Brilliant news for Steve & richly deserved. He's one of the good guys Chris.

Not much I'm afraid We get a lot of questions re:- value of vintage products and in all honesty they are only worth what any one is prepared to pay. Condition is also very important and collectors look for this. The problem with older gear is amount of work needed to bring them back to tip top condition as many of the electronics will be worn or

"Horses for courses" as they say. I've owned countless Beovox models and my favouite all round ones are my MC120.2's which I would never part with. I run them with a Beomaster 5500 and they work fantastically well. The best sounding ones (IMO) were some MS150's but as Peter has already mentioned they can be used as tool sheds so

Is this a recent problem? Were there any signs of picture failure leading up to this? Chris.

I think it is a very elegant solution and if you're happy then that's all that REALLY matters. Nice job Chris.

[quote user="Dillen"] Business based ? Not at all ! And never will be. I could have chosen matchboxes instead of radio's. I sell the odd part from a scrapped machine now and then plus some repro parts that are otherwise unavailable but nothing I can make a living from. I like to repair and restore old B&O's and I enjoy helping

Was this one of the first ever B&O in car entertainment systems with integrated cup holders Martin? Looking forward to this one and don't forget where I am if I can help at all. Chris.

I can't compete with the gecko eggs - that's just plain bizarre I bought a cheap non-working Beogram 6500. I found the problem easily enough though, a whole packet of kids Crayola crayons had been inserted via the gap at the back of the platter. easiest fix I've ever done was that one. Chris.

You could both well be right, I've lost count of the different speakers of this era I've worked on over the years and all sorts of different damping materials have been used in them. Short of taking my MC120.s off the wall taking them apart I'll bow to your knowledge. Chris.

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