For a true reflection of what the consumer thinks of B&O and their products we need to ask Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and their pals, not the majority of folks here.

Peter : I have both and they both work with a 5500 system. The 5500 is the one to get as it is in my experience quieter in operation. Both sound very good though, but I cannot tell CD players apart that well! I use the CD5500 out of preference. When you say quieter, do you mean electrically (through the speakers) or mechanically i.e. mechanism noise

9 LEE: Medogsfat: Tom: Was it only to scare people, or were there any damages. I heard it in the news, but no details. Some fairly minor property damage and a young 19 year old lad in Barnsley had the chimney stack fall onto him in bed & broke his pelvis. What was he doing sleeping on the roof??!! As I said earlier - nicking the lead flashing

Was this on ebay?? You can ask questions without bidding and if they are good sellers they should reply (it's in their own interest after all you may decide to win the auction). Is your system a 5500 of a 5000? A CD50 or CD5500 will work with both (the CD6500 and CD7000 will also work but don't have the brushed aluminium finish of the other

mobeyone: Shame the content will still be the same I never thought of that. I wonder if todays content will be repeated at the weekend??

Has anyone notice the new layout of the BBC website. Layout, arrangement, content and colour scheme are all selectable and saveable as user preferences. Very cool, I suspect an awful lot of effort has gone into this one.

Jandyt: Apparently the epicentre was in Lincolnshire somewhere. Only one person reported to be injured. Chimney fell on someone in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He was probably nicking the lead flashing at the time Apparently it reached this far North but we didn't feel it.

On a birthday note, my wife's birthday is on Friday (29th Feb). An Omen??? Wrap the BL6000's in Birthday paper! Sorry to hijack Andy's love-in

Here's wishing you have a splendid Birthday and hoping your growing B&O addiction eventually lands you a splendid pair of Lab5's (and no debt) Slainte Mhath!

I'll allow averyone 5 minutes to charge their glasses before I propose the toast