Thank you for that, Lee. What are Cat 5 and Cat 6 cables? I am currently refurbishing my home and would like to have futureproof cables installed (instead of old ML cables, as the case may be). Thank you for any advise here. Regards, js

Apart from eBay, where does one source older items? I am in Belgium and I am not aware of any (local) market for vintage B&O products?

I was lucky enough that all my cherished, older items (all bought new years ago) were immune to all usual illnesses. But in recent days, a few did eventually default: the glass control panel of a Beocenter 9500 unglued, some pixels of a Beolink 5000 died, and I noticed foam rot in a pair of CX100. I recognise that nothing is eternal, so now I sadly

GuyHui : the BL8000 [...] that have the Ice Power amplification integrated in them I know the MkII version benefits from some bass improvement, but I am not aware of a IcePower version. Could you please confirm? Cheers, js

Really good speakers, but: - the acoustic lens is lower than my sofa, thus the concept would be wasted in my room (the tweeter of my BL8000 is much better positionned); and - in my opinion they look cheap compared to aluminium speakers and I am not sure about the penguin design. Regards, Jean-Sebastien

Roger, thanks a lot, I very much appreciate your help. Cheers, Jean-Sebastien

Roger, thanks a lot, this is helpful. I will upgrade to gold if need be. How should I assess e.g. the CD-mode time? I mean, what would be a reasonable "mileage"? A few hundred hours? A few thousand? As from which CD-mode time would one say a unit has been used too much to be considered as a sensible buy for the long term? Cheers, Jean-Sebastien

Thanks, Roger. Is there any way to know the "mileage" of a Beosound 3000 (like counter on the Avant, for example)? Cheers, js

Dear all, I have seen some second hand Beosound 3000s for sale. One from a dealer (mint, serviced, warranty, but expensive) and a couple from private individuals (also in good shape, apparently). Quite tempting, actually. However, I am hesitating because I am worried about failures: these ones are becoming quite old now (mainly from 2002, that's

Thank you so much for your explanation, Graham.