All the later tangential decks are the same apart from the fact that some have a built in RIAA. The only other material difference is the cartridge. They therefore all sound the same.

From a cartridge point of view, I personally would have a rebuilt cartridge from Axel with a Shibata tip. Soundsmith cartridges are much brighter which may however be to your taste - I personally find them fatiguing to listen to.

The best turntable made by B&O is the Beogram 4000 - nice heavy platter and beautifully made. An argument can be made for the 8000/8002 but this is less well made but has a very accurate drive system.

The best turntable branded B&O is the Beogram 3000 Thorens which has a more extended bass that any of the other Beograms.

Thanks for the quick reply, Peter!

I really like the design of the BG 4000/4002/4004, but they are also getting very old..and it says in the description that the 02/04 are remote controllable. Would that work in combination with a BS2300 and BEO4? I assume its only with the older standard it works?

Seems I might aswell keep the BG3300 and invest in a good cartridge instead I saw on the shallplattennadeln.de website that there is a significant price difference between MMC2 and MMC4, is it that more "bang for the bucks"? 

Thanks,

/Peter

Peter wrote:

Mechanically and soundwise, are the BG3300, BG5000, BG9000 more or less the same record decks but in different designs?

You mention the BG5000 which is a radial arm deck and many would say that it sounds superior to the tangential decks of the stacking system variants (5500, 6500 & 7000). (The tangential deck variant of the BS5000 was the BG5005).