CD5500 service manual now on - covers the 6500 and 7000 too.

Agree completely! I have a Soundsmith cartridge and it is better than any of my old original cartridges. Just not quite as pretty!

I'll qualify the last statement then - ...but I will be keeping my Nokia 3210!

dilznik: The Stig - ver. 1.5: dilznik: Peter: I have not heard the new 4000s with the ICE amplifiers though. Hmmmm... I just got some used ones. When did they start using ICE amps? Is there a way to tell whether or not mine have that? MKII doesn't have an on/off button on the front, came in 2007 I think the Mk 1 is the one to have. I am worried

The Serenata is a lovely device and sounds better than any other MP3 player I have heard. It also has the very clever but ultimately not very useful speaker function. It has the benefit of a phone being fitted and is wonderfully tactile. The iPhone is stunning and the software involved is incredible. I'd have the iPhone!

And only an American billion at that!

....and the nearest answer so far is about 1 billion out!

The answer is a ten figure number.

We do not have the Beomaster 3000 but the rest are there. I see you are a HHGTTG fan!

Argh! A cable debate!! I too am keenly waiting for the Randi test - I note that the last double blind test performed by audiophiles showed that one could not differentiate between power cables - and credit to them for publishing the results. I know B&O have played around with cables and have settled on the ones they supply because they are happy