I confess to not supporting football - I have been to two Newcastle games and have no plans to return any time soon! However I do think that Leeds and indeed Newcastle do deserve to be Premier division sides. Why? Because they do get 40,000 crowds and therefore bring in the money. It is the chairmen and boards who get teams relegated because they do

According to the literature, DVD - Video, Video CD, CD-A, CD-R, CD-RW and MP3. The first ones were based on a Philips machine with those after 2004 being Pioneer. Neither has that good a reputation for reliability - have you considered the DVD controller?

There are known problems with the Beocom 5 - in the US, this has been dealt with by fixing the phones and a free pair of A8s. Not sure what B&O UK are doing!

I do remember these coming out and being told that the 1 and 2 are identical but the 1 was the best performing as it was selected cartridges found on testing. However the catalogues do suggest that the ETM of the 1 is lower which would suggest a longer contact area. Either way, I doubt that an average Beogram would allow the differences to be heard

I would guess that the server crashed for a short time!

The Avant one is still available but the one for the AV9000/MX seems trickier to find.

V.MEM is the same command as V.TAPE, so yes!

I have a rebuilt MMC2 courtesy of Axel and it is superb - just as good as the original. Very good value for money as well. You can of course make any of the MMC range into a 2 as the only difference in these cartridges is the cantilever and diamond and this is changed.

That is really variable line out but it will probably do! Cassette decks do best with a constant full strength line out. You will have to watch the recording meters to see if you have enough signal.

I don't think you should have an issue with any set as long as you can get the STB-C. Just look out for one that has it already fitted. The MX1500 is a non starter. The MX is, as you have already worked out, the obvious choice. A BV1 with the ML connection would be another.