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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Forum</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/13.aspx</link><description>The main Meeting Place for BeoWorld members, and the place for General Questions, Answers and things to say! 
If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp;amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>Re: When was the Avant made?</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/67308.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:23:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:67308</guid><dc:creator>joeyboygolf</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/67308.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=67308</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Dave:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;So on average the rate was 1,000,000 products popping out of struer per year, does this mean that production at B&amp;amp;O has halved from 2003 onwards?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, I think the first two digits indicate the year of manufacture of main products only. It doesn&amp;#39;t seem to apply for accessories and I&amp;#39;m sure the system is not counting screws!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It would be interesting to know the rule if there is one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: When was the Avant made?</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/67227.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:41:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:67227</guid><dc:creator>The Stig - ver. 1.7</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/67227.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=67227</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;yes but i Think 2007 goes from 19-21 so thats an increase, but cut just be that every little screw&amp;nbsp;has a SE number now. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: When was the Avant made?</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66853.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:06:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:66853</guid><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66853.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=66853</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;So on average the rate was 1,000,000 products popping out of struer per year, does this mean that production at B&amp;amp;O has halved from 2003 onwards?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: When was the Avant made?</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66701.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:46:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:66701</guid><dc:creator>joeyboygolf</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66701.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=66701</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The first two digits of the serial number indicate the date of manufacture thus&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;09 - 1994&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 - 1995&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11 - 1996&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12 - 1997&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13 - 1998/99&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14 - 2000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15 - 2001&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16 - 2002&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17 - 2003/04&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;18 - 2004/05&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19 - 2006/07-&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hope this helps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: When was the Avant made?</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66697.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:29:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:66697</guid><dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66697.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=66697</wfw:commentRss><description>The first 28&amp;quot; Avants were made in 1994 with the 32&amp;quot; arriving in 1997. The Roman numerals are not when the set is made! They refer to when the original design was introduced. (I think!) There is sometimes a blue label with the month and year of manufacture on it but this probably does not hold for the older models. For information regarding products, the &lt;a href="http://www.beoworld.org/products.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Product pages&lt;/a&gt; on this site are often useful as is Beocentral.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>When was the Avant made?</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66695.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:00:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:66695</guid><dc:creator>Graham1982</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/66695.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=66695</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a 28&amp;quot; widescreen Avant with a VHS which I thought was made in 1994 hence the roman numerals on the back. However, I looked on the product catologue on this site and unless I am not looking properly there is no reference to the Avant until late ninieties, early 2000s Thus how do I figure out how old mine is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Graham&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PS I am also asuming that it is from 94 because nobody has corrected me on here before.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>