that certainly makes a difference!! Agreed also re the speakers: the system is core and the speakers I guess I can deal with separately! (problem is that convincing my wife included wall-mounted speakers as that is what is needed in that room!

i am assuming it shouldn't be a problem if the 3500 is mounted over a radiator (30+ cm above it on the wall?) If it is i can select an alternate wall but would prefer the one with the radiator.

thanks again! 

good point on the radiator... so since i can do the other wall I will (it is just that the radiator wall is closer to the PC and a bookshelf, making for a better location for an ipod connection to the 3500 Aux port...

as for my first b&o, no. I have a Beomaster 5000 and the MCP as my primary amp, with a DVD / CD player and a wireless media player plugged into it, along with a pair of B&W speakers in my front room... the 3500 is for my home office

have never given any thought to the mcl room linking thing before - but i am open to ideas! 

and i have to say, having taken a look, the panel speakers Christian mentioned look great (but are likely on the pricey side, if i can find a pair!)  
 

i did choose the 3500! Wall-mounting was a big part of the choice and the good words here about it as well...

I bought it without speakers (one choice was with rl35s, one without, the one without was £100 cheaper)

Now i am hoping to get the flat panels (although it is good to hear that the 35s can be simply wall-mounted: the bloke who had them told me they could be but he didn't say how - the mounting holes in the back! - so I wasn't sure) but i think the beovox 3000 look amazing!  

So, the system arrived this morning and it looks great!! Full set of original manuals and to my surprise and delight, a Beolink 1000 with manual (seems to be a Mk2, btw - Beolink 1000 written on the device itself and is in perfect condition other than missing 3 little rubber legs on the back but otherwise clean and all buttons perfect)!

I was wondering how you folks managed the mains connections, mainly from an esthetics point of view: I am going to mount the 3500 on the wall as discussed (it even has the manual for the wall mounts) but the power connections don't seem all that long when I think about them running the length of the units to one end - and the look of a power bar attached on the side would certainly not work the best (but i wasn't planning on burying the wires / replastering and painting the walls... so, how have you approached it please?

edit - I am thinking that all three could be joined into a 'harness' and then a single mains plug coming out of that so I'll be off to the local electrics shop to check out options...

then of course comes the work of getting it all mounted, level and even!