Anthony - All the datalink versions should work and as far as looks go, the beogram CD3000, 3300, 3500 are all good options.  I'm curious as to why the 4500 didn't work for you - it should have - perhaps it was faulty?

Keep in mind, that none of these units will play anything but factory redbook CD"s reliably, if at all - I've had some luck w/ CDRs in my 3300 and my 9500 but never could really count on it.  I found the 3300 to be the most reliable of the several CDPs that I've owed over the years.

Greg

The CDX expensive?

Ok I am biased by living in Denmark and a CDX is not that expensive here. Also it is among the first cd player made by B&O together with the CD50. 

I sold my CDX for the fair price of 500 Danish crowns. Dillen rescued it and brought it back to life in 2008. It was still playing great in 2016 and demonstrated for the buyer. The left hinge was broken and solved by a member here on Beoworld. It was a good one and I never had problems since with that. 

Mine even played cdr's and a very good sounding unit. Though the condition was fair and sold as that. It was basket case I got with a Beomaster 8000 in also fair condition but needed Dillen to work. 

Now if the service was done right and the left hinge still intact the rest is rather bullet proof for long term enjoyment including the laser which is yet to be a known trouble maker. 

You can search this very forum to get an idea how troublesome the CDX are and you will not really find any of importance other than the 30 odd year service needed.

The CDX will not be remote control. But if hinge ok and working after fix the circuit board connections(almost all working with have had this done) these are bullet proof and sound great - often described as more analogue sounding - warmer than the later CD players.

Hi

I fully agree with the posts of Friedmet and Peter. Beosystem 3000 was my first approach to B&O and i still love the design and multiroom capability.  Connecting a CD-Player was an option from the beginning, because the first CD-Players where ready on the shelf. B&O solved the problem with a small switch you could place more or less hidden between the components. With this you could switch between the datalink tape and a non datalink CD-Player. You never were able to fully remote control a CD-Player with Terminal 3000. As you always have to feed the CD's manually this seems to be acceptable. This ist the classic way of integration. The modern integration (without custom electronic circuitry) would be to rip all your CD's and to feed the sound with a hidden Essence MKII to your BS3000's Tape-Port. With the switch you could even have both ways of integration. Choosing a CD-Player fitting the systems design would be CDX or CDX-2.

best regards

David

I have a CDX which I use connected to a Beomaster 4000 - the CDX is very reliable, loks good, gives great sound and a really good example is not too expensive - I paid £100 Sterling for mine 14 months ago.

I also have a Beosound 9000 MkIII and a Beogram CD6500 - I think the CDX holds its own with both the other two!