CD4500

🙂

Both good recommendations.  The 4500 is a stylistic match; the 7000 would fit under my BG 3000 (space is at premium).  Good to know that both are considered reliable.  Sadly, neither are commonly for sale in the U.S., though I see that Catawiki and other sites across the pond carry (the 240v versions) of both.  Patience, I suppose.

One more related question: if I had to cannibalize another unit, is the CD player in the BS4000 compatible?  I have a BS4000/Ouverture, also in need of repair, thought the CD player works.

Thank you for your suggestions above.

Hi,

you can also look for a Beogram CD 6500 which is the same as the Beogram CD 7000, may be a bit cheaper if you are lucky.

All the mentioned B&O CD Players use a Philips CDM4 drive, the one with the laser moving in an arc. The Ouverture used the same drive in the beginning. Later on it was replaced by the Philips CDM 12 where the laser moves linear up and down.

The best CD player B&O ever made was the Beogram CD 5500: this is identical to the later CD 6500 and CD 7000, but the 5500 uniquely employs a more sophisticated (and expensive) brushless spindle motor. As for the most reliable: that's hard to say, as I haven't tested all the different models.

The OP states he has a BC9500 and therefore has a compatible master to control the BG CD7000 via a remote. When connected via the datalink connector it could be activated with “CD2” on a BEO4, or “shift + CD” with a BeoLink 1000 👍

Hi,

controling problem could be solved if the external CD player is connected to the A.Tape2 connector and selecting A.Tape2 (or Shift A.Tape on Beolink 1000).

BeoFrederic owns a BeoSound 9500 which has this connector. 🙂

Whereas the PHONO connector is supplied with an internal RIAA Amplifier with a high amplification of the input signal resulting in a very, very loud signal which is also freqeuncy wise 'distorted'.

Edit: there was someone a bit faster 🙂

9 LEE wrote:

CD4500

🙂

I’d agree with 9 LEE.

And that would fit well with the BC9500 designwise

(By far not as expensive as a CD7000).

MM

Aesthetically the 4500 may be a better match, but there isn’t really a difference in price - I’d expect to pay £250 for either model in decent condition on eBay? My Beogram cd 7000 cost me a princely £50 on eBay (admittedly about 10 years ago) so if you shop about you can find a bargain…