Glad you got it fixed, it's a nice CD as long as it works! A fiddly job, but much easier with the guaranteed right size belt

Hi Wolf, hope you haven't yet given up hope for getting an answer! [quote user="wolf251066"]I read what I can find on the internet about this amplifier and came to sites that had the technical data for the Type 608 and there was a description of some kind of "adaptor" with which the output sensitivity of the "Gramophone"

Brilliant The BL5000 bracket is clever! If you ever feel a need to improve something, I would route the cabling of the BL5000s up behind the speakers, then to the side and down along the pillars - that way you could move the white cable channels away from the stone wall.

[quote user="Daniel"]Im sad to discover we now ended up in the discussion the moderator wanted to avoid.[/quote] Indeed. Can't remember the MJ or GM threads, but if they weren't in the music, film & lifestyle subforums, they were equally off topic. I'm personally very annoyed with all RIP threads that appear on unrelated hobby

Didn't you read the links at all? The plate corresponds to the cone of a driver. It needs to be able to move.

Here are two approaches: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/25024.aspx http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/26823.aspx Never tried either myself. There was also a third one on an external site which replaced the original ABR with two more conventional round passive radiators, but that site seems to have gone unfortunately.

Search for "ABR"... (yes, foam rot.)

Dunno if this is the most appropriate thread for this, but it gave me a chuckle: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2011/07/ebay-patents-10-click-checkout.html

[quote user="Wings"]This will be a local purchase, so I will be able to inspect and perhaps test the BL 7000 before purchase.[/quote] That's worth quite a bit of course - but still I think it is way overpriced unless it really is flawless. Try to haggle it down. fleaBay has been full of these lately, so rarity is not an issue at least

[quote user="Steve at Sounds Heavenly"]The 8000 now sits in the corner of my dining room and it looks surprisingly good as a single speaker for background music.[/quote] I used a single 8000 as PA at the in-law's 50th anniversary party (the wedding film was obviously mono, so that was not a problem...). Worked great and looked good - in