Yes Andy, sold and due to be paid for and collected this week. I'll let you know if the deal goes belly up.

[quote user="Andy "] I think a new belt is in order. Does anyone know where they can be purchased from Andy [/quote] err Martin????

[quote user="Dave"] One of my tweeters is slightly louder than the other and has a slight crackle in bright music, do you know where to buy replacement elements? Cheers :) [/quote] Only your friendly local B&O dealer!

There are other more esoteric Beograms and you can read all about them here http://www.beoworld.org/article_view.asp?id=67

The symptoms are a sort of fluffy sound to the bass as the volume is increased.

This is not a cure to the problem. You have merely "adjusted" your 2300 with a bit of silver foil to suit your own circumstances. A proper cure would still be interesting!

The beolab 6000 speaker woofers do not use foam rings. From new, the speaker surrounds are a very flexible, thin rubber which do not suffer from foam rot. However, it's not all good news. The rubber surrounds do harden and split with age and the sound quality deteriorates markedly. Foam replacement surrounds are marketed by Good Hi Fi among others

What Bass and Treble levels have you got set from standby

You also forgot the Beogram 3500...........and the older Beogram 6000 CD4. So, in a nutshell, you want Beogram 3500, 4500, 6500 or 7000 from the more modern series of tangentials or Beogram 6000 from the older models although these are quite rare.

I confirm that the problem does exist. I have seen it myself with the same combination. The 2300 worked perfectly with other speakers and the BL3's worked perfectly with other Beocenters such as 9300/9500's. In the event the 2300 and the BL3's were not sold together so the problem "went away"! My guess, at the time, was that I