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Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

TheMajor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:02:27 GMT

I thought I would offer my conclusion to this thread for people looking in the future.

I bought a Beomaster 7000 and Beogram CD 6500. I have been using them about 2 weeks now and I am in love with them. The sounds is just fantastic. I listened to a beosound 3200 with beolab 4000s in store and my beolab 4000 (mk1) with the beosystem sounds better. It is just a fantastic system. The quality of sound reproduction from the system truely surprised me and I will be looking for a beocord 7000 and beogram CD 7000 (I will run 2 CDs players (I have never owned a record before and won't be starting anytime soon)).

Special thank yous to Alex and Bentleyman for their advice over the past month or so. Now beolab 4000 stands or not?!

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

Bentleyman — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:33:13 GMT

tournedos:

Bentleyman:

Bentleyman:

Apologies, my pictures are of ludicrous proportions - I dont know how to resize them!

Can anyone tell me how to resize pictures posted in here, so that they are the correct size for the page..?

Thanks.

In this case when you are using the 'insert/edit image' function (I think?), you could just fill in the new h x v sizes in the 'dimensions' box.

However, this won't cut down a bit the amount of data a viewer needs to download to see them, so they will remain just as slow to load. The preferred way would be to use pictures that have been scaled down beforehand in some image processing app. If you keep the horizontal size to 700 pixels or so, that highly annoying horizontal scroll bar won't be needed (and won't appear).

Now matter how many megagigapixels a digital camera might have, the images will usually only benefit from scaling down by 1:2 - 1:4 or so...

That was a great looking setup in any case, so thanks for posting

Thanks for your help Tournedos,

Just trying to post a picture using the 700 dimensions you mention. Problem is two fold, in that I wouldnt have a clue about using the number 700 if you hadnt told me, and secondly, I cant see what the post will look like prior to posting.

Hope putting the 700 height & width is the answer. Thanks.

Michael

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

TheMajor — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:37:04 GMT

I didn't win the auction. The guy wouldn't answer my questions and it put me off.

I just found out that the shipping costs from the UK is 95 pound for the Beomaster alone. I may have to buy something new for safety and easy of mind. Buying and shipping the Beogram and Beomaster will cost me about 100,000¥. I am thinking about the beosound 4 at the moment. Sell my home cinema amp and 3rd beolab 4000.

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

Doctor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:49:13 GMT

Looks very good - best of luck!

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

TheMajor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:53:13 GMT

Sorry it is an auction. The are 21,000yen and finishes tomorrow night. I have a bit of spare cash and I think I will put 50,000 in and home for the best but it seems in good condition.

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Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

tournedos — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:52:16 GMT

Bentleyman:

Bentleyman:

Apologies, my pictures are of ludicrous proportions - I dont know how to resize them!

Can anyone tell me how to resize pictures posted in here, so that they are the correct size for the page..?

Thanks.

In this case when you are using the 'insert/edit image' function (I think?), you could just fill in the new h x v sizes in the 'dimensions' box.

However, this won't cut down a bit the amount of data a viewer needs to download to see them, so they will remain just as slow to load. The preferred way would be to use pictures that have been scaled down beforehand in some image processing app. If you keep the horizontal size to 700 pixels or so, that highly annoying horizontal scroll bar won't be needed (and won't appear).

Now matter how many megagigapixels a digital camera might have, the images will usually only benefit from scaling down by 1:2 - 1:4 or so...

That was a great looking setup in any case, so thanks for posting

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

tournedos — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:37:53 GMT

TheMajor:

Are there any common problems with the Beomasters and Beograms?

Definitely - but I don't think it is worth it to enumerate them beforehand as it will be a longish list, most of which will probably not apply. If you can get them locally at that price and they power up (hopefully to show more than just the standby dot), I think you should just grab them and worry about faults later! All you could lose is the 150 quid and the faults would probably all be repairable.

No life at all would be more worrysome - it could be anything from a blown fuse to extensive lightning damage and a total writeoff except for mechanical parts.

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

Doctor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:33:48 GMT

The Beomaster can have a sticking speaker 1 relay. They are perfectly easy to test with a pair of headphones! At 150 (? $ or £) it will be a bargain.

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

TheMajor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:27:01 GMT

Yeah I am going on the fact that its broken. I asked them what cable they were missing and if all the units power up. And if the CD tray ejects. It seems risky but it is at 150 for the complete system. A beogram is 400 alone here if you can find one. Importing is expensive shipping wise. Are there any common problems with the Beomasters and Beograms?

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

Doctor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:17:06 GMT

At a guess, they don't have any 2 pin DIN speaker plugs. Always assume, however, that "not tested" means broken!

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

TheMajor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:09:43 GMT

I was wondering if anyone could help me. I found a good deal on a 6500 but it is listed as junk on a Japanese auction site. So if the vocab is strange that will be my translation.

They said that they tested but they are lacking a specialist cable to test it but it does up power up. What would that "specialist cable" be? Powerlink? It is a complete Beosystem and it is going cheap at the moment anyway. They did say the Beogram doesn't spin but I don't care about that. I would get it fixed in the future but my focus would be on the Beomaster and Beogram CD to start with.

I am going to send him an e-mail and ask what this means. Can you think of anyother questions I should ask?

I had Beogram 6500 about 4 years ago and a Beogram 7000 2 years ago but never actually used them together as I never owned them at the sametime. Sorry for the noob stuff?

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

BeoTom — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:35:07 GMT

Doctor:

The Beosystem 7000 is the ultimate remote control system made by B&O (for the moment!) The Beosystem 8000 (I know it is called the Beolab 8000 but that is confusing!) is probably the best sounding. The flexibility of the 7000 has never been better and the multi-room control with the Beolink 7000 is simply the best. I swaqpped mine for a BC2 and in some ways I wish I hadn't. Sound quality of the 7000 was better, the amplifier drove passive speakers very well unlike the ML/MCL converter and the ability to record radio programmes is something I miss. Also beautifully made, though not as good as the 5000 that started this line. Remember that the 7000 is only half the system without the Beolink 7000 though.

Great description between the Beosystem 8000 and Beosystem 7000, very well put! I enjoy my Master Control Panel 5500 too, though it's not as cool as the Beolink 7000!

As a side note, the SD card reader/writer is one thing I really like about the Beosound 4. You can record from the radio, or any other source connected to it, such as the audio from something on TV. Plus, it's a removable media.

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

Doctor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:01:39 GMT

It is difficult to say which bit is the weak link, but playing CDs through my BS7000 sounded better than my BC2.

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

jc — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:58:20 GMT

Soundquality better than BC2? Do you mean to say that the CD player of the BC2 sounds sounds worse than CD7000?

Re: Is the Beosystem 7000 still a good buy?

Doctor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:29:15 GMT

The Beosystem 7000 is the ultimate remote control system made by B&O (for the moment!) The Beosystem 8000 (I know it is called the Beolab 8000 but that is confusing!) is probably the best sounding. The flexibility of the 7000 has never been better and the multi-room control with the Beolink 7000 is simply the best. I swaqpped mine for a BC2 and in some ways I wish I hadn't. Sound quality of the 7000 was better, the amplifier drove passive speakers very well unlike the ML/MCL converter and the ability to record radio programmes is something I miss. Also beautifully made, though not as good as the 5000 that started this line. Remember that the 7000 is only half the system without the Beolink 7000 though.