[quote user="Peter Pan"] http://www.minhembio.com/cinemaster%20norr [/quote] Lovely setup! The Avant is the best looking CRT ever produced in my opinion :D

Getting hard to find in this condition! Going onto eBay this evening if no interest.

Thanks Evan :) Jeff's right about the voltage selector. They're such great devices - you can use them anywhere with the twist of a dial underneath!

Thanks Cleve What's also great is how good the components sound together. Really pleased with how this has turned out, as I have had a hankering for pairing the old/new 5000 pieces together for a while now, but their individual rarity meant that getting them was the difficult bit!

Got the week off, so armed with my recently returned Beomaster/Beolab 5000, I spent the early evening testing the Beovox 5000 panels with the 5000 gear and a CDX2. Got to say that I'm really impressed with this set-up and this will probably be the one I'll be using in my bedroom once I get round to moving some stuff around. What I really like

Interesting responses so far - thought this thread would bring out some opposing points of view. Got to say that my Beomaster 8000 is fully sorted, so whatever it is giving to either set of speakers is as good as it is going to get. Am going to try today or tomorrow with the Beolab 5000 amp to see what this sounds like. I was just thinking that I'd

Just getting to know my recently acquired BV 5000 panels and thought I'd re-ignite an ancient debate about the relative merits of these two speakers... I've been testing them against each other using a fully-serviced Beomaster 8000 and a Beogram CDX. I would wager that this amp is superior to either the Beolab 150/200 or the Beolab 5000 found

Too expensive, given the costs that you will incur getting these items repaired. Suggest something like $250 would be a good deal from your perspective.

Whoop! Finally scratched a 5 year itch and got hold of some Beovox 5000 panels today. Am planning on using them with my recently serviced Beolab/Beomaster 5000 combo, but got them home and hooked up to the Beomaster 8000 and they sound AWESOME! Might have to have a rethink about what gets connected to what... :D

I'm bumping this one up guys - sorry, but it only had the 'top spot' for about an hour!