I've gotten good usage from my Beocord 6500 deck after I found this treasure. I was searching for John Culshaw's book "The Ring Resounding" on eBay, and found one for USD 14. What the poster neglected to mention was that it came with the entire Wagner's Ring on musicassettes, with the cellophane wrappers on, clearly proving they'd

The first B&O I ever bought - nice memories, wonderful sound. Hmmm - I'd forgotten about the six AA-batteries! Congratulations with a job well done.

Actually quite a few interesting things that pop up when one searches for B&O. One impression I'm getting, is that many critical listeners are getting the point of the acoustic lenses. There is also a general movement towards active speakers, and in that department, B&O has the nicest looking speakers around. This movement is fueled by people

It's a nice article. I mentioned it in the vintage-forum, in the thread about B&O sound, as one of many examples where critics/reviewers come away from a visit to B&O with a completely different impression of the company than the one they had going there.

[quote user="Jon"] And these companies, like Bang & Olufsen, usually strive for the most neutral, accurate sound quality possible for a given product - [/quote] You raise an important point. Many want a heavy bass-boost and use playback that has very little to do with accurate reproduction. B&O has the live sound of acoustic instruments

Who will survey the surveyors?

Frede is a treasure. Visiting him was inspirational, and every day I'm reminded of the work he does, when I listen to my Beolab 5000/Beomaster 5000 while working. I think you'll be very pleased with these, Lee. They look fantastic!

I think it's worth pointing out that if you want sound through those B&W speakers, you also need to purchase an amplifier. B&W recommend a set of quite expensive Classé monoblock amp's, with all the extras you require ... They're not bad speakers, far from it, they're just not as good as BL5s - something you'll find

Also, check out www.2l.no and http://www.linnrecords.com/

It's been a multi-tiered mess. First, the radio stations began compressing all their content, pushing it up in volume, in order to "out-shout" other radio stations they were competing against (and of course they left an extra 3dB ceiling for the ads.) Then the radio stations discovered that they couldn't play music which wasn't