beomonitor wrote:

The beomaster 6000 that I still need to recap, looks really nice. And the sound already surprised me.

The other one is a beomaster 7000 that is 10 years younger. I would expect a better sound,

Why?
And if you want us to advice, you will have to define what is in your opinion "the best sound"?

Martin

Hello

Both amps play in the same power league: BM6000 75W continuous power output per Channel and BM7000 110W long term max. power output IEC (both values from system manuals). The harmonic distortion is also about in the same size. So both amps will be fine driving the speakers you have in mind. To really compare the sound quality you will have to listen to both amps with your own ears. I guess you will keep the BM6000 as it fits the mentioned speakers better in year of manufacture, style and size. But you will keep the BM7000 as well, perhaps in another room just because it was the best amp b&o had to offer in these years and it is also compatible with actual remotes, lets say the essence remote wheely. 

I have both amps in my workroom, but BM6000 waits on maintenance. BM7000 is the daily runner there and is playing heavenly through P45 speakers (also uniphase). 

Good luck and best regards

David

Hello everybody,

thank you already, this gives me some useful information. An important conclusion is that the bm6000 has more power to play the m100/150. Somewhere else I was reading bm7000 has 2x55watts continues power, so the bm 6000 wins that with 2x75watt.

Another advantage the bm6000 has, is the build in phonoamp. the bm7000 doesn't have that, because it was directly installed in the bg7000, which I don't have.

Niek

The power figures are a bit meaningless - they keep measuring them differently - the 6000 actually has more power in reality but not so you would really notice. The 7000 seems slightly more reliable though. The electronic architecture of the 6000 would appear to be the superior to my mind but I had a 7000 and found it excellent - the remote control capacity of the 7000 is much better and it will work with much modern equipment.

I'd agree with Peters comments, I have a BM6500 and a BM6000 - the BM6000 is the one I prefer as it is punchier and sounds so much better - to me, but it is older and the volume control is known to be problematic - that said it is my favourite out of all the B&O receivers I've owned - mine drive Beovox Pentas.

The Graphic Equaliser loop at the back can be used to connect it to a Beolink active - I did this as the volume control needs fixing on mine - The bones was that it gives you access to the link system and you can control volume with a Beo4 - if the output from Tape 2 is fed into a Beolink converter you can then use it as part of a link system and access the sources on the Beomaster - no remote in link rooms but you can hear what is playing on the Beomaster. a but messy and convulted but excellent results and I have hidden all the cables and technical bits away

Relating to my post above, I've been using a beosystem 7000 as audio master for ages, but I've always found the passive section of the 5500/6500/7000 series a bit "flat" in terms of sound, compared to the 80s and 70s Beomasters.

Besides, when I use the bigger Beovoxes (eg: RL140, M1xx, S70 and above) with Beomasters 5500/6500/7000 it seems to me that something in the sound is "missing", especially in the region of bass/mid bass. On the other hand, I find that the music coming from those speakers with older Beomasters like 3000/4000, 6000/8000 is like "more complete", "full" in all frequencies (sorry, maybe I cannot fully explain these perceptions with proper words).

mauro

Hi Beolit39 - I found the same thing - I guess it is personal taste, I discovered this when I listened to my BM1500 through BVS60's - it sounded so much better than, at the time a BS3000 and BL4000's. My BV Penta's and BM6000 sound much fuller and clearer than the BL8000/BL2/BL Active in the sitting room.

I guess it is down to personal taste, but for me the older equipment is just so much more musical - but then I like bass, clear mid and treble so not strictly how the mixing engineer wanted it to sound.

I agree with Mauro and Andrew. The beomaster 7000 doesn't satisfy me completely with my M150. It indeed feels like missing something. To be honest, I connected my cx100 to the BM7000, which in a way gave me more satisfaction.

Hopefully I can quickly start with recapping my bm6000. I will inform you about my experiences.

Niek