Some 20 years ago when talking with my local ealer he rued the day that there were no longer entry level systems. He discoverd that 10-20% of people would come back and upgrade - a useful source of potential customers. Now with some

My catalogue for the Avant says it uses less than 2.5 watts on standby. There is no data for BS5500, BS 6500 or BS 7000, Pentas etc. Whilst the very latest items may be using less than 0.5 watt - how about the middle aged products? Brian

Mange tak, The switch does not seem to activate the MCP! Is there any way to test if it is just the opto or just the switch or both? Brian

Having read all the replies so far I am left suitably confused! I switch most things off if I am not going to use them. Not sure of the pros and cons of it all and I am certainly NOT doing this to be "so called" green. The only greens I know are certain vegetables, shades on a colour chart or little men from Mars! It makes sense to reduce

BM5500 and CX50s plus Cona connected to my PC - currently in use - indeed most of the time when on Beoworld! It is strange how time changes things. 20 years ago it would have been my 5000 system which I used as the daily alarm clock (later timing on a weekend!). Now I wake to an alarm and then switch on the breakfast TV to check the weather and travel

Beolink 7000 It is a most impressive and stylish remote (2 way!) that still works later products. I just wish I could work out how to use it to it to start my shower in the morning! Brian

Beautifully put together. I have always felt that timber finishes are an excellent option - perhaps starting with B&O when it was almost the ONLY finish puts some bias into the equation. In those distant days it was teak or rosewood (palisander) with an odd white and then oak creeping in. It would be interesting to see how some modern pieces would

Make sure you contact Nobby - not Noddy!!!

I have an MCP 5500 that needs some TLC as the volume wheel (and thus bass, treble and balance) does not work . The rest works perfectly - it was used to set up my BM7000 to act as an alarm a couple of weeks ago. I have taken it apart and cleaned it (finding some fluff in front of the infra red Optical sensor that detects the black or white on the wheel