More watts very rarely means better speakers/better sound, I expect they may do something with the drivers at the front of the cabinet. The subwoofer seems more than capable but as a centre channel, those little drivers at the front of the BeoVision 8-32 will begin to struggle, especially if sat between a pair of BeoLab 9s!

I find that surprising! The BeoVision/Center 1 has been one of the most reliable BeoVisions to date from what I can tell...

Arndt has already soldered a cable. I've run into this several times - try swapping round the pins, ie, wiring it to the output instead!

I personally wouldn't - WD40 drives out moisture and tends to make jack sockets go 'squeeky', although I've never tried it on a 1/8" jack, only 1/4" jacks. I can't see why a 1/8" jack should be any different.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the mk2 go up to 72 while the mk3 goes up to 90?

You could put the speakers in option 2 and disconnect the PowerLink using only the S/PDIF. A temporary work-around. Watch it though as the speakers won't be synchronized so could end up running at different volumes.

Sound quality is good, but not on par with say, a BeoVision 3 or Avant, but I would still happily listen to music on one! Picture quality is second to none on a screen of that size and they're very reliable too. Shame there's nothing in the range to replace it - here around Bath they were very very successful - perfect for what people needed

Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock from Headhunters on (mint condition) vinyl > Rega Planar 3. Sounds quite nice.

From my limited ebay selling experience, other-brand speakers and vintage kit seems to go for next-to-nothing on ebay and isn't particularly wantable as while it may well sound good, it doesn't fit in with modern design/lifestyles wheras B&O does. I would still choose a lot of B&O's older (70s and 80s) kit over modern kit from other

I can see why you did this - it definitely makes it much more interesting! From a personal taste point of view, I would have painted the wall behind burgundy and kept the grey and black speakers but design is IMO an immensely personal thing.