The problem is that the mobile phone market is fashion and feature driven and phones are only the in thing for a very limited time. This does not sit well with the B&O philosophy of longevity of products. I have given up my Serene and have an iPhone which is a much better phone IMHO.

Agree with Graham - the Beolink 1000 and Beo4 are both extremely hard wearing and superb remotes. The Beolink 5000 is particularly unfriendly to use as it has buttons on both sides and a very definite time limit so thinking is not an option!! The Beolink 7000 does offer quite a lot of extra features and is particularly useful when used in a link room

I got the Basset Hound! Didn't come with a Beogram though! About to go for a walk so will begin the task of waking him up!! In response to the OP, the Beolab 5 is a superb speaker and will work with almost any make of system. Obviously there are advantages to being all B&O from an operations point of view but you will need to decide what you

I happily admit that I cannot distinguish between MP3 encoded at 320 kbps and CD. Tried a number of times and not any difference to my ears - lucky me! The other format that is incredible is Sony ATRAC. I have got hold of a NW-HD1 which has a selection of music recorded at 64kbps and it is quite superb! I wouldn't record all my music at this level

You use a multi-meter that pits a very small current through the circuit so you can test if the circuit is complete. In this case, you would turn the deck on, wait till the arm drops, then turn off at the mains. The contact pins are obvious in the headshell and test them against the RCA plugs. You should find that the pins match different pins in the

Quite difficult to value these as condition is everything. The Beolab 6000 and Beolab 2 are of a different era and are worth about £1000 and £1400 respectively. The Beocord is unfortunately no longer very sought after and should reach about £100 if advertised well. The Beogram is probably the best sounding Beogram, if not the best

Not as many around as there were but with a desk charger and working batteries, £300-350 would be my estimate. However there are issues. 1. Batteries - you can get a set made up though make sure they are the correct type. 2. The backlight for the blue screen may well be on its last legs - I don't know anyone who fixes this. 3. Any damage will

Agree with Chris - but the problem remains that the angle at which the arm is working away from the straight seems excessive. Certainly more than my one operates at.

I would do a continuity test - there are connections in the headshell for the cartridge. I take it that it is the US 3400 rather than the quad one with the optional CD4 board? That one would produce too high an output.

Tricky! You are quite correct, if this cartridge was exactly as new, it would be worth at least £100 if not more. However the problem will be the suspension. This gets harder with age - I have a number of cartridges that are unused from this generation and they all have evidence of deterioration. This can be insignificant when listening to stereo