I agree completely about the Beovox 5000 and 2500 combination. They are however bulky! I actually use BBC LS3/5A speakers with AB1 woofers and these work wonderfully. For classical music, especially vocals, these are superb. I confess to not being a fan of S80.2s - Tim's pair were mine at one point! If I wanted B&O speakers, but didn't have

It takes the normal low impedance 47 kOhms input - moving magnet type input. If you have a choice of capacitance, between 150 - 300pf is recommended.

Professional fees are also usually charged in guineas. And the earliest catalogue for B&O I have had also had the prices in guineas!! The old coins were wonderful - an old penny was a substantial coin and even the farthing, which was withdrawn before I had use for it, was beautiful, with a wren on the tail side. I have a pair of cufflinks somewhere

I used to get a half crown a week pocket money until decimalisation when I got a rise to 15p (three shillings). I kept my last half crown - here it is along with a full crown (never really used as currency though I do remember converting all my notes to crowns one year just to annoy shop keepers), a florin and a new 10p piece.

And the 5500!

Thought I had better have a quick look at mine! Beogram CD7000

I think you are using the wrong cables. Just been looking for diagrams which I cannot find but I believe the Mk3 Powerlink cable lacks the connections for the display. You need fully wired cables.

It is all about what sort of distortion you like the best! Valve amplifiers produce very different harmonic distortion to transistor amplifiers and some people prefer this. A number of manufacturers have jumped onto the valve bandwagon recently. Many of the valves used are not designed as audio amplifier components but are cheap. Always audition before

Yes - been featured a few times - I don't think B&O acknowledge the link. It is a David Lewis design. The article is appallingly written - 'even more unique' - horrible!

You can certainly get the 7000 system serviced though trim parts will always be a problem. The belts for the cassette are available and the CD mechanism is also able to be found as it is based on a Philips transport. I take it you mean the Beolab 5000 speakers? Trim parts are just about unobtainable for these but drive units and electronics are all