jldmelb: It's not the countdown I'm concerned with, it's the prize I'm going to win!!! I really like your avatar by the way.

Jandyt: You could always put your kids up for adoption! Ah... A permanent solution to a temporary problem...

sorry, double post...

Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake it's morning

This is the first chair designed by Verner Panton . It's called the Tivoli chair as it was designed for a restaurant in Tivoli, Copenhagen in 1955. Verner Panton also designed the world famous S-chair.

Ziet er strak uit, zonder die DVD!

Alex: I don't see why I would want to download an album when I can buy it for the same price or thereabouts and get a physical copy which is sonically superior. Same here.

When I press Menu 11 Go, I get the service menu in my MX 7000. Not sure if the combination of buttons is the same for the LX 5500, though.

Congratulations with your new purchase. Hope you'll enjoy it...

Like the others I prefer the sound of the older Beolab 4000's. Never heard the mkII version with the ICE amps, but judging on the people who have had the opportunity to listen to them, I would avoid them. As for the design: a Beosound 2300/2500/3000/3200 or ouverture with a Beolab 2500 on either side works very well. In that case I prefer them to