There is no newbie questions 🙂

The Beomaster 6500 har output for both passive (Beovox) and active (BeoLab) speakers. Therefor any B&O speaker will work with your system, including BeoLab 8000 and the any other speaker from the current range.

Whether or not it is a good match depends on you preferences for sound and design. IMHO it is a very good match. The BeoLab 8000 is very beautiful, and sounds good. It might be good with a sub (BeoLab 2) if you really like bass, but besides the very low end the 8000 will not disappoint.

If you like the 8000 go for that, but remember that everything is possible with your system.

Best regards

Christian

As Christian says, it'll work absolutely fine. In terms of functionality, this is in some ways preferable to many modern systems.

Fantastic reply, Alex & Christian. That's just what I wanted to know. I love the 8000 design.

Now, I just have to get saving. *smiles*

Is there anything to watch out for in particular, when buying used 8000s? For example, is there a particular sub-model (year of manufacture) which is best to go for?
 

You are welcome 🙂 

There has resently been an update, but I do not know the details exactly. I do not think there is any common faults or the like, but the newer the better.

Wow - can't ask for more detail than that. At least now, I know what to watch out for.

This is a great forum, BTW - and a brilliant site. I found the product reference section extremely helpful.

BTW, how much did you pay for your 6500-system?

Just curious... 🙂 

/Ola 

£415 - for Beomaster, CD, Tape & remote (no record player)