Peter :

I am however going to be replacing this set up fairly soon! Beolab 5000, Beomaster 5000, Beogram 3000 Thorens! Simply the best made B&O available.

Very interesting post indeed.

I tought the Beogram 4000 is the best turntable ever build by BnO, isn't it? 🤔 (you actually own it!).

The best sounding Beogram would probably be the 3000 Thorens. It is a Thorens TD124 Mk2 with a B&O arm. The bass extension is far greater than the normal Beograms.  I love my 4000 which is much prettier and still sounds wonderful, but the 3000 sounds better! Quite rare though!

hmmm...

well, i too am running a bit of a mix of these out of my "grab bag" -i have other combos of some of the above, but these are some of my faves relative to peter's op.

let's see...

1.) bm 4400 / bc 2200 / bg 4002 / mc 120.2

2.) bm 2400-2 / bg 4004 / s 45-2

3.) bc 7000 / s 55

at the end of the day... similar -and some of my very favorites!!!

the 4400 and i thk the "flat front" 4000 are some of the finest pieces b&o ever made. magnificent sound. 

I am running something close to Peter's option 3 with a Beocenter 7000 and a pair of S45-2's instead of the S120s.

Unbeatable VFM and you can plug a CD into the 'Tape In' DIN socket. I currently have a fairly conventional Sony CD player but hope to add a CDX when I see one at the right price.

Simon