Thanks for all the replies! what can i say either you love B&O or you don't! But I believe that those who say they don't are lying! I get so upset when someone says "B&O are only design and nothing else". I did know about the stands that set the 4000's at the same angle as the 3200...they look great together. To be honest I'm not that crazy about the green 4000's, but since the screen on the 3200 lights up in green as well, I thought they would look better together...Personally i like the red color and the gold...but the silver is nice too! Isn't it strange how the 3200 doesn't look at all dated? It looks like a new product to me design wise which says alot about how much thought and time actually goes into these products... I really like the fact that there is a hard drive even though you have to name eveything manually I still like it.I will talk to spiro about the 4000's he is selling...but it is such a great feeling when buying a brand new B&O product and taking it out of the box for the first time.....
 

foamywax:

Isn't it strange how the 3200 doesn't look at all dated? It looks like a new product to me design wise which says alot about how much thought and time actually goes into these products... I really like the fact that there is a hard drive even though you have to name eveything manually I still like it.
 

Doesn't look dated? Hmmm ok well it is extremely nicely designed, but dated, it's design is. The 3200's hard drive may dissapoint you, you'll need to write down where and what the music is manually, and it records music onto it REAL TIME 😉 eek! Why bother?

You should get both BS3200 and BS4 in your home for a trial because i honestly don't believe the BS3200 is worth that price you are quoted in greece. What the 3200 IS though is a beautiful CD player that looks and feels lovely next to 4000's, but the components used in BS4 do perform better, alot to think about really... aesthetics and a nice heavy feel, or better sound quality and usability...

Hi Dave,

Im not sure I agree with you on that, the 3200 is definately a classic in my eyes, I see the hard drive as an extra, but the main purpose is a CD player, and its a great one. If you assume that the HD will be used as that, a supplement to an already wonderful system, then you can't go wrong. Nice choice of stands (I have got the CD one) and sufficient connections (no SPDIF, but not the end of the world). I think its great.

As for the prices, well, you should drop a kind email to our friends in Denmark and see what riddiculous prices they are quoting... 8,000 GBP for the BeoLab 5.Per Speaker that is!!!! Who quotes one speaker by itself as the price? Its the same as saying Price Per Shoe.

Anyway, it seems that for spare parts, Greece was considerably cheaper. I asked about the plastic brackets that mount my dads beolab 3's to the floor stand as they were lost in transit, they quoted us around 40euro and sent us 2 pairs (4 pieces). My local dealer in the UK wanted 50GBP for a pair...

P.S. I am Greek too, in case you ask :)

timhanna:

Hi Dave,

Im not sure I agree with you on that, the 3200 is definately a classic in my eyes, I see the hard drive as an extra, but the main purpose is a CD player, and its a great one. If you assume that the HD will be used as that, a supplement to an already wonderful system, then you can't go wrong. Nice choice of stands (I have got the CD one) and sufficient connections (no SPDIF, but not the end of the world). I think its great.

I think in these circumstances I would probably give Lee a ring and buy a second hand Beosound/Overture leaving plenty of change to spend on a suitable iPod and dock!

 Simon

I guess you could do that and funnily enough is what i have :) hehe... I hardly use it though... the HD could be more useful if your songs dont change and you had a beo5... you could program in cd album covers and point it to the appropriate place in the hard drive... Store chill out music, not party like music, you could use the ipod for that...

I have to say that I love the BL4000's too. I bought in silver and use different coloured speaker frets, red at the moment. I love the reflective effect of the coloured fret against the speaker. Im sure B&O still stock the older frets so you can add a splash of colour when you feel like a change.

 regards.

I went from the beolab 2500 (that I bought when I was 25) to a pair of 4000's two years ago and I'm still amazed today how good they sound. The bonus is that you get a range of possibilities to place them so you will never get bored. I went for the silver ones because I like the reflections it makes. The idea of changing the cover is a good one. I'm thinking of doing that.

I still have the beosound 2300 but it's now connected to a media center PC running Itunes server that I control with an itouch, works great! The radio is the only part I use the 2300 purely for.

I was in the same situation a month or two ago. Before I finally decided I tried all sorts of combinations: I started with BeoLab 4 PC, just to go with my MacBook Pro, then I thought, no, I'll get a BeoSound 1 instead; it sounds better and has a CD player. After that I realised I could probably get a used BeoSound 3000 with BeoLab 4000s for almost the same money as a BeoSound 1 with a floor stand.

In the end I went to my dealers and bought a new BeoSound 4 with black BeoLab 4000s. Funny how quickly you come from BeoLab 4s to a system costing five times more, but I guess that's just B&O. They do look amazing together, especially with 4000s in black. Like they were made for each other : )