I gave the same system away not that long ago and it was being offered for nothing when the chap I gave it to upgraded! Nice system! I kept the furniture!

The problem with the US is that it has always been a tricky market for B&O. The physical size is huge but sales are far less than say the UK. Therefore the number of users and hence number of pieces of equipment are limited. There is of course the North American Forum on Beoworld and there is also the Beolist which is US based. The latter is sadly

[quote user="Jon"] Hmmm. I'd like to hear more about this. How do I get ahold of Mr. Jarman? As far as I understood, wear on an electrolytic capacitor (operated within it's voltage limits) was caused by heat and age. Jon [/quote] Apparently one of the circuits has power through it all the time and is exposed to heat when on stand by

[quote user="Jon"] Regarding this interesting sentence: [quote user="Doctor"] The Beomaster 8000...it drifts out of spec alarmingly quickly due to capacitor problems even after replacement... [/quote] Can you please elaborate on your findings? What causes you to say this? Jon [/quote] Long chat to Tim Jarman - the design of the Beomaster

For a 32" TV, I would get a BV3 or Avant. The picture will be just as good and the sound will be far better.

It does depend on where one sits with Pentas. The tweeter is set at sitting level and is much the same as that in the 5000. The 5000 is indeed beautiful but was not a success for B&O and lasted in the range for only a short time. I guess limited placement options were a large part of this. The Beomaster 8000 is definitely a better amp than the other