Friedmett: They can't say what the tapes might be used for but they were selling tapes through dealers until the last Beocord were made. What type of Beocord is the last one ever made? From the separates, it must've been Beocord 7000 (-1994). Beocenter 9300 was made until 2000 (and maybe some of the upright Ouverture like thingies, which I don't

You can think of the active Pentas as a Beolab 150 sandwiched between the bottom plate and the rest of the speaker (you can actually remove it and end up with a Beovox!). Apart from the empty space behind the display window on the passives, the actual speaker columns are identical and so have the same pros and cons including midrange foam rot. I think

Puncher: Average continuous input power, at normal listening levels, in a "normal" room may well be around the 40-50W region. There is nothing contradictory here. I came up with another way to visualize this. Say you have a "conventional" amplifier with a 2x80W rating. When was the last time you routinely kept the volume higher than

bayerische: I'm wondering how it's possible for my Beolab 5's to have a combined maximum output of 5000W. I mean at what point will 5000W or 2500W per speaker be necessary? I read somewhere that the ICE amp. is about 95% effective, which is incredible, but that would still mean that it would need to get from the mains 5250W total in order

Do a simple check first: move the speakers to the secondary connectors. If the sound is fine then, the problem is the muting relay. It's not very expensive to replace, but you could just as well leave it alone and use the no.2 speaker lines. But if the same distortion is there also, then you really need to have some repairs done.

The older Beocenters (9500/8500/9000/8000) all used the radial version of the CD transport (where the laser moves in an arc) and the rest of the circuitry is very similar between them, just like the Beogram CD5500-7000. The 9300 is different. It has the later linear transport (early units had the radial one, though) and the rest of the CD player - and

wtlc2zpx: I would agree that 500 GB is "Small" for a system that does audio and video, but the Beomaster 5 is not for Video. I don't think the issue is whether 500G is small or not in absolute terms - but the price difference between 500G and 1T in production would be 20-50 euros, at most. Anyway, March 2009 is almost six months ahead

The originals are indeed 3.2 ohms, but 4 ohms will work fine - if you connect external speakers, they will be connected to the amp just as directly as the internal speakers. 4x6 drivers are most commonly found in automobile speakers, although sourcing such full-range drivers may be a little hard. Junked TV sets are another possible source. If all else

Hello, and welcome to Beoworld! I'm afraid matching the original speakers with modern replacements will be tricky, so you should do them both. Mechanically and electrically, most 4x6 inch 4 ohm speakers should fit with a little work, but I can't say how the result would sound... The 900K is a classic though, and sounds pretty sweet when in good

Looks like a detached car door speaker. Whether it's B&O or not, I dunno.