OK, I got this receiver today. As I said, the listing was pretty bland but so was the price - from the vague picture, I just looked that everything was about there (but not the preset window - what do you expect?) before clicking on BIN. Apart from that, this Beomaster looks like it was just bought new and works just great I never was a big fan of the

I have RL60.2's at the office, hanging from the ceiling with the original pole mounts (on both sides of the 90" screen ). They sound incredibly sweet - perhaps a little light on the bass though since they are about 50 cm away from all walls - but that's the way I like them. Good speakers and not at all offensive to my eyes. But if I were

I might be talking out of my *ss, but from a brief glimpse through the service manual I have the impression that BM5000 should have a battery of sorts somewhere inside, apparently powering the settings memory (no flash nor eeprom in the 80s...). If this really is some kind of a programming issue, it might be resolved if you find the battery and disconnect

That's easy: none! They will all have to stay horizontal. You can of course put them on a shelf, and B&O themselves made those for some of the models which belonged to otherwise "wall ready" (so to speak) systems, like Beosystem 4500.

Good to hear about your success, Jeff - I still have my 6000 and the 6500 waiting for attention. Both are presentable as they are now, but far from perfect (actually, I think the 6500 would become quite nice with just the old toothpaste polish trick! Just a couple of deeper marks...). Regarding the support, why not just put the required height of support

They are probably mono headphones, if the plugs you say are just prongs, and not multicontact connectors. Anyway, they should work just fine in any Beomaster headphone output with an adapter, which you most probably have to build yourself. The old headphone plugs usually were banana type connectors. You should connect one of them (preferably black,

js: Apart from eBay, where does one source older items? I am in Belgium and I am not aware of any (local) market for vintage B&O products? From over there, I'd take the ferry over to YouKay That and Denmark seem to be the only places left where you can expect to find bargains. I've found a couple of pieces at local flea markets (like my

The problem behind my collecting is that I don't know anyone else that has any B&O equipment, so to satisfy my curiosity on a particular model, I have to go and buy one At some point I did plan to buy broken stuff, fix them up and sell on, but the local supply is so limited that it doesn't work. I still buy broken units from abroad partly

One technical reason I can think of is that the power supply of most televisions can run in just two modes: standby mode that keeps the CPU and remote control receiver running (and can't do anything else), and "full blast" when the high voltage supply and picture tube are on. Using it for just audio would require something in between.

Dillen: Complete service manuals were available for each of the many versions, some manuals cover a couple of versions. They come up in Ebay occasionally. OK, thanks; in that case I guess I won't bother getting one though, they'd never completely match the version at hand anyway. It's not that complicated a machine...