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ARCHIVED FORUM -- April 2007 to March 2012 READ ONLY FORUM
This is the first Archived Forum which was active between 17th April 2007 and
1st March February 2012
Latest post 11-16-2008 5:05 AM by mcrack. 23 replies.
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Alex
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- Bath & Cardiff, UK
- Posts 2,990
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A complete BeoSystem 7000 could set you back £1k or more if it included a BeoLink 7000.
The sound is certainly most impressive - and the CD players are the most impressive parts - fantastic players with very well designed and built DACs and output stages. The build quality internally is fantastic!
As far as the BeoMaster amplifiers go, they can't be said to be the best B&O have made, but they are some of the best performers and are only outperformed by a few other models.
Can't speak for the BeoCord or BeoGram (record players) as I don't own either!
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Ben
- Joined on 12-28-2007
- Taunton, UK
- Posts 131
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The Beosystem 5500 is very similar to the 7000. The CD players are more or less identical, as are the 'grams and the 'cords, with the only changes being cosmetic. As far as the masters go, they differ in the fact that the 5500 doesn't have powerlink sockets for driving the newer active speakers. The 7000 should have an RDS decoder in the tuner section, which will display the station name on the Beolink 7000 remote. Other than that, they are more or less the same!
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tournedos
- Joined on 12-08-2007
- Finland
- Posts 5,808
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Alex: Can't speak for the BeoCord or BeoGram (record players) as I don't own either!
I now have all components in my Beosystem 6500. The Beogram feels quite a bit flimsier and lightweight (both internally and externally) compared to the other components, let alone my old Beogram 6000. But I have nothing to complain with its performance with the MMC2! I don't use the Beocord much, but it sounds just brilliant and is a clever machine. If you have needs for audio recordings and don't use a computer for that, it would still be worthwhile using it. And it's a good conversation piece! I wouldn't pay much for it though, but neither does anybody else, so it's not an economical disaster to get one just for the sake of completeness. The only thing I'm not happy with my BS6500 is that I don't have the space to put them all side by side
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Morgan
- Joined on 04-19-2007
- Spain
- Posts 2,271
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Thanks a lot to everybody for the feed back. The both are really nice and everybody speaks very well about them. Maybe the 7000 is a better choice dueto the powerlink sockets. Any chance to connect to the 5500 a pair of active speakers? Do you have your systems as master or as slave in your set up? Are they your main audio system at your homes? About the sound quality, are there many diferences between them and the BS9000?
Rafa
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Morgan
- Joined on 04-19-2007
- Spain
- Posts 2,271
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Thanks Peter. One question more, got the 7000 have digital output? If you are right, that I´m sure about it, there will be an improofment in the sound with the 7000 plus BL5 in comparation with the BS9000 and BL5. Could you confirm to me this point? Thanks again.
Rafa
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rfc1
- Joined on 02-06-2008
- Posts 166
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Peter : The CD in the CD5500/6500/7000 is better than that in the BS9000 and less problematic. The power amplifier in these amplifiers is also pretty good with lots of dynamics compared to the MCL2P which is flat sounding. If you are planning to use active speakers, get the 6500/7000. No point complicating matters!
Are you saying the cd 6500 actually sounds better than the bs9000 ?? how is this? cheers Sandy
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rfc1
- Joined on 02-06-2008
- Posts 166
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Peter : Better specified and more reliable CD mechanism. Having said that, I find it very difficult to distinguish one CD player over another. The CDX is easy to tell - beyond that, tricky!
Peter, is the cdx the best cd player of the lot then? Sandy
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j0hnbarker
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- LS28/GB
- Posts 2,002
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rfc1: Peter : Better specified and more reliable CD mechanism. Having said that, I find it very difficult to distinguish one CD player over another. The CDX is easy to tell - beyond that, tricky!
Peter, is the cdx the best cd player of the lot then? Sandy
Nah, that's got to be the CD50 :)
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Peter
- Joined on 02-12-2007
- Posts 9,572
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The CDX sounds different because it is a 14 bit machine. It has a warmer more analogue sound though I dare say this is due to distortion ! The best CD player made by B&O was the early CD5500 as it had the best spindle motor and the good DAC. I am sure I couldn't tell the difference between it and the 6500 or 7000 though! These CD players all use Philips mechanisms which are usually the drive of choice in audiophile machines. As Puncher rightly says, the CD is just a collection of 1s and 0s and any half decent mechanism should sound much the same. The thing that will affect the sound will be the design of the Digital to Analogue Converter. The one in the CD5500 etc is the Philips TDA1541A which is very well thought of, even today.
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Morgan
- Joined on 04-19-2007
- Spain
- Posts 2,271
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Thanks to everybody. Now, from the point of view of the whole system, which is the best choice: 6500 or 7000? Which are the main differences between them?
Rafa
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mor
- Joined on 04-18-2007
- Cologne
- Posts 104
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Peter : The RDS is actually pretty poor as it only appears in the blue screen but none the less, I would go for the 7000 as it is the newest. Just got mine back and very pleased with it.
I have heard that complaint about the placing of the RDS info quite a lot - and I agree that it is not the best of options - but when you have lot of stations to tune you don't mind how matter small the displayed infois as long as it's present at all (I found :-) I never regretted exchanging my 6500 for a 7000. By the way - if you're thinking about getting rid of it one day (e.g. to upgrade) then I'd suggest getting the 7000 as they fetch far more even though on some components like the record player the only difference would be the print on the front (apart from the age - but that's by far no indication of the condition)
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Morgan
- Joined on 04-19-2007
- Spain
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Is 600 pounds good price for a fully working and good condition complete BeoSystem 6500 with MCP? What do you thing?
Rafa
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Morgan
- Joined on 04-19-2007
- Spain
- Posts 2,271
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Thanks Mika. 600 pounds include Beovox CX100, shipping and insurance. But I have to think about it, I´m not decided.
Rafa
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