hello, i am new to the site and b & o so forgive my ignorance. i have recently inherited a beomaster 7000. (with cd player, tape deck & link) it has 2 cx 100 speakers and 4 cx50's. it is just not loud enough for my liking. i want to upgrade the speakers but don't want to shell out alot of money. the local b & o guy suggested the beolab 4 ($1,500) or 4000's ($2,500) would be a good upgrade, yet i have my doubts that they would suit my needs. i want to be able to crank my music loud. can anyone tell me if these speakers would do the job? if not what would be a good choice? also, anyone know how much this system would be worth if i decided to put it up for sale? thanks john
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The value depends on the condition and the colour (black/black/ alu/black or white black?). They are great sounding systems. If you want to really pump up the system get the 4000s they are fantastic speakers. The beolab 4s aren't that great compared to the 4000s but still good speakers.
My advice would be to not get B&O speakers. Part of what you spend for the speaker would be for an amplifier which is redundant since the Beomaster 7000 has a perfectly respectable amplifier built in. Get whatever your favorite brand of speakers might be. That's what I've done with my Beosystem 6500.
Another option would be to consider a second hand pair of Beolab Pentas.You would need to choose carefully as they can suffer from foam rot, but they would meet your needs nicely.
It's worth having a browse in the products secton here or on beocentral.com as some of the older B&O speakers may meet your needs too, eg, Red Lines or the larger members of the Uniphase range..
Simon
The BM7000 has a very good integrated amplifier, there is absolutly no need to buy active speakers.
A very nice combination would be Beovox Pentas or, little bit smaller, Redline 60/6000 oder the bigger Redline 140.
Especially the Redlines have a very nice sound for little money. If you install them on the ceiling, they are perfect.
Nice pair of M100s! Lots of bass and they will go as loud as the amplifier will let them. The limiting factor is the pre-amp in the 7000 which is good but not great. I would suggest that Beolab 4000s resemble a 30-40W amplifier powered speaker. Very nice though - I have a couple of pairs.
My B&O Icons:
OK, to play veeeeery loud, you need Beolab Pentas III or something in the size of a BL1.
But a BM7000 and a pair of Beovox Penta is usually more than enough. Especially when modified like shown in the Workbench Workshops 😜
There is no voodoo necessary, it works good enough. A 2.5mm2 wire, pure oxygen free copper with silver cover is more than enough for 2x110W RMS. The currents are not soooo high, the BM7000 works with +/- 40Volt in its amp, with an 8ohm speaker it's around 40/8=5A maximum current (never possible in reality...). That's not very much, even the standard plug will show no overload or any problems.
The voodoo is to make people think that there are magical tools necessary. 😐
Good quality parts, that's all what you need 🙂
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