9 LEE: joeyboygolf: I am about as underwhelmed by this gentleman as I am by his product. I am also left handed so........ I'm assuming then that you've met Oliver in person and also seen and used the BeoSound 5 yourself? Lee I am not forced to agree with you or anyone else. As far as I am aware, this is a forum and members are allowed to voice

I am about as underwhelmed by this gentleman as I am by his product. I am also left handed so........

I think the first thing to do is to try and return it to the seller for a refund. Obviously not as described! How did you pay for it? Paypal? Have you checked the fuse in the plug!!! There are a number of fuses on the Beocenter 9500, any of which could have blown. If it is a fuse, why did it blow?

My guess is that the radio is tuning ok as it is stoping at stations. Suspect the "mute" circuit. Will require service department investigation I'm afraid.

The turntables are identical (assuming the same cartridge) apart from aesthetic differences in the dust cover and colours/trim etc. I would suggest that you consult with one of the super expensive cable brigade. No doubt they have found some sonic differences depending on the shape of the dust cover (resonances?) and the colour of the various surfaces

BS9000 does not have Datalink so remote control is not possible. The BG9500 does not have RIAA pre amp and neither does BS9000 so you will need an external one between the two items. Not ideal but would work. You could always point the questioner at my BG6500 or BG7000 which both have RIAA and are currently for sale on eBay!!!

What an enlightened post from our Antibodean friend. You won't be surprised therfore to find that I'm from the same camp. B&O don't give a frig for all you anoraks out there. The majority of you can't/won't afford it so you are not the people that B&O have ever aimed their products at and I hope very much that they don't

Do ceiling speakers and serious listening really go together? Perhaps I'm just old fashioned.

Who did you order them from?

My money would be on the cartridge, as Chris has suggested, or the mute switch. Since replacement cartridges are so expensive, your cheapest option is to beg borrow or steal one as a temporary replacement. There is no real other way of testing yours and I would do this before you get diverted at a number of tangents once you start to delve inside the