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Re: Recent Purchases

B&Ola — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:06:46 GMT

fridsten:
Now I've picked up a pair of replacement woofers for my CX50s. I ordered them on monday and picked them up yesterday (wednesday). Excellent service, since the repair shop had to receive them from Denmark.
I might try to mount them this evening.

Ha!

I see that your avatar (picture) is from the repair shop, BL-service. They realy giving you excellent service!

/Ola

Re: Recent Purchases

B&Ola — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:03:42 GMT

A beoport and a v.2.12 software upgrade for my BS3000.

I've just finished the installation of the SW and it works! :)

Connecting a IR-eye tomorrow for Front Row, Yeeha!

Re: Recent Purchases

fridsten — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:26:28 GMT

Now I've picked up a pair of replacement woofers for my CX50s. I ordered them on monday and picked them up yesterday (wednesday). Excellent service, since the repair shop had to receive them from Denmark.

I might try to mount them this evening.

Re: Recent Purchases

Peter — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:34:03 GMT

Just got mt Earset 1 home. I had to get a new 6000 as well but am delighted with it. It means I will be able to talk even longer to Lee and Tim! Bad luck boys!

Re: Recent Purchases

Philippe — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:26:40 GMT

Nothing at all : too much B&O kills the effect...

Philippe

Re: Recent Purchases

Graeme — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:13:00 GMT

I have just today recieved my Ouverture(likenew), beolink1000(new) and A8's(new)

delighted with all, looks and sounds great, wrong cables though, no displays on my penta's, however the dealers are going to get the right ones for me

Re: Recent Purchases

Craig — Sun, 06 May 2007 13:57:46 GMT

fridsten:
Today I bought a Beomaster 5000, a Beogram CD50 and a Master Control Panel 5000.
It will be put in my son's room, since I think the remote is just the right size for him.
I have to replace the woofers of my CX50s first, though. Does anyone know where I can find a pair of decent replacement drivers?

Still available from your dealer, or there are re foaming kits on Ebay.

Craig

Re: Recent Purchases

Jandyt — Sun, 06 May 2007 13:44:50 GMT

Well done, Pedro. Now spread the word.

Andy T.

Re: Recent Purchases

pedrompinto — Sun, 06 May 2007 13:35:05 GMT

Oh well... i finally decide to have a gold membership.

Re: Recent Purchases

fridsten — Sun, 06 May 2007 08:58:23 GMT

Today I bought a Beomaster 5000, a Beogram CD50 and a Master Control Panel 5000.

It will be put in my son's room, since I think the remote is just the right size for him.

I have to replace the woofers of my CX50s first, though. Does anyone know where I can find a pair of decent replacement drivers?

Re: Recent Purchases

henrik — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:49:35 GMT

Ah, congratulation! I wish I could afford a pair of 5s. Hopefully I will be able to buy a pair some day, and while I'm waiting I feel delighted that other people are able to enjoy these fantastic speakers! However, the "apple lossless" experience you describe is probably due to differences in d/a converters etc - "apple lossless" files really are lossless, if you compare a "lossless" compressed and de-compressed file with the original file you'll actually find that they are bit-to-bit identical.

Re: Recent Purchases

beobeo — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:22:04 GMT

I can't compete agains those recent purchases... BL5 are a dream to me at this point.

My recent purchases, a black MX4000 in excellent condition (dated 1991!). And a BV3 with Dolby surround module (my second BV3) along with DVD1 and V8000 both in mint condition.

Next: BLX, can't yet define whether the X will be 3 or 9. Depends on the outcome of current negotiations with my wife. Looks like the 3 will unfortunately win

cheers;

Re: Recent Purchases

Peter — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:33:16 GMT

Luckily for me, I have the even more expensive solution! Gateshead Council have bought us the Sage so we get live music any night we want! As dramatic looking - in fact even more so - than Beolab 5s! Designed by Norman Foster.

Re: Recent Purchases

soundproof — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:23:41 GMT

philipsmz333:
Hehe it was the adrenalin that kicked in! Yes i sampled a few pieces of music last night, at 3am, and 'saw' a hell of a difference. Apple lossless is surprisingly different (rubbish) sounding when compared to a CD which was a surprise.

I am very passionate about music, and it wasn't ideal to spend this amount of money (espeacially at my age), but you only live once!

Well, if you're passionate about music you've just bought yourself the ideal instruments. My rationale on what you heard with lossless vs. CD using the BL5s: you've just bought the Hubble telescope of loudspeakers, they "hear" stuff regular speakers don't manage to distinguish between. On a regular pair of speakers you wouldn't hear as great a difference between lossless and CD (if any).
In fact, you'll also hear mistakes in the mix and recording that the producer and artists let pass because they knew only 1 in 25.000 would have the equipment needed to hear them - but you'll also hear nuances that they heard and strove to capture, while knowing most would never get to enjoy them! You will.

Re: Recent Purchases

Dave — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:05:50 GMT

Hehe it was the adrenalin that kicked in! Yes i sampled a few pieces of music last night, at 3am, and 'saw' a hell of a difference. Apple lossless is surprisingly different (rubbish) sounding when compared to a CD which was a surprise.

I am very passionate about music, and it wasn't ideal to spend this amount of money (espeacially at my age), but you only live once!