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Updated and welcome back 👍  

Thank you - have edited profile as well to include dog though not convinced is same one - this is Brutus who was my last dog - we lost him a good few years ago but still have at present 3 bassets and a labrador , but these are really my wife's and daughter's.

Thanks to Multicare who are at present fixing some old equipment for me. Couple of small speakers (M100.s!) and some audio bits.

I did post a lot as I had a considerable collection of 60s, 70s,80s and 90s equipment and when Steve set up the site, we decided that the best way to make it successful was to make sure every post was answered the same day. Because I had most of the kit, I could usually go and test things and then tell them how it worked. The official B&O site was really somewhere where dissatisfied customers complained and B&O closed it as it was not conducive to their sales. I think because we were not B&O, we were given a far easier ride and had far more positive posts - once they knew that we would always reply, the site ballooned and continued to do so. We attracted some fantastic moderators who knew far more than me but continued the answering of queries. B&O were always very positive. particularly after Lee took on the site and we visited Struer a number of times and were looked after very well.

I am afraid I started to bow out once the manufacture was outsourced to China and once the audio systems were discontinued I felt my role was done. Glad to see things are still up and running and I know Keith is a superb organiser. I have retired as a GP this year and no doubt will be around a bit more. I remember the bike avatar Guy!

Hi,

 

again I‘m not a Founder Member anymore (?) - what‘s wrong?

Stefan

So, here I am a Founder Member - but not when I look into my account - strange…

Stefan

How nice to see "Peter" back here! I wondered where he'd gone. I used this forum a lot in the past, also in the early years (I thought Beoworld Forum already existed in 2005-2006?) , and I remember it was always a pleasure to read Peter's informative posts.

If I take myself as an example, interest in things related to B&O varies over time; sometimes other things get on the foreground, but I always keep an eye on B&O every now and then. Very happy with my newly bought (restored)  Beomaster 2000 (70's) together with my S45-2's and a Beogram 1700/MMC20EN; an absolutely joyful set I listen to nearly every day, and the reason my vinyl record collection grew considerably last two years. (stimulated by great recent reissue initiatives like Blue Note's Classic/Tone Poet series and Deutsche Grammophon's The Original Source series, and a lot of excellent second hand classical/jazz records)

Modern B&O speakers still are great though, although no audio-systems as such are remaining. Still like the brand.

Thank you for that - I take it you mean the nice wooden flat 2000 - I had one of those and the quad version, the 3400. I particularly liked the feature of the 'bonnet stay'  so you could service it more easily! I too still have S45.2s - one of the stars of the Uniphase range though I confess they are rarely used. Just reacquired a Beocenter 9500 which I regard as the best design of music system B&O ever made especially when paired with a Beolink 7000. I am rediscovering some compilation tapes (!) that I made in the early 80s! My B&O collection has almost all be given away or sometimes sold. Theb most used part is a Beolit 700 (Colour version) which is still stupendous!

As I no longer no much about the present range, I will not post as much as I did - when Beoworld first started, I made it a rule that every query would get an answer in 24 hours if at all possible and this became ever easier especially when we attracted other members - Martin comes readily to mind with his encyclopaedic knowledge!