Laurence - you're spot on when you say everything is relative, but it's what everything is relative to that's important here. For a great many people £1500 is a month's net wages, and in today's economic climate I think we have to be mindful of the fact that not everyone has that kind of cash floating about. Sure, if we were

Good work :D

So Peter, if you have the units is the cost £600, and it's £1500 smackeroos if you don't have anything to bring to Frede? Seems more reasonable and do-able if that's the case :)

I know where you're coming from Peter, but £1500 is a lot of cash for many people. I really wanted one to add to my collection, and with a bit of eBay playing my cards right, got both components for £250 all in. Now I know mine won't sound anywhere near as good as yours, but I now at least have one in my collection and can listen

Great stuff - have a star from me :)

[quote user="kb1981"] Space is a consideration, not so much in terms of size of the system but its output. I'm in a flat at the moment so I'm not looking for something with a huge amount of power. I'm more concerned about the quality of the output than the level [/quote] What about the industrial design? What do you prefer: a Beomaster

There is some legislation that says you can't charge people to enter a prize draw as it is gambling, or something to that effect, so if you send a letter or postcard to Beoworld each month you can enter the draw for free. Not that I would bother as the prizes are supported either directly or indirectly by the subs, as Lee owns Lifestyle AV and Beoworld

Laurence made a good point about space considerations, which I think can be partially offset by choosing smaller speakers and then potentially upgrading to bigger speakers if your living space is likely to increase over the coming years. I would also add that for many of us collectors, old B&O gear makes up only a part of our ecclectic interior

[quote user="beaker"] We seem to have similar tastes. I am on the look out for a BM1000 as part of my collection. Glad to hear that they sound nice too. [/quote] Indeed we do Richard. A 900RG Compact is somewhere on my wish list, but space doesn't permit me to have one at the moment! Have you seen this white key BM 1000 on eBay? The ad

Why not try to put together a Beosystem 6000 or 8000? A 6000 amp is widely recognised as being one of the best ever made by B&O, and you could add a nice Beogram 6000 or 8000 series turntable, with a CDX to boot. All have LEDs so have a common thread running through their lineage, and you could pick and choose some passive speakers to suit room