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Re: Today is a special day for me !

alenvprekrsku — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:37:29 GMT

Nikola.

Congratulations.
Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars.

Greetings.

Alen

Re: Today is a special day for me !

cooldude — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:02:58 GMT

nmartin771:

tournedos:

nmartin771:

Probably big for my space ! My wife will kill me !

I need something really small to put on shelf ....

The size difference isn't actually that great

BTW, I arranged these according to my idea of improving sound quality... the 2200's are extremely directional because of the cone tweeters though - they need to be aimed at your head to sound right. And the CX50's are still recovering after my refoam, they are supposed to get better with time. The CX100's sounded great almost right away, though...

That 901 is nice. It is probably one of the last vintage Beomasters I might still buy... Although the 800 is what I really want!

Now when I saw this pictures !

Uh ........

I already decided to get CX50, and I will not change my decision, I will add 2200 as well

can you imagine

"darling one more pair of speakers are coming"

" (*&^%%$#%&&*%#@$# Y%$#@$% ^%$#@@! "

"But it is...." " &*&^%%$$%^&%^$#$%^&**&^$"

"B..." " *^%$^*((&%$#@@#$^^#@ "

LMAO ..... yep it seems to be the fate of beocollectors to get that type of response ....[:'(]

If you get the chance, go for some CX100's ...honesty the CX50's are a wasted on that receiver and they're the same footprint anyways.
If you like the vintage look, why don't you do as I have done for a friend of mine and get a really beaten-up pair and cover it with the same wood veneer finish as your 901 ? Now that would look (and sound) good.

Re: Today is a special day for me !

burantek — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:48:52 GMT

nice pic mika! worth a thousand words!

Re: Today is a special day for me !

tournedos — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:15:03 GMT

nmartin771:

I already decided to get CX50, and I will not change my decision, I will add 2200 as well

can you imagine

"darling one more pair of speakers are coming"

" (*&^%%$#%&&*%#@$# Y%$#@$% ^%$#@@! "

"But it is...." " &*&^%%$$%^&%^$#$%^&**&^$"

"B..." " *^%$^*((&%$#@@#$^^#@ "

I'm sure you'll like the CX50's as well, they sound great for their size, and will really disappear in a bookshelf so you might survive, after all...

Re: Today is a special day for me !

nmartin771 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:04:43 GMT

tournedos:

nmartin771:

Probably big for my space ! My wife will kill me !

I need something really small to put on shelf ....

The size difference isn't actually that great

BTW, I arranged these according to my idea of improving sound quality... the 2200's are extremely directional because of the cone tweeters though - they need to be aimed at your head to sound right. And the CX50's are still recovering after my refoam, they are supposed to get better with time. The CX100's sounded great almost right away, though...

That 901 is nice. It is probably one of the last vintage Beomasters I might still buy... Although the 800 is what I really want!

Now when I saw this pictures !

Uh ........

I already decided to get CX50, and I will not change my decision, I will add 2200 as well

can you imagine

"darling one more pair of speakers are coming"

" (*&^%%$$#%&&*%#@$# Y%$#@$% ^%$#@@! "

"But it is...." " &*&^%%$$$%^&%^$#$%^&**&^$$"

"B..." " *^%$^*((&%$#@@#$^^#@ "

Re: Today is a special day for me !

lausvi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:56:46 GMT

tournedos:

The size difference isn't actually that great

That 901 is nice. It is probably one of the last vintage Beomasters I might still buy... Although the 800 is what I really want!

Nice photo of the speakers!

I have always wanted a 800, too! Perhaps because it reminds of the BM900? (or my Stereomaster!) But how would it have looked; a Beomaster 901 + Beocord + internal speakers?!

Re: Today is a special day for me !

lausvi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:49:36 GMT

I am actually quite happy with the setup now; I very rarely use the speakers anyway. The CXs will need refoaming first, I thought it would be a nice to try different speakers.

The 901 is situated next to my desk (under my bed); see the photo attached. The choise between 901 and 3000-2 is much because of space and weight; 901 and the speakers (they are not of same size, they are of different series but they have exatcly same speakers inside so they sound balanced enough) fit exactly to the shelf. The 3000-2 is way too large to fit there. On the top of the 901 I have my DVD collection of Gerry Anderson tv-series and movies.

The 3000-2 is good-looking and technically better but the 901 is compact and looks great there in it's minimality. I had the 3000-2 in the livingroom with Beovox S75 but later on I sold the speakers and bought Beolab Pentas and bought a BC9000.....

And yes; I also have a Beogram 1000 as seen in the picture. I have seen some 1203s, too, great turntable.

Re: Today is a special day for me !

Stonk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:40:38 GMT

Ah, my post has has been filtered off to mod land. I must have used a colourful word & I'm glad as it makes me feel exotic & mysterious

Re: Today is a special day for me !

beocool — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:38:34 GMT

Congrats on your Beomaster, Nikola. and a big thanks to Llewelyn as well.

Re: Today is a special day for me !

tournedos — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:36:57 GMT

nmartin771:

Probably big for my space ! My wife will kill me !

I need something really small to put on shelf ....

The size difference isn't actually that great

BTW, I arranged these according to my idea of improving sound quality... the 2200's are extremely directional because of the cone tweeters though - they need to be aimed at your head to sound right. And the CX50's are still recovering after my refoam, they are supposed to get better with time. The CX100's sounded great almost right away, though...

That 901 is nice. It is probably one of the last vintage Beomasters I might still buy... Although the 800 is what I really want!

Re: Today is a special day for me !

Stonk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:36:30 GMT

I know what you are saying but If I left it in the room my wife would wonder when I'm moving that piece of junk I'd left there days ago. Now my office/study is a different matter...

Re: Today is a special day for me !

Emmanuel92 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:35:21 GMT

Congratulations Nikola !

Re: Today is a special day for me !

nmartin771 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:28:22 GMT

Stonk:

I know that's wrong but I have a very big open plan room downstairs all with oak flooring - it really is a lot of wood and to add vintage B&O with different wood variations won't look good to me.

Not true !!! You need to combine elements with different color and correlation between element will give you nice structure .... and than color will become more "working together" even if they are not the same !

Anyway thank you

Re: Today is a special day for me !

Stonk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:20:45 GMT

Congratulations Nikola, looks great. Very generous of Llewelyn.

Makes me (again) really wish I never sold my white BM3000-2. Stunning it was with it's bright white casing & silver aluminium front & proper switches and would look great in my all white (walls and hard furniture) main room. I do have a spare BM3000-2 stored away that was my fathers & I saved it from the bin after I got him a BC8500 but I don't like the real wood. I know that's wrong but I have a very big open plan room downstairs all with oak flooring - it really is a lot of wood and to add vintage B&O with different wood variations won't look good to me. I haven't seen any white BM3000-2's since and don't have the heart to butcher the perfectly mint wood one to make it white so I'll have to get a cover to swap over made somewhere. Hmm, maybe a new thread for that.

I really do believe modern & vintage can compliment each other - just as furnishings can.

Steve

Re: Today is a special day for me !

nmartin771 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:18:29 GMT

You will have almost the same setup lake I do !

I would like to hear your opinion when you get CX50 ....

BM3000-2 is more powerful and more technicaly complex, how come that you prefer BM901 more than BM3000-2 ?

3000-2 is really beautiful peace of equipment !