I'd second the BeoSystem 6500/7000 approach. They're still 'up-to-date' in most ways and perform very well. As far as speakers go, you can't go too far wrong with a pair of BeoVox S45s - rubber surrounds (so no foam rot, unlike CX100s or Pentas), IMO great looks and they sound very good indeed. You can always run a subwoofer from the PowerLink outputs

Impossible to compare. The digital outputs will be identical I believe, as long as your music is stored in some lossless form. Not sure about the analogue outputs as there's no way of comparing the two at present...

pedrompinto: Burial - "Archangel" Untrue is one of my favourite albums at the moment. I'm on the John Mayer at the moment - the perfect music after a night out.

I see people's frustration at present - I too would like to see a good remote control system which provides feedback in link rooms, and there is no doubt in my mind that B&O will be producing one... at some point. Don't expect it soon however, they've got heck of a lot on their plate at the moment and they're better off focusing on the present products

MOTS resides on the BeoMaster 5, as does all of the 'processing' etc... As for making it wireless, I don't see how this could work when DVI (the cable used) requires a bandwidth of 3.96 Gbit/second, and wireless technology still struggles to get up to 0.0054 GBit/second even at close range. DVI/HDMI transmitters are all large, incredibly power hungry

moxxey: Alex: If B&O had wanted it to be a media server, they would give it full-on video capabilities It's not what B&O want Alex, it's what we want as consumers. I think you find we drive market demand and if the manufacturer can't meet the functionality for this demand, we won't buy their products. The Beosound 5 should be

The number of sites I have seen stating the BeoSound 5 is 'quite ridiculous' a remote control is plain embarrassing. I think these kind of sites in general tend to be highly inaccurate about pretty much everything and anything however.

joeyboygolf: Well done Keith! Is it me or is the site quicker now? Much, much quicker! Many thanks Keith!

The trick would be to disconnect the S/P-DIF connection and see if you still get sound out of the PowerLink (although the sound may reach the B&O interface in other ways).

rgbyhkr: Alex: There are plenty of other systems, Sonos being one example. I wouldn't say they're similar to the BeoSound 5 though. The BeoSound 5 isn't a media server/center, it's a hifi. Just wondering how you differentiate the 2 categories? It looks like a media server to me. Jeff If B&O had wanted it to be a media server, they would