Beogram 5500 and Beomaster 6500

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Hi All,

As I understand beogram 5500 does not have build in pre-amp. Will it work with beomaster 6500 or I should look to get BM5500?

Thanks!

 

A BM6500 and BM7000 don't have the RIAA pre-amplifier . It was an option at the time they were sold. A small PCB board was vertically placed inside the BM6500 or BM7000. They are rare.

A BM5500 will fit nicely with your BG5500, but hasn't the popular powerlinksockets.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.

So I wont be able to connect powered speakers such as BL3500 unless using AUX connectors?

I would suggest getting a BC9500 - will work with the 5500 Beogram and is much nicer to use. Not quite as powerful, though not so you would notice and has powerlink sockets - IMHO the best piece of B&O audio equipment made.

My B&O Icons:

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Thank you Peter for you suggestion! I was actually contemplating the same but was not sure if BC9500 had pre-amp..
Would 9000 and 9300 work as well?

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