Good combination but also consider the Redline range which are a better speaker. CXs are wonderful considering how small they are but the Cona has to work quite well up the frequency spectrum and is hence a bit more directional than is ideal. Looks good though!

Never seen a black one!

You do mean the 80s model? They are 2 pin DIN plugs. The pin is positive and the blade negative. I check on the model as the 60s Beomaster/Beolab 5000 has a somewhat complicated speaker set up.

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If tapes recorded with Dolby on sound better played back without the NR off, I would clean the heads. The Ouverture design does not protect the heads very well. Playing Dolby C encoded tapes without the decoder switched on would normally sound extremely odd. One reason I don't use C as it won't play on most decks. You can get away without have

I confess to using no Dolby at all - I don't mind tape hiss but I am very sensitive to the pumping effect which I find worse on Dolby C. I always use good tape - SA is my favourite though I do have some MA-XG kept just in case! You clearly are in need, if you don't have one already, of a Beocord 9000! The new type 5000 is also extremely good

tournedos: BC9300 lacked Dolby C, though, and I can't see why I would want to use the tape section on that. But I don't think that would've had a major influence on the decision to cancel the line, though, since the same mechanism was used in the Beosounds that followed. Do you use Dolby C? The major disadvantage of the deck is not that

They work fine with pre-amplifier output from non B&O sources. Just run an RCA cable from the pre-amp output to the line in on the 8000s.

One of our members has fitted an STB-C in an LX6000 so maybe that is the way to go!

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