I'm no expert but I think any decent quality preamp will do. In fact, I think you can have better sound with a separate preamp compared to the built in B&O one. Considering separate preamps can go for thousands of dollars, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can spend.

I received my Beolab/Beomaster 5000 last month, along with my Beovox 5000s, Beovox 2500s (4 of them), and stereowidth box (along with Beovox 3000). It is a truly wonderful system. I feel at times as if I should donate them to a museum, but that of course won't happen!

I love my BS1, I have it sitting in a corner in my dining room on the metal stand made for it, connected to a sonos zoneplayer via the Aux input. Great little player. Don't use the CD much but the mechanism is a work of art.

Thanks! Interesting note about the Beovox 2500 when I was getting the emails from Frede during the restoration process: "However the original (1967) color (Beovox 2500) is absolutely NOT black as many people think, but a kind of very dark blue / dark grey color."

Here is the famous Beovox 2500

Here's a pic of my *new* from Frede at Classic Audio Beloab 5000/Beomaster 5000 combo. Sitting beside it is the stereowidth box. I have connected to it 2 Beovox 5000 speakers, 4 Beovox 2500s, and 1 Beovox 3000 as the center. Quality is simply astounding. The Beovox 2500s are simply amazing as far as their quality of work.

I have all wireless N units and had 3 zones with airport express. No other wireless interference. LOTS of sync problems and dropouts. Even if *you* don't have any issues *A LOT* of people report issues with poor music sync and drop outs. On the other hand, complaints of that type are extremely rare with Sonos. The difference in quality of Sonos'

[quote user="Chrisreunion"] What is the difference between Airport Express & Airplay? If it suffers the same sound delay between the main product & linkrooms fed by an Airport Express base for instance, I won't use it, that's one reason why I'm not having any Airport Express base at the moment..If the sound delay issue

[quote user="Marc"] The BL4 is mounted so high because otherwise the cabinet would not have had enough space. Actually I find it quite pleasant not to have to view down while watching. [/quote] I would agree here...I find it strange that many B&O TVs/stands require a downward view.

I thought it would be a great thread to post some funny quotes from our spouses about our B&O gear. Here's a simple example of mine: A bit ago I found a great deal on a BS9000 off of ebay. My wife is really not interested or appreciative of my B&O habit or particularly fond of hi-fi other than liking the sound of the music it plays. Proud