Hi Martin, There shouldn't be any differences in the quality of the spdif-signal -- it's a pass-through signal from the source to your BL5s. I have a Beogram CD6500 which I take the spdif out of, when I'm using that, and I can find no difference between that signal (from a unit that's decades old now), and modern spdif equipped components

1. Check that you have the same volume level with both feeds. Even a variation of 1dB sound pressure level will make a difference to the bass perception. 2. If the levels are similar, and the difference persists, then it could be that your BS9000s neutral setting in the tone controls actually changes the frequency curve such that the playback is better

Congratulations with your refurbished Beolab/Beomaster 5000, Peter. I know the feeling! Frede's a gentleman, and an amazing perfectionist. Just the work he is doing restoring fascia is unbelievable. I'm going to be listening to my own Beolab 5000 today, in homage.

[quote user="wirralsimon"] Approximately a 0.02% chance. Simon [/quote] Hmmm - excellent odds, compared to what people otherwise gamble on.

If you make that hundreds of thousands of pounds, Casdave, then you're closer to the mark. A quick scan of the equipment and construction puts this not far from a million pounds, I'd think. However, everything I see is in accordance with the absolutely soundest principles in high-fidelity reproduction of sound, to an extreme extent. (Though

Link?

Thanks for the run-through, guys. Factor in the variables (multiple wins, etc), then the probability is reduced.

http://www.finn.no/finn/bap/object?finnkode=17913659

Must understand this use of binomials. Let's see. What if we make the components a little more manageable. There's one prize. There are two contestants. It's a blind draw, just as the monthly draw here. In the world I inhabit, there's the niggling thought that there's a 1/2 chance of either contestant winning. But in this new world

Great, because I want to learn.