I use a 20 Watts per channel Beolab 1700 amplifier in my study and never needed to increase the volume as far as half way when I connected a pair of S45-2's to it. Simon

Only just caught up with this thread. Congratulations to Jaff for finding such a horrible hi-fi. I don't think I will ever fully recover from seeing the Barbie iPod dock though, a truly gruesome bit of kit! Simon

I once found an abandoned wasps nest in a (non-B&O) valve radio. Simon

Welcome to Beoworld! Martin (username Dillen) is a user on this forum so you just need to look him up and send him a personal message (called 'start a conversation') and he will reply to you, you pay him via payypal and the capacitors arrive in the post a few days later along with instructions. Be aware of what you might be getting yourself

[quote user="Jandyt"] .I have itunes , and three albums in it. [/quote] Thats going to an awful lot of trouble to play three CDs! Have you considered a CD player?

[quote user="Cleviebaby"] Simon, Spooky - my second pair have been usurped (temporarily) by CX100s for space reasons as well. (Space reasons is code for partner not wanting speakers in the 'middle of the room where I can trip over them' - huge inaccuracy of course, but domestic harmony must be pursued) I need a shed! Cleve [/quote

Welcome to the forum! When you add on the amount it would cost to get the Beocenter 2200 up and running properly there are far better options available. The Beocenter If you like the 'all-in-one ' approach it would be worth waiting for a Becenter 5000/7000/7002/7007/7700 as they are all far better and not much more expensive these days. For

[quote user="Jandyt"] OMG! Jaff, I know you would do anything you can to help, and thanks for the Beoport info. I have itunes , and three albums in it. 3, 4, 5,and 6 are irrelevant, as I can't complete 1 and 2. CAT the router?? What is meaning CAT? Andy T. [/quote] CAT is a reference to CAT5 which is one of the ways that techie types refer

Cleve I won't be bidding this time! I have two pairs of S45-2's, the first pair have stands and are in daily use downstairs. The other pair were in my study upstairs and I was looking for a pair osf stands, but I have now replaced them with a refoamed pair of CX100's for space reasons. They don't sound as good but can be placed either

Lifestyle-av sold a pair a couple of months ago, they only fetched about £10, partly because I forgot to bid! They do not come up very often, especially sold separately. Your best bet would be to keep an eye out on eBay for a pair with stands and resell the resulting spare pair as the stands never seem to add much to the finishing price of the