Well I was having a bit of a board game evening with some friends when a shelf fell off my wall onto my BeoSystem 5500. It (te shelf) was admitedly put up by the previous resident and it seems he'd overly scrimped on the roll-plugs, hence the reason it fell off.
Anyway, It dumped 8 photo albums and a bunch of equipment onto my beloved BeoSystem 5500. As it was, the system doesn't even have a scratch on it, but what really impressed me was that the CD I was playing cut out. I initially thought I'd messed the amplifier up! I don't know if that was deliberate but I'd like to think it was a kinetic based protection that cut the signal temporarily?
Anyway, assides from 4 or 5 lost photos (after 1 camera got sadly sprung open) I'm mainly fine. I do have a slight tear on the cloth on mt RL 45's but it's tiny. The speaker's sound is as fine as it was. What is the purpose of this post then? Perhaps to warn people not to store heavy weights above their equpiment? Perhaps to admire the B&O build quality; I've experienced no difference, despite a knock that would render other equipment worthless. Either way, I'd like to raise a Friday night toast to the build quality of the BS5500.