[quote user="macjonny1"] Thanks! Interesting note about the Beovox 2500 when I was getting the emails from Frede during the restoration process: "However the original (1967) color (Beovox 2500) is absolutely NOT black as many people think, but a kind of very dark blue / dark grey color." [/quote] Good to know!! I was worried because

The Beo4, despite its age, is still better than anything from anyone else. Just picking up any other remote does not feel the same and is nowhere near as intuitive.

That's really nice! I'd buy that if I was in Europe/England for sure. Australia's a little too far to ship something like that

For me it was a BC9500 with matching 9500 turntable at a friend's place. His house was wired with CX 100s in every room except for a few rooms that had IWS. I drooled every time I went to his house, but he never let me play with the remote (a Beolink 1000) or touch the 9500 He now asks me for advice on all B&O, and all of his CXs have foam rot

Don't tell her until they are actually in the loungeroom

[quote user="TripEnglish"] when I sell a $500,000 system [/quote] Seriously, how big is the market for a $500,000 system? No company could afford to sustain a market like that.

Maybe it's a case of B&O not recommending the average user to clean the laser...

[quote user="Søren"] prices in good condition $ 2.000 to 2.500 depending year and condition [/quote] A little above his budget of 300 pounds....

[quote user="elephant"] [quote user="Matthew"]BTW: how are you finding the BL11? This is next on my "shopping" list provided I can develop a suitable 'body of evidence' to support the purchase![/quote] Its effect is very subtle. My wife loves it; and my son hotly disputed whether it was even working. To convince

I have a Beovision Avant RF DVD that has developed thin horizontal straight green lines across the screen (evenly spaced and on a slight angle ie not quite flat) , with a green vertical band down the sides. It is there only when the screen is on ie when watching tv or a dvd and they disappear when the tv is turned off... Does this mean the tube is going