Excellent work by both of you - I love seeing these pieces restored to their original glory.

[quote user="Paean"] Thank you for your advice Peter. I presume that using a non B&O digital tuner does not compromise the classic B&O sound and vision. Regards John [/quote] Not in the slightest and with the STB-C, Sky+ could easily be part of the original system. Works seamlessly.

There is the new sub woofer coming that will be cheaper. On making one's own, you don't need the filter if using with a Beovision so the market is a little limited. There are a number of sub woofer filters around if you look in google.

I think we are probably being cautious as I don't think Beoworld would want to find the full purchase price of a BV8-40 - B&O UK have promised us one as a prize and I doubt that they would let us down but I am not party to the negotiations. I am sure Lee will allay our concerns when he is back - at present having a short break.

Well it will be more than a fuse - even if it has a blown fuse, what caused it? However it could be a cracked solder joint or loose wire. The 6500 is not as complicated as the early tangentials and a bit of electrical detective work should find the problem.

No - 256 is as good as iTunes does. When iTunes upgraded, I got a message offering me the chance to upgrade all the tracks I had bought - not very many. I actually tend to simply buy the CD and rip from that. Up to 33,000 tracks at present. You can of course burn your tracks to a cd or DVD and then rip them back though you will lose some quality - costs

Not sure what the delay is - I am but the messenger - but I think it is felt better not to dish out prizes until they are completely confirmed - the delay is rather more than we had expected as this was supposed to be the July prize. A pair of 6000s is not to be sniffed at either! We will give more news when we can.

Mine broke as well - I would glue it again! Just so you know, there are different gauges of spindle. One kind member sent me a new wheel but it didn't fit. My glued one works fine!

Lossless means that the compressed files can be decompressed and sound identical to the original - MP3 compresses the music but you lose information and so is lossy. I use 320kbps AAC but this is still lossy. I cannot hear the difference but some people think they can. You need either WMA files or Apple lossless. If using the BS5, WMA is your choice

The only speaker that I have found really makes a difference with sitting down is the Penta - for some reason it seems very directional. I'll look out for the cushions though!