Hi guys - new to the forum and just purchased my first, and hopefully, not my last piece of B+O kit...Beosound 3200 and a pair of Beolab 9's. The dilemma is i'm undecided between black or red covers. Does anyone know that if i decide to go for red and then decide at a later date that black would suit better, is it possible to replace the covers? and if so does anyone know how much they're likely to cost....

cheers

There is no problem to change the covers after a while, but I have no idea of the price.

Wow! What a great introduction to B&O, I'm envious!
Sorry I can't help about the covers, someone will be along shortly to help I'm sure.
If they are not interchangeable, I would reccommend going for black as the red might be great at the moment but might end up like an advacado bathroom in a few years, whereas black seems to always be "in".
Just my two centimes.

Andy T.

thanks for that...you have confirmed what i was thinking. i had originaly chosen black but my wife sowed the seeds of doubt!

You'll never go wrong with Black speakers, but in a room with lots of medium/dark wood, Red can look superb.

Nice choice of kit by the way. What made you choose a 3200 over a BeoSound 4 out of interest?

Lee

I pondered long and hard ,but i suppose the fact that once all my cd's are loaded on the hard drive (a bit of a pain i know), i can just put it on shuffle and enjoy the music without bothering with pc's etc. To be honest I had originally ordered a pair of Beolab 3's, but on saturday went into the shop to order a stand for the 3200. listened to the BEOLAB 9's whilst i was in there and upgraded straight away! All in all a bit of an expensive Sat. afternoon!

DGeorge:

To be honest I had originally ordered a pair of Beolab 3's, but on saturday went into the shop to order a stand for the 3200. listened to the BEOLAB 9's whilst i was in there and upgraded straight away!

You're my hero

Looks like you're taking the road to ruin on which most of us here have already trodden a well worn path - you won't regret it

Excellent choice of system.

 

chris.

You'll get bored out of your mind uploading your CD's to the hard drive, and then increasingly frustrated as you can't remeber where to find your favourite tracks..

Otherwise, a fine machine!

Lee

oh dear....i was hoping no-one would say that....would you have gone with the beosound4 instead? are they a lot quicker to transfer music onto?

To be honest, the best way to save music is to put it on your computer and link to the B&O sound system using a beoport. The hard drive on the 3200 is a little bit of a pain as it doesn't name the tracks - you have to do that manually. The BS4 has the advantage of having a nice big display and will display the information stored on the computer - at least it does with a Mac. (Not sure if the latest incarnation does on PC).

One can save the music at whatever quality you want in this way where you are limited in quality with the 3200 which might be a nuisance now you have bought such good speakers. You can of course link to the 3200 in the exactly same way but the display is not as good because it is smaller.

If you prefer the styling of the 3200 over the BS4, stick with what you have.

Agree. If you're happy with what you've bought - stick with it!

I'll let you know on Friday after they come and fit it!

Welcome to the site and congratulations for your new music system and speakers