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Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Craig — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:51:24 GMT

That has claned up very well John, looks nice.

Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

j0hnbarker — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:23:02 GMT

Say what you want about eBay, but less than a week after picking up my Commander-less Beomaster 6000 4 Channel amp, I've bought, received and cleaned up a Commander from eBay. Thanks to Craig for spotting it, Ray for selling it to me, and Mr Muscle glass cleaner for the shiny finish.

Not where I plan to keep it all the time as it will be in the office in our new place, but here it is on display in my spare room with a load of other B&O stuff that I'm running out of room for (don't know why, but I had an idea in my head that the Commander would be a 20 pack of fags size):

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Xseries — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:12:43 GMT

Look after it - a classic design that I nearly bought years ago, but fortunatley quad died out before I splashed out! Oh, and well done on the remote to go with it! It is amazing what eventually shows up on ebay!

Brian

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Craig — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:58:16 GMT

j0hnbarker:

AND IT"S MINE - MWWAAAHH!

Thanks Craig

Nice one.

Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

j0hnbarker — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:45:18 GMT

AND IT"S MINE - MWWAAAHH!

Thanks Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Craig — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:42:02 GMT

John here is a LINK.

Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

j0hnbarker — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:41:09 GMT

Craig:

j0hnbarker:

Could really do with the Commander - wish I had taken the one you had off your hands when I bought this!

John check Ebay, there is one on there at the moment.

Craig

Thanks Craig - will do :)

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Craig — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:38:44 GMT

j0hnbarker:

Could really do with the Commander - wish I had taken the one you had off your hands when I bought this!

John check Ebay, there is one on there at the moment.

Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

j0hnbarker — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:30:47 GMT

Craig:

What speakers are you going to use with it John? Will you be using 4 or just 2?

Craig

Hi Craig

At the moment I'm using two MC120.2s. Just boxed up my BC8004 that I've been using with the Beosystem 6000, and that freed up enough space in the cabinet to squeeze the 6000 Quad in. Using a speaker switch box to swap between the two Beomaster 6000s!

When we move I'm thinking about using my CX50s and a Cona with it in the office. Would love to use it in 4 channel mode, but I don't have a BG6000 or any quad records, so I'm a bit stuck really!

Could really do with the Commander - wish I had taken the one you had off your hands when I bought this!

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Craig — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:17:01 GMT

What speakers are you going to use with it John? Will you be using 4 or just 2?

Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

j0hnbarker — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:42:09 GMT

Friedmett:

Congratz John!

Take good care of it and how about some pictures of this beauty??

Is the amplifer really that bad?

Thanks Friedmett

I don't have anywhere for it to go in this house, but I might put a few pictures up later if I listen to it this evening.

In our new flat I think I might use it in the home office - not 100% sure yet.

Talking to Tim Jarman I get the idea that as this unit was never made in huge numbers, B&O didn't get chance to rationalise the internal architecture, and this means that production units were pretty much assembled looking like prototypes - hence some of the faults that are common. Craig's right about the lack of space. So much packed into the casing. Very heavy too!

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Friedmett — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:01:29 GMT

Congratz John!

Take good care of it and how about some pictures of this beauty??

Is the amplifer really that bad?

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Craig — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:35:14 GMT

One of the main problems I would think is the lack of space inside. Anyone who has looked inside one of these will know what I mean.

Craig

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

j0hnbarker — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:08:13 GMT

If anyone has working BM6000 then I'd wrap it in cotton wool, as it will be worth a small fortune in a few years as no one wants to fix them, and they are invariably broke whenever they do appear on eBay!

Re: Got my Beomaster 6000 Quad Fixed!

Peter — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:05:53 GMT

I take it that you don't do the Beopcord 5000 either! I think this must be the most frustratin device B&O made. Mine was working perfectly and then developed the wonderful habit of the spools turning in opposite directions and stripping the magnetic material off the tape. Now definitely a static display model!