First I´d like to thank everyone for their thoughtful contributions to this thread. I had a Beosound Ouverture before. Sold it and was thinking of replacing it with a new BeoSound 9000. Then I stumbled upon a Beosystem 7000 without Beogram 7000. The seller was 5 minutes away. I took out money from an ATM and bought it. Then I searched out a Beogram

I´m thinking of buying a new TV . Today I have a Beovision AV9000 that I still think is a fantastic TV . A design icon which I probably will never get rid of . For a while I was into buying a BeoVision 8 40 or Beovision10 . I've also thought about a used Beovision 5 or Avant 32 RF . Today you can get an Avant 32 RF for almost no money . Can

[quote user="Doctor"] I think one should remember that hi-fi obeys the law of diminishing returns. Something that costs ten times as much will not be ten times better. The SMMC4 is a very good cartridge. The SMMC2 is better but will the difference be worth the money!? Only you can decide this and the problem is that there are no demo versions

Thanks for the suggestion . I think I will follow your advice and send it to Alex . It is a good start. A workshop was checking my Beogram 7000 the other day . They said that my catridge sounded as it should , but that you had to press lightly with a finger on it . This indicates that the rubber suspension is getting old . My first thought was to send

I bought a used Beogram 7000 about three years ago . It is in perfect condition cosmetically . Unfortunately, the age of MMC2 pickup has taken its toll and I honestly have not used it . Now , I am eager to try it and t hinking about my options . It is possible to buy a new MMC2 pickup through a B & O dealer . One can suspect that they remained on