Beofan2: Peter if you haven´t seen and tryed it yet, go to your dealer! It´s not big at all, the dimensions are perfect from my point of view. The wheels works easy and logic. You learn how to use it in 5 min. top. If you want you can add your own playlists but MOTS is great. The screen and userinterface are really nice. Probably no surprice

Flappo The Grate: did you know , michelangelo and leonardo were BOTH left handed !? As were Hendrix and McCartney, in fact most really talented folk are! Oh, by the way, I'm a leftie too

Peter : I love fountain pens! Actually now collect those rather than B&O!! Mont Blanc do make good pens but they are rather expensive and are regarded by some as a boutique brand. I suppose this could be regarded as a bit like B&O except Mont Blanc are one of the big players.I do have a 146 Le Grand which is fine, but it is a little soulless

Peter : I think the analogy with an MCP or Beolink 7000 is a good one. In today's money, a Beolink 7000 would cost £960. Now the Beomedia, on which the BM5 is heavily based, is £1500. I think we would agree that the BS5 is a bit more sophisticated than the Beolink 7000 (possibly not in relation to what was available on the market mind

Do we know whether the soft/firmware for the MOTS feature is actually resident in the BS5 or does it reside in the BM5?

I've said on other threads in this forum that I consider the BS5 to be a "modern day" MCP. If you think of it in that light it almost works, however it is unforgivable that it isn't wireless (and therefore not a "proper" MCP). I'm not convinced by the "power requirement" arguement - a modern laptop can run a

Peter : Excellent interview - we need to get him with a few bottles of wine some time clearly! Very interesting though and I think he made a case for the BS5 very well. We are back to less is more and design and materials being key. This I like as long as the design and materials really do pop my cork. Useless features are just that - useless. My DVD

wonderfulelectric: Puncher: PhilLondon: wonderfulelectric: Nah.... hardware changes to an electronic only takes a fews days to a few weeks nowadays. No they don't! If you are unlucky enough to need to change the "wrong" component, I have known certain parts to be on a 39 week leadtime (yes 39 weeks, it is not a typo)! Erm... Are you speaking

Am I missing something here (other than a pen, of course)

JBThompsonII: This Beomaster 8000 System consists of the following components: the Beomaster 8000 receiver, the Beogram 8000 turntable with MMC 20 CL cartridge, the Beocord 8000 cassette player/recorder, the Beolab terminal 8000 remote, two Beovox MS150 speakers and the SC80 rosewood cabinet . The system is in pristine condition with all parts working