Hi Beomonitor - please do keep us posted as I am interested in re-capping mine, although it sounds great at the moment but at the same time will fix the volume control and hopefully have a look at how to fix missing segments in teh LED display - I don't know if they can be fixed but it would be good to have it fully operational.

Just to add that I tried an MCL 2 with the beolink passive connected to the Penta's and that sounded very good indeed - not as good as the 6000 but very close and better than the 6500. Maybe those amps were designed for the Active Penta's and smaller beovox speakers?

Yesterday finished recapping the beomaster 6000. Today connected the m150 to the bm6000 and it sounds great! I prefer it above the bm7000.

I find it hard to describe. But I agree with things said before. The bass feels much stronger, I have put it down to -1. also to protect my neighbors. mids are nice and dynamic. high frequency can easily be adjusted and sounds crispy without getting tired.

It was a real good first experience to recap and clean a beomaster. The post: "Beomaster 6000 Refurbish" helped me a lot. 

The BM6000 is very similar in design to the 4400 and both are excellent. Probably my favourite B&O receiver sound - the 8000 is great but doesn't have the slight warmth of the 4400 and 6000 - probably more accurate! The 7000 is really much the same as a 5500 - a mid-range device, originally designed to replace the big Beocenters. However I think the Beosystem 7000 sounds better playing CDs than my Beocenter 2. Always regretted changing!

I do own and enjoy both the Beosystem 6000 1981 complete with SC60 stand in white + the Beosystem 6500 also complete in white. Both gone totally through by Dillen so at its best performance wise.

The Beovox are S80.2 and S120 mainly but M150 for the 6000 currently. 

I have had the 2000 and 8000 Beomasters but the 6000 does sound very good and sweet. It was actually compared to the 8000 in a Danish review as being the better one than the 8000 which the called the big brother. 

This is far from truth on the specs being totally different than what the 6000 is build on.

After some setups it came down to the 6500 and 6000. Sound wise I am very happy with both and its not a night and day difference. 

I was lucky to notice in the fall of 2007 the 3 main units for the 6000 system and once Dillen rescued them along with the Beovox S80.2 and S120 + brought a white SC60 to me it was a magic special moment. 

Once back in order I have enjoyed the 6000 system since. Its loud enough and rare in complete system these days. 

The 6500 just came by chance one day looking for something else and yes I got it. The benefits is the more up to date 10 years later gives in Beosystems as a whole. Like design and remote options for Beolink 1000 or MCL/ML multi room Bevision and the choice of Beolab or Beovox speakers. The options for how many units and how to stack it is also beneficial.

The sound does improve by adjusting the bass and treble and not leaving them at default.

Friedmett,

I noticed the beovox s120 and m150 use exactly the same speaker units. Only the size and bassport is different. But do you notice any differences between these two speakers. in other words which one do you prefer? I have both, but still need to recap the s120. 

I have had S120s and MS150s - completely different with much better and controlled bass on the MS150. However they are huge and in common with most of this range, I find the top end becomes shrill at high volumes - I prefer the slightly earlier models - S45.2 and M100 - which is why I kept those and got rid of the others! 🙂

I am in a quandry now - I have Beovox Penta's which are in need of refoaming, the room I have them in is quite small and I am wondering, given the massive credit that the S45.2s get, if I should just get a pair of them instead? I quite like bass but not overpowering, but also a clear midrange and I cannot play the speakers too loud because of neighbours - the penta's sounbd great wound up but just not practical - wondering what thoughts are?

If you lived a bit closer, I would lend you a pair - they sell for probably less than the refoaming costs of the Pentas. They will not go as loud and are bass light but what they have is accurate. I confess to not using mine as I have some BBC LS3/5A speakers with AB1 woofers (110mm driver!! Not that much bass but adds an octave to the speakers!) which are in my view even better! They reproduce the human voice better than any other speaker I know - no bass and limited top end though! Rotten power handling and stupidly expensive as well! And a complex and expensive crossover!