beoberlin: Have you thought about one of Classé´s Delta series? Imho they go at least from a design related point of view quite well together. Regards, beoberlin Yes, they are very nice, and I have tried the CDP-300.

koning: What about the software in the beolab 5,can they improve that also or will that not give any sound improvements. That's upgradeable through replacement of the ROM-chip in each -- maybe someone here knows whether there have been any such upgrades worth looking into, and what they are?

koning: What about the "old" ones.......Do you think sounproof they will be up-gradeble in the future. As an owner of a pair of "old ones" I'd like to answer yes, but I wonder. It would be a substantial job, I suspect. Maybe Dave Moulton can offer an opinion. Whether you need to is another matter. There have been extensive studies

Beobird: bayerische: Beobird: If you really want a better performance you should buy a high-end cd-player and connect it with the normal anolog din cables to the lab 5's. If you connect such a player through spdif it won't use the DAC's from the high-end player. You need a pre-amp to control the volume. At the end you will have the best

Hardwriter: Help! Someone save us from this thread. Have you not heard about honesty in design? Putting wood onto a plastic (or metal) surface is so - dishonest. It is not true to the manufacturing concept. And that is what B&O is all about. Please B&O, keep the wood veneers for the staff canteen floor. Oh, I'd dare claim that Jacob Jensen's

This can be discussed back and forth. The processing inside the BL5s is extremely sophisticated, with digital and analog upsampling through processors from Analog Devices, prior to amplification and with a variety of signal correction processes -- I doubt there are (m)any cd-players on the market that deliver a similar result - which means that one

soundchoice70: Hi Soundproof, Agreed they do look spectacular... but to put this change simply down to cost is a little sad ... especially considering B&O is a luxury lifestyle brand and the pricing point ... I think this added detail would give a sense of craftsmanship that would be appreciated by most of its well heeled clients and would help

I think it's a spot-on notion. Beautiful when executed well - was dropped because of the costs involved, compared to moulding plastic. But I have bought various wood-trimmed classic items, and they look spectacular.

I can strongly recommend the Cambridge Azur 840C. It has 2 X toslink and coax s/pdif IN, and coax s/pdif OUT to your BL5s. This means you can connect a variety of units (computer, stand-alone DAC, digital cable from STB to 840C, etc.) I use it in pass-through mode, just sending along the digital signal from my other units, as well as from whatever CD

Slightly metaphysical: I taught my Universal Remote the Apple-remote commands, in order to be able to use one remote with units from Cambridge Audio, Pioneer, B&O, Apple and my STB-manufacturer ... I get this vision of a future where we can't disentangle to where we began when trying to get everything to work with ease!