if I buy a VHS tape cleaner - do they work ?? Is it worth a try ? if that does not do it, is replacing the tape heads a DIY job, or B&O engineer to visit home ?

wow, just amazing how you arrived at that "spoof" and I was about to splash out on a Converter Box 4th item down £71.91 ex vat Model Ref: JP-COMPONENT2RGB http://www.threedoubleyou.com/otherconverters.htm COMPONENT TO SCART RGB CONVERTER FOR APPLE TV, GAMES CONSOLES ETC.

put a video tape in the Avant and can hear the movie sound track, but no picture, have had a fiddle and cannot fathom it out, tried some other tapes, same thing, tried recording from a blank take, can record the audio but no picture, weird :-( anybody have some ideas that I can try to fix it !

it was mentioned on the Beo Collectors site back on 2nd March 09 http://www.beocollectors.com/blog/ 2 - line DECT phone with Speakerphone - available Summer 2009

before I splash out on a new tube, has anyone taken out the TV of an Avant and replaced it with a Plasma or LCD screen ??

can now confirm it is 3mm thick does anyone have a broken piece they can post to me by chance, I think I can get a single sheet of perspex the right colour, and provide a service ( at cost and p&p ) for replacement front panels for the 5000 family if I can get the colour right.

nice site, duly d/loaded all the Wavpack tracks 43mb many thanks

[quote user="Steve at Sounds Heavenly"] If you play the track at a slightly louder than normal listening volume, you will reduce the "bass deafness" of your ears without risking damage to your speakers. Please let me know what you think! By the way, I'm not sure how to attach the MP3 file on the forum, but I'm happy to email

as well as the file that Steve has kindly supplied, there are 3 very useful WAV files to get hold of and burn to a test CD for this sort of thing.... 1) the Matrix Reloaded soundtrack #3 - Reload by Rob Zombie - there is a bass run down of about 40 seconds that goes clear down to 20hz 2) the Telarcs 1812 Overture, the one with the big cannons going

they are one of the best CD players around, my CD50 was playing up before Xmas, and I got it serviced by Tim and it sounds really good again. combined with the Beomaster 5500 and some good speakers, CD's sound warm and natural, very similar to vinyl on a good turntable like the Beogram 4000