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Re: Beovox C40 speakers

Xseries — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:40:39 GMT

There is always the possibility of a foam repair if required. Rather than replace the entire driver a pair of foam rings can do the trick (often to be found on ebay).

My PC is connected to a BM5500 with a pair of CX50s and a Cona sub woofer - excellent sound.

Re: Beovox C40 speakers

Peter — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:24:14 GMT

Agree with Alex. Especially about the bass drivers. These actually use quite an expensive driver - not the same as the later CX50 - and these are rather expensive. I use some CX100s with my Mac using a Beomaster 5500 as the amplifier - works very well.

Re: Beovox C40 speakers

Alex — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:17:18 GMT

The speakers will work with any kind of amplifier. If you want great sound without spending silly money, NAD is your best bet, or Rotel.

You can use your computer as a CD player, however remember that when you read/play a CD on your Mac, it's much noisier than doing it on a normal CD player. You could always just rip the CDs into iTunes though, which can still sound very good and play the music without the CDs.

The speaker connections aren't a B&O connection, other companies used them too, but B&O was the most prominent. You could try your nearest B&O dealer, and just cut the other end off the cable and wire it directly into your amplifier! Very easy to do...

One thing to check with the speakers is that they aren't suffering from what's called Foam Rot. Essentially, the rubber/foamy bit around the bass speaker can decay over time, and will rip itself to bits as soon as you play music. To check for this, take the top grille off the speakers, and just check the surround yourself. If there are any holes in it, or it seems particularly fragile (test this by gently running your finger around the edge, but don't push on it or you could damage a perfectly good speaker). If the surround crumbles away, or has already done so, then you need to get replacement bass drivers. Not sure how much they are for C40s...

Beovox C40 speakers

iben — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:10:20 GMT

Hello friends, I wonder if someone can help me getting startet with a pair of Beovox C40 speakers I got from my grandfather.

I normally just listen to my music from the computer (Mac), but I guess I will need a receiver/amplifier to use the C40's? Do I need B&O equipment or would they work with any brand? Any suggestions for good quality/price?

Can I keep using my computer as a cd-player or do I need to buy a separate one? How should I do the connections? the speaker cables have a type of jack I have never seen before (only on B&O), is it possible to change that?

Please, I hope to get some help, I'm sure I could get so much better sound than from my computer speakers...

Thanks!