Id say the 6500/7000! Beautiful design that didnt tke up a lot of room and seemed to appeal to a slightly younger crowd

BeoSound 9000, but if you mean only "stacked" systems, that would be the 7000 system.

There are a few opinions on that.

The Beosystem 5000 is the first stacked system.

Generally:

A CD-player with a very solid laser that is unlikely to fail (the CD50, also included in early Beosystem 5500 sets). Beogram CD5500/6500 and 7000 are also reliable performers.

An, In my opinion superior cassette deck. Much of the electronics comes from the Beocord 8004 and the mechanics from the Beocord 2000/3000. It is not equipped with the nice autoreverse and auto-dolby system but I would definately choose the Beocord 5000 among the others if I was allowed to have only one cassette deck.

The Beocord 5500/6500/7000 are very similar, with equally similar specs and functions. They are versatile and user-friendly, and they actually sound way better than expected. It is a bit difficult to adjust the levels correctly as the level meter only displays one channel, and is not reacting the way I would like it to though I have made many good recording on my Beocord 5500.

The Beomaster is a little different compared to it's later counterparts. A simpler remote system was equipped which was in many ways similar to the Beomaster 8000 remote system. The newer stacking Beomasters had the newer Beolink 1000-type codes and later PowerLink which increased versatility.

The Beogram record player was firstly the Beogram 5000, a radial tracking player deriving from the Beogram 1800-series. Later systems came with the Beogram 5005 and 5500 which are a newly developed generation of tangential trackers. Beogram 6500 and 7000 is exactly the same, the only difference was that the RIAA preamplifier was equipped in the record player instead of the earier standard of the RIAA equipped in the Beomaster.

There are also small differencies in how they look. The 5000 system is gray with satin matt aluminium strip. Standby LED's lights at equal luminance. The 5500 is available in white, and a special painted grey/black finish was made as a prototype (very very rare, but I know a Danish B&O collector who owns one). The 6500 was made in glossy black and so was the 7000.

Setting aside cool remotes and greater connectivity options, I would say anything WITH a CD50. It's a great CD player and the 5000 amp is better than the later series if using passive speakers. Also, get the tangential record decks - the radial one is poo, despite what you might hear to the contrary :P

Im pretty sure if the 5000 was launched in 2012 it would be a decent seller!!! timeless beauty!

White 7000! 

Black Beosystem 7000.

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kallasr wrote:

Black Beosystem 7000.

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Or in my closet🙂

A stack system will be the next thing I collect.  I am very interested in reading stack owners' opinions.