B&O came up with a 'special' cleaning paste for the BeoSound 4, available through B&O service agents. 'OOOOH' i thought, 'a B&O branded and approved cleaning product.. how exciting!' It turned up, wrapped in the official B&O green tissue paper - and when i enthusiastically unwrapped it.. this fell out. Available

When we get BeoLab 8000's like this we detach them from the speaker, clean and scrub them in hot soapy water, rough them up with wire wool then re-spray them with satin black car bumper paint. We use bumper paint as it's slightly rubberised, can take knocks, and never flakes off. If i was looking to restore the lustre on original unpainted ones

Yes, it's a B&O product. In my own opinion, overpriced Ikea standard tat - but yes, it's B&O. It's model number will probably start with SC, but i'm not sure which one it was.. Lee

Yes, it does come in Gold - i've seen a screen shot of it on the internal news.. Sorry, but it's not my cup of tea - but we're all individual and they will sell or B&O wouldn't make them! Lee

I'd buy that !!!

In the immortal words of someone that thought something had happened, but hadn't.. "Bugger"

Did anyone receive the BeoWorld Newlsetter we sent out on Friday? I thought someone may have commented on it! Lee

Eric did send me a lovely email after the delivery.. Hi Lee, Thank you ever so much for coming all the way to London yesterday in the storm and rain. We are glad you managed to get here safely, and we hope your return trip was easier. It was a great pleasure to meet you in person and to have a chance to chat about the real Beoworld! In the end, it is

After some of the most beautiful cake we've ever tasted - we finally 'officially present' Mr van der Wateren with his brand new BeoVision 8 Huge thanks to Bang & Olufsen UK for making this happen - and hearty Congratulations to Eric, the very happy BeoWorld Prize Draw Winner !!

Out with the LX - a faithful servant for a great number of years Mr van der Wateren needed to have a 'room re-arrange' first though, so we parked his new (colossal) TV on his table for the moment. Mrs van der Wateren disappeared to get cake to replenish energy expended during installation..