Hi Stuart,

well that's a shame then, because really, it appears that the cause of the problem could be that they have a poor quality component ... are BeoLab 5 in your price range?

i do miss the 1's, but after going through my music collection with the 9's and getting used to their sound and aesthetics, they will be here to stay, they are wonderful speakers, so long as they last. When we pay this amount of money for speakers we should expect them to last longer than 7-10 years am i right? BeoLab speakers should last over 30 years, with the amount of development that goes into them, why make them to fail after just a decade >> as time goes on i become less and less enamoured with the B&O company, i must admit.

had the same problem with my Beolab 1. The cost of the repairing was 920$ but I managed to pay only 680$.

After 1 months i replaced them with beolab 5!

hi dave,

i agree it was sparingly used given the previous owner travelled very frequently on work. it is during one of his visits he struck a deal on beolab 5 (time period when danish products were banned in the middle east owing to the cartoon controversy) and sold the beolab1 subsequently in as is condition.   

having said the above i also use it very sparingly mostly during the weekends and tend to switch off the mains if my next use is not immediate.

aint sure if switching off the unit from the mains is also one of the factor leading to the failure.

ps stuart: can i request you to check with the technician specifically the reason behind such failures and measures to avoid them 

cheers

pattabhi